{"id":15418,"date":"2025-06-17T09:59:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T16:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15418"},"modified":"2025-06-17T10:45:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T17:45:45","slug":"green-news-report-june-17-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=15418","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Green News Report&#8217; &#8211; June 17, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center; background-color:#f3fdf4; padding:10px 5px 4px 5px; line-height:20px; background-image:url('\/Images\/GradientDarkGreen_headline.jpg'); background-repeat:repeat-y;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/GNR_FairmontWV-FlashFlooding061525.jpg\" style=\"display:block; margin:10px auto;\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: 12px;\"><i>Follow and stream @GreenNewsReport!&#8230;<\/i><\/span><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNewsReport.bsky.social\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/Bluesky-icon24.png\" width=\"24px\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GreenNewsReport\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/Twitter-icon24.png\" width=\"24px\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GreenNewsReport\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/Facebook-icon24.png\" width=\"24px\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/journa.host\/@GreenNewsReport\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/Mastodon-icon24.png\" width=\"24px\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"2\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/green-news-report-w-brad-friedman\/id788236916\"><img decoding=\"async\" width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on Apple Podcasts' src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/itunes-listen-on-apple-podcast-logo-png.png\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/podcast\/green-news-report-w-brad-friedman-desi-doyen\/PC:1000011151\"><img width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on Pandora' src='https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/Listen-On-Pandora-badge.png'><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/256-green-news-report-w-brad-f-30973644\/\"><img width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on iHeart' src='https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/Listen-On-IHeartRadio.png'><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Green-News-Report-Friedman-Doyen\/dp\/B08JJRX3TP\"><img decoding=\"async\" width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on Amazon Music' src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/AmazonMusic-badge_690.png\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Green-News-Report-p477566\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='Listen on TuneIn' src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/ListenOnTuneIn.png\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/podcastgen\/GNR\/feed.xml\"><img decoding=\"async\" width='100px' hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt='RSS\/XML Feed' src=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/Images\/RSS-XML-Feed.png\"><\/a><br \/><span style=\"font-size:12px; display:block; margin-bottom:0; padding-bottom:0;\"><i>(Or use &#8220;Click here to listen&#8230;&#8221; link below.)<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<p><strong>IN TODAY&#8217;S RADIO REPORT:<\/strong> Deadly flooding strikes West Virginia and Texas, as Trump cancels flood control upgrades; Administration scraps settlement to restore salmon in Columbia River; <i>PLUS:<\/i> U.N. 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Drop us a line at <a href=\"mailto:GreenNews@BradBlog.com\">GreenNews@BradBlog.com<\/a> or right here at the comments link below. All GNRs are always archived at <a href=\"https:\/\/GreenNews.BradBlog.com\">GreenNews.BradBlog.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>IN &#8216;GREEN NEWS EXTRA&#8217;<\/strong> (<em>see links below<\/em>): David Attenborough&#8217;s &#8216;Ocean&#8217; is a brutal, beautiful wake-up call from the sea; Popular NOAA climate website will be hobbled after Trump cuts entire staff; Climate worsens Rio Grande water war;  Study says clean energy rollbacks will cost economy $1.1 trillion by 2035&#8230; <i>PLUS:<\/i> Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee proposes sale of more than 2 million acres of US lands&#8230; and much, <i>MUCH<\/i> more! &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><i><b>STORIES DISCUSSED ON TODAY&#8217;S &#8216;GREEN NEWS REPORT&#8217;&#8230;<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Deadly flooding strikes West Virginia:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/west-virginia-flash-flooding-deaths\/\"><strong>West Virginia flash floods kill at least 7 after inches of rain fell in 30 minutes: &#8220;It happened so quickly&#8221;<\/strong><\/a> (CBS News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/west-virginia-state-emergency-amid-deadly-flash-flooding\/story?id=122878798\"><b>Death toll rises from devastating flash flooding in West Virginia as rain threat continues<\/b><\/a> (ABC News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2025\/06\/16\/west-virginia-flash-floods\/84226162007\/\"><b>&#8216;Never seen anything like this&#8217;: 6 dead amid devastating West Virginia flash floods<\/b><\/a> (USA Today)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/hourly-rainfall-intensity-continues-increase-161719088.html\"><b>Hourly rainfall intensity continues to increase<\/b><\/a> (Yahoo News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Heavy downpours are becoming more intense in the United States as climate change supercharges the water cycle, leading to an increase in rainfall rates.