Friday, April 25, 2025

Reading archive 2025-04-24

Scientists say they can calculate the cost of oil giants’ role in global warming: Climate advocates hope this sort of model could result in court rulings that make polluters pay. The oil and gas industry contests the science.

Trump’s EPA cuts could be ‘catastrophic’ to Chesapeake Bay, activists warn: The EPA’s Chesapeake Bay Program has worked to restore the bay’s waters and fish and plant life since 1983, but severe cuts could jeopardize this progress.

Chesapeake Bay’s oysters make a steady comeback: The Maryland mollusks have survived decades of overharvesting, disease and drought.

U.S. agencies alarmed by China’s curbs on exports of rare-earth minerals: Beijing’s curbs on rare earth exports, used to make military drones, consumer electronics, electric cars and more, have caused alarm across federal agencies.

D.C. loses coveted triple-A bond rating due to federal actions: Moody’s cited federal workforce and spending cuts, a sluggish commercial real estate market and uncertainty over whether Congress will cut Medicaid. - "In making the downgrade, Moody’s cited the Trump administration’s 'substantial cuts to the federal workforce' that are expected to hurt the city’s economy. And it revised the city’s outlook to 'negative,' pointing to a still-sluggish commercial real estate market, the “increased likelihood” of deeper federal spending and workforce cuts and the uncertainty surrounding whether Congress will make cuts to Medicaid — a major fear among D.C. officials and local hospitals."

What science says about artificial food dyes amid RFK Jr.’s push to ban them: In some studies, synthetic food dyes used in the United States have been associated with hyperactivity and behavioral effects in children.

Elon Musk had the government in his grasp. Then it unraveled.: The billionaire head of the U.S. DOGE Service clashed with Trump Cabinet officials well before he announced he would soon head back to Tesla.

The Evolution of the Alpha Male Aesthetic

Tree emergency The entire city's urban canopy is facing deep cuts

How Italy got its citizens — and me — to adopt a rigorous recycling scheme: Italy has become a global leader in recycling, in part by relying on households to do a lot of the work.

Russia bombards Kyiv, provoking rare rebuke from Trump as peace talks stall: The massive attack on Kyiv and other cities in the early morning came after President Donald Trump expressed frustration with Ukraine’s leadership.

The Courage to Be Decent: The Trump administration wants to make us too afraid to look out for one another. Don’t let them.

In Space, No One Can Hear You Girlboss: Strapped in next to Gayle King and an all-women crew aboard Jeff Bezos’ rocket, the pop star set a record for the most feminist publicity stunt in history as she smashed through the glass ceiling of Earth itself.

Realistic roles for hydrogen in the future energy transition

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