{ "entity": "WhaleNews", "subtitle": "An eCorp Venture", "domain": "whalenews.com", "vertical": "Climate & Energy", "count": 18, "generated_at": "2026-06-09T18:31:59.709Z", "articles": [ { "title": "The World Cup is one wildfire away from an air quality disaster", "url": "https://grist.org/extreme-weather/the-world-cup-is-one-wildfire-away-from-an-air-quality-disaster/", "summary": "FIFA says it's prepared for \"climate-related risks\" but doesn't appear to have a plan for wildfire smoke, which can be harmful to players and fans.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:45:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "Trump Administration Emergency Order to Keep Florida Coal Plant Running", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08062026/trump-emergency-order-keeps-florida-coal-plant-open/", "summary": "Under a Trump administration emergency order, a Florida coal-fired power plant will continue operating. The facility had been scheduled for retirement in 2025 as part of an Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) plan to transition to renewable energy sources such as solar, with the g", "source": "Inside Climate News", "published": "Mon, 08 Jun 2026 22:31:05 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "solar", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "Why are so many Democrats going quiet on climate change?", "url": "https://grist.org/politics/democrats-quiet-climate-change-autopsy-report/", "summary": "The common wisdom says it's a losing issue. Evidence suggests it actually helps Democrats.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:45:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "Federal agency to open tens of thousands of acres of Colorado wilderness to oil drilling", "url": "https://grist.org/energy/feds-to-open-tens-of-thousands-of-acres-of-colorado-wilderness-to-oil-drilling/", "summary": "Wildlife habitat, endangered animals, and recreation could all be at risk in the state’s biggest public land sale in modern history.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Sat, 06 Jun 2026 13:00:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "Montana Officials Warn of Elevated Wildfire Risk From Increasing Drought, Heat and Wind", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06062026/montana-drought-heat-elevated-wildfire-risk/", "summary": "Montana officials are warning that the 2026 wildfire season could bring above-normal fire risk to parts of the state, driven by a mix of drought conditions, wind events and warmer-than-average winter temperatures. At a statewide wildfire outlook briefing on Tuesday, Gov. Greg Gia", "source": "Inside Climate News", "published": "Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "solar", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "A New DC ‘Museum’ Raises Awareness About the Looming Consequences of Extreme Weather", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06062026/museum-of-unnatural-disasters-highlights-extreme-weather-risks/", "summary": "If you knew a major storm or fire was heading toward your home, what would you save? Maybe your pet? A box of letters? The blanket that your grandma knitted for you as a baby? A pop-up exhibit led by the Climate Action Campaign and curated by Sam Hartman, an artist and survivor o", "source": "Inside Climate News", "published": "Sat, 06 Jun 2026 08:55:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "solar", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "In the Smoky Mountains, a volunteer effort aims to document every species — before it’s too late", "url": "https://grist.org/science/in-the-smoky-mountains-a-volunteer-effort-aims-to-document-every-species-before-its-too-late/", "summary": "For citizen scientists, counting lichens and bugs and other tiny species is one way to monitor climate change in America's most biodiverse national park.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:30:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "No, rolling back these environmental rules won’t lower your grocery bill", "url": "https://grist.org/economics/no-rolling-back-these-environmental-rules-wont-lower-your-grocery-bill/", "summary": "The Trump administration is dismantling two EPA rules, promising cheaper groceries for struggling families. Economists and former officials say it'll only make things pricier.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:30:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "New York backtracked on its climate goals. Here’s why.", "url": "https://grist.org/politics/new-york-kathy-hochul-climate-law-clcpa-natural-gas-methane/", "summary": "Lawmakers wanted to lead the energy transition, but Governor Kathy Hochul is worried about the cost of ditching natural gas.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:45:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "The fight to protect pollinators and people from the ‘pesticides that are everywhere’", "url": "https://grist.org/sponsored/the-fight-to-protect-pollinators-and-people-from-the-pesticides-that-are-everywhere/", "summary": "Neonics are contaminating ecosystems and communities.