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/trump-ignoring-disasters_n_684c8b3de4b0897e37f9f7a6\"><b>Trump Hasn&#8217;t Visited A Single Natural Disaster On His Watch As President<\/b><\/a> (Huffington Post)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Same storm system triggered deadly floods in Texas:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/nation\/2025\/06\/15\/san-antonio-flash-flooding\/84218235007\/\"><b>Devastating flash floods leave more than a dozen dead in San Antonio<\/b><\/a> (USA Today)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/anderson-county-judge-declares-state-212657326.html\"><b>Anderson County judge declares state of disaster after flooding<\/b><\/a> (Yahoo News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs12.com\/news\/nation-world\/phil-sterling-sunday-article\"><b>VIDEO: Survivors recount harrowing escape from San Antonio floodwaters as others face tragic fate<\/b><\/a> (12 News-San Antonio)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kens5.com\/article\/news\/community\/texas-flood-victims-san-antonio-weather-latest\/273-0200b082-829d-4fbc-a39a-c71008967fac\"><b>What we know about the victims of last week&#8217;s deadly San Antonio flash floods<\/b><\/a> (KENS-TV San Antonio)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Communities reel as Trump cancels flood control infrastructure funding :<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/femagrantcuts\/\"><b>VIDEO: Cuts to FEMA&#8217;s storm prep program hammer communities that voted for Trump<\/b><\/a> (CBS News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">A CBS News investigation found two-thirds of counties that have lost funding from this FEMA program supported President Trump in the 2024 election.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/fema-pulls-150-million-from-south-florida-flood-projects-sparking-community-outcry\/\"><b>VIDEO: FEMA pulls $150 million from Miami, Broward flood projects, prompting community outcry<\/b><\/a> (CBS News)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.starnewsonline.com\/story\/news\/local\/2025\/06\/12\/fema-cancels-resiliency-grant-program-leaving-nc-communities-at-risk\/84032275007\/\"><b>FEMA cancels resiliency grant program, leaving NC counties, towns at risk<\/b><\/a> (USA Today)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/head-of-femas-storm-response-center-leaving-agency-amid-leadership-exodus\/ar-AA1GxFsA\"><b>Head of FEMA&#8217;s storm response center leaving agency amid leadership exodus<\/b><\/a> (CBS News)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Nigeria grapples with deadly, torrential rains and floods:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c071jz90pj8o\"><b>More than 700 believed dead in devastating Nigeria floods<\/b><\/a> (BBC)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/nigeria-flash-floods-most-affected-114402653.html\"><b>Nigeria flash floods: Which is most affected area, what caused the deluge?<\/b><\/a> (Al Jazeera)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>UN Oceans Summit ends with some positive agreements:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/live-news\/20250613-un-summit-celebrates-ocean-protections-but-drops-fossil-fuels\"><b>UN ocean summit ends with boost for marine conservation, no mention of fossil fuels<\/b><\/a> (France 24):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The UN Ocean Conference in the southern French city of Nice concludes this Friday with countries taking steps towards marine protection and declaring a battle over deep sea-mining, but slammed for leaving fossil fuels off the agenda &#8220;\u201c the key driver of ocean warming. Nations hoping for new financial pledges to help with battling rising sea levels and overfishing were also left disappointed. <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/high-seas-treaty-oceans-un-ocean-conference-53ad46ae3cf8737ec82d925761a3d089\"><b>High Seas Treaty gains momentum as 18 new countries pledge support<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciel.org\/news\/at-un-ocean-conference-world-leaders-fail-to-protect-the-ocean-from-fossil-fuels\/\"><b>At UN Ocean Conference, World Leaders Fail to Protect the Ocean from Fossil Fuel Threats<\/b><\/a> (CIEL)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.mongabay.com\/2025\/06\/madness-world-leaders-call-for-deep-sea-mining-moratorium-at-un-ocean-summit\/\"><b>&#8216;Madness&#8217;: World