People & Population

FEMA Holds $300 Million in Grants Until States Account for Deportations

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency is withholding more than $300 million in emergency preparedness grants from states until they can prove that their population estimates, used to calculate award amounts, do not include people who have been deported from the United States."

Source: NYTimes, 10/06/2025

"Youth-Led US Climate Activists Widen Focus To Fight Authoritarianism"

"As the Trump administration cracks down on both environmental policies and progressive activism, the Sunrise Movement, the youth-led climate justice organization that popularized calls for a Green New Deal, is widening its mission to fight authoritarianism."

Source: Guardian, 10/06/2025

"The Resistance Rangers Want Your Help in Protecting National Parks"

"On March 1, under a clear sky, hundreds of people flocked to Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park—not to picnic but to protest. Two weeks earlier, the National Park Service had fired roughly 1,000 employees."

Source: Sierra, 10/03/2025

"Calif. Sanctions Stark Disparities in Pesticide Exposure During Pregnancy"

"If you’re young, pregnant and Latina, chances are you live near agricultural fields sprayed with higher levels of brain-damaging organophosphate pesticides."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/03/2025

Explosion Left a Black Town Contaminated. Politics Are Stunting the Cleanup.

"On the banks of the Tangipahoa River in South Louisiana, thick oil slicks and chemical odors ripple across the water. Five weeks after an oil and lubricant facility exploded, sending oily soot as far as 40 miles away, Black residents still complain that the chemical smell is so strong that it wakes them up in the middle of the night."

Source: Capital B, 10/03/2025

Pope Leo Decries Climate Skeptics As He Embraces Francis' Green Legacy

"Pope Leo XIV took aim Wednesday at skeptics who “ridicule those who speak of global warming,” as he strongly embraced Pope Francis’ environmental legacy and made it his own in some of his strongest and most extensive comments to date."

Source: AP, 10/02/2025

"How Big Sugar Pushed Fluoride — New Study Alleges A Century Of Spin"

"The sugar industry and companies that make sweet drinks and foods have spent nearly a century downplaying sugar’s role in health problems and distorting the science around fluoride — and the practice continues today, according to a new study."

Source: The New Lede, 10/01/2025

"World’s Major Cities Hit By 25% Leap In Extremely Hot Days Since The 1990s"

"The world’s biggest capital cities are now sweltering under 25% more extremely hot days each year than in the 1990s, an analysis has found. Without urgent action to protect millions of people from high temperatures, more and more will suffer in the dangerous conditions, analysts said."

Source: Guardian, 10/01/2025

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