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Mon, 01 Jun 2026 17:33:53 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "A simple — yet expensive — way to climate-proof the grid: Bury the power lines", "url": "https://grist.org/solutions/a-simple-yet-expensive-way-to-climate-proof-the-grid-bury-the-power-lines/", "summary": "Underground power lines are far less vulnerable to extreme weather, but burying them doesn't come cheap. After a historic ice storm in northern Michigan, utilities there are reconsidering the cost.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Mon, 01 Jun 2026 08:30:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 16 }, { "title": "The quiet push to shield pesticide makers from lawsuits", "url": "https://grist.org/sponsored/the-quiet-push-to-shield-pesticide-makers-from-lawsuits/", "summary": "Industry-backed pesticide immunity laws are advancing nationwide, raising fears that farmers and families harmed by pesticides could lose their right to seek justice.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Tue, 09 Jun 2026 13:17:10 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 6 }, { "title": "Alaskans Reel From the Loss of National Science Foundation Ocean-Monitoring Instruments", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09062026/alaska-ocean-monitoring-instruments-nsf-cuts/", "summary": "The upcoming loss of a deep-ocean monitoring system is triggering deep anxiety in Alaska, the nation’s top fish-producing state, where temperatures are warming twice as quickly as the global average. The National Science Foundation announced plans in May to decommission the Ocean", "source": "Inside Climate News", "published": "Tue, 09 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "solar", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 6 }, { "title": "Wildfires Are Reversing Years of US Air Quality Gains, Study Finds", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09062026/wildfires-reset-air-quality-progress/", "summary": "Wildfires have worsened ozone levels across the United States so much over the last decade that they have reversed around four years of progress, a new study has found.  Surface ozone levels, or smog concentrations, steadily increased from 2015 to 2024, deteriorating air quality ", "source": "Inside Climate News", "published": "Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:55:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "solar", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 6 }, { "title": "Louisiana lawmakers rush to support an industry they ‘do not know a lot about’", "url": "https://grist.org/business/louisiana-wood-pellet-industry-biomass-pollution/", "summary": "A bill to boost a wood-pellet industry plagued by pollution violations sailed through the Legislature.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Tue, 09 Jun 2026 08:30:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 6 }, { "title": "Troubled by Spreading Landfill Pollution, a Long Island Community Demands Action", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08062026/new-york-brookhaven-landfill-pollution/", "summary": "BROOKHAVEN, N.Y.—The crowd grew restless at Brookhaven Town Hall on Long Island as residents voiced their concerns about groundwater contamination from a nearby landfill that has spread beneath parts of their community. At the meeting in late March, speakers criticizing the landf", "source": "Inside Climate News", "published": "Mon, 08 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "solar", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 6 }, { "title": "Wild Rice Faces Numerous Threats—and Has Determined Protectors", "url": "https://insideclimatenews.org/news/08062026/midwest-wild-rice-climate-threats/", "summary": "Bazile Minogiizhigaabo Panek, a member of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, was 7 years old when he attended his first rice harvest in northern Wisconsin. He and his sister rode in a canoe while his mom pushed the boat with a pole through the plants growing out of the", "source": "Inside Climate News", "published": "Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:55:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "solar", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 6 }, { "title": "Becoming a farmer is hard. This Michigan program wants to help.", "url": "https://grist.org/food-and-agriculture/becoming-a-farmer-is-hard-this-michigan-program-wants-to-help/", "summary": "“Nobody gets into farming for sane reasons, other than the sanity of knowing where your food comes from,” said one student at the Great Lakes Incubator Farm, which gives aspiring farmers a place to experiment without risk.", "source": "Grist", "published": "Mon, 08 Jun 2026 08:30:00 +0000", "image": null, "_source_themes": [ "climate", "energy", "environment" ], "_source_weight": 2, "_score": 6 } ] }