Leaders Call For Deep-Sea Mining Moratorium at UN Ocean Summit<\/b><\/a> (Mongabay)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2025\/06\/1164381\"><strong>UN ocean summit in Nice closes with wave of commitments<\/strong><\/a> (United Nations)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.un.org\/en\/story\/2025\/06\/1164146\"><strong>VIDEO: Guterres calls for an end to ocean &#8216;plunder&#8217; as UN summit opens in France<\/strong><\/a> (United Nations)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-06-09\/us-skips-un-ocean-conference-after-rejecting-development-goals\"><b>US Skips UN Ocean Conference After Rejecting Development Goals<\/b><\/a> (Bloomberg):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The administration objects to the conference&#8217;s focus on a UN goal centered around the conservation and sustainable use of the oceans and marine resources, the State Department said in a statement. President Donald Trump&#8217;s team has rejected the idea behind the Sustainable Development Goals, a list of aspirations established in 2015. <\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Study: ocean acidification has reached critical levels:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2025\/jun\/09\/sea-acidity-ecosystems-ocean-acidification-planetary-health-scientists\"><strong>&#8216;Ticking timebomb&#8217;: sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems &#8220;\u201c study<\/strong><\/a> (Guardian):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">Until now, ocean acidification had not been deemed to have crossed its &#8220;planetary boundary&#8221;\u009d. The planetary boundaries are the natural limits of key global systems&#8230; a new study by the UK&#8217;s Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML), the Washington-based National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Oregon State University&#8217;s Co-operative Institute for Marine Resources Studies found that ocean acidification&#8217;s &#8220;boundary&#8221; was also reached about five years ago.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2025\/jun\/09\/the-scientists-warning-the-world-about-ocean-acidification-evil-twin-of-the-climate-crisis\"><b>How the &#8216;evil twin&#8217; of the climate crisis is threatening our oceans<\/b><\/a> (Guardian):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">The results show that ocean acidification is rising &#8220;\u201c and it is doing so at an alarming rate. Ocean acidification, often called the &#8220;evil twin&#8221;\u009d of the climate crisis, is caused when carbon dioxide is rapidly absorbed into the ocean, where it then reacts with water molecules leading to a fall in the pH of the seawater.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2025-06-ocean-acidification-planetary-boundary-years.html\"><strong>Ocean acidification may have crossed &#8216;planetary boundary&#8217; five years ago<\/strong><\/a> (Phys.org)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6H_VDhXiFk4\"><b>VIDEO: The Effects of Ocean Acidification on Pteropod Shells<\/b><\/a> (NOAA)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><b>Trump Administration ditches landmark Columbia River settlement:<\/b><\/li>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eenews.net\/articles\/trump-topples-1-billion-columbia-river-settlement-deal\/\"><b>Trump topples $1 billion Columbia River settlement deal<\/b><\/a> (E&#038;E News):\n<div class=\"mediagreen\">President Donald Trump declared Thursday that the federal government must pull out of a settlement agreement that had halted the long-running legal battle over 14 dams in the Pacific Northwest, reopening a fight over the future of fish populations in the Columbia River Basin.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/trump-salmon-columbia-river-tribes-deal\"><b>Trump Administration Abandons Deal With Northwest Tribes to Restore Salmon<\/b><\/a> (Pro Publica)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2025\/jun\/07\/klamath-river-trip-dam-removal\"><b>The river that came back to life: a journey down the reborn Klamath<\/b><\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><i>&#8216;GREEN NEWS EXTRA&#8217;<\/i> (Stuff we didn&#8217;t have time for in today&#8217;s audio report)&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>For a comprehensive roundup of daily environmental news you can trust, see the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sej.org\/headlines\/list\">Society of Environmental Journalists&#8217; Daily Headlines<\/a> page<\/i><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/ocean-film-attenborough-climate-848a65883fc1ec2601550d3cbfb0e36a\"><b>David Attenborough&#8217;s &#8216;Ocean&#8217; is a brutal, beautiful wake-up call from the sea<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/06\/12\/nx-s1-5431660\/climate-us-government-website-changes\"><b>Popular NOAA climate website will be hobbled after Trump cuts entire staff<\/b><\/a> (NPR)<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinc.blog\/2025\/06\/14\/pbs-newshour-climate-worsens-rio-grande-water-war\/\"><b>PBS Newshour: Climate worsens Rio Grande water war<\/b><\/a> (This Is Not Cool)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/12062025\/clean-energy-rollbacks-will-cost-trillion-by-2035\/\"><b>Study says clean energy rollbacks will cost economy $1.1 trillion by 2035<\/b><\/a> (Inside Climate News)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/public-land-sales-senate-tax-cuts-5d77cf8b1472b22fa368f88d573a6a01\"><b>Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee proposes sale of more than 2 million acres of US lands<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/epa-stop-policing-oil-and-gas-midwest\"><b>Trump EPA Is Telling Some Staff To Stop Policing The Oil And Gas Industry<\/b><\/a> (CNN<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/06\/16\/us\/epa-trump-asbestos-ban-delay.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Pk8.QmS9.SY5vDPGIVDsm&#038;smid=url-share\"><b>E.P.A. Plans to Reconsider a Ban on Cancer-Causing Asbestos<\/b><\/a> (NY Times)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/13062025\/newark-ironbound-power-plant-approved-despite-opposition\/\"><b>Fourth Power Plant Approved in Newark Despite Residents&#8217; Tearful Protests<\/b><\/a> (Inside Climate News)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wildland-firefighting-trump-administration-d4b356433e91c1d90805c0d39012e745\"><b>Trump orders merger of wildland firefighting into single force, despite warnings<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nuclear-regulatory-commission-trump-hanson-fired-cd6208b400acf1a9f22862179331a2a4\"><b>Trump Fires Democratic Commissioner Of Independent NRC<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/pangolin-endangered-species-wildlife-service-7e74f6b423a76a8b12495ea258ed27fd\"><b>US Proposes Listing Pangolins, Most Trafficked Mammal, As Endangered Species<\/b><\/a> (AP)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/whats-missing-us-debate-electric-vehicles\"><b>What&#8217;s missing from the U.S. debate on electric vehicles<\/b><\/a> (CSIS)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/grist.org\/energy\/critical-minerals-renewable-energy-rare-earth-lithium-cobalt-nickel-mining\/\"><b>A guide to the 4 minerals shaping the world&#8217;s energy future <\/b><\/a> (Grist)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinc.blog\/2025\/03\/03\/wall-street-journal-clean-energy-transition-is-unstoppable\/\"><b>Wall Street Journal: Clean energy transition is unstoppable<\/b><\/a> (This Is Not Cool blog)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.volts.wtf\/p\/can-we-avoid-the-enshittification\"><b>Can we avoid the enshittification of clean-energy tech?<\/b><\/a> (David Roberts, Volts)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theclimatebrink.com\/p\/climate-change-will-stop-when-we\"><b>Stop emissions, stop warming: A climate reality check<\/b><\/a> (Dr. Andrew Dessler, Climate Brink)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thinc.blog\/2024\/11\/13\/the-climate-fight-will-continue\/\"><b>The Climate Fight Will Continue<\/b><\/a> (This Is Not Cool blog)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/climate-change-migration-hurricane-helene\"><b>Who Will Care for Americans Left Behind by Climate Migration?<\/b><\/a> (Pro Publica)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tos.org\/oceanography\/article\/is-the-atlantic-overturning-circulation-approaching-a-tipping-point\"><b>Is the Atlantic Overturning Circulation Approaching a Tipping Point?<\/b><\/a> (The Oceanography Society)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/drilled.media\/news\/senate-hearing-media\"><b>How Oil Companies Manipulate Journalists<\/b><\/a> (Drilled)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s43247-024-01442-3#Sec9\"><b>Abrupt reduction in shipping emission as an inadvertent geoengineering termination shock produces substantial radiative warming<\/b><\/a> (Nature)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2024\/apr\/14\/climate-disinformation-explainer\"><b>How To Spot 5 Of The Fossil Fuel Industry&#8217;s Biggest Disinformation Tactics<\/b><\/a> (Guardian)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2024\/03\/ocean-heat-wave-cosmic-choice\/677672\/\"><b>The Oceans We Knew Are Already Gone<\/b><\/a> (The Atlantic)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/climate-environment\/2024\/01\/30\/plug-in-hybrid-car-worth-it\/\"><b>Plug-in hybrids vs. electric cars: We did the math on which is better for you<\/b><\/a> (Washington Post)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2023\/11\/14\/23951104\/apartment-rent-electrify-appliance-pollution-incentives\"><b>How to electrify your life when you rent<\/b><\/a> (The Verge)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/climatecrocks.com\/2023\/06\/05\/complete-series-farmers-under-attack-for-supporting-clean-energy\/\"><b>Complete Series: Farmers Under Attack for Supporting Clean Energy <\/b><\/a> (This Is Not Cool blog)<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insideclimatenews.org\/news\/29092022\/inside-clean-energy-electrification\/\"><b>Feeling Overwhelmed About Going All-Electric at Home? 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