Tim Wheeler
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Associate editor & senior writer, Chesapeake Bay Journal.
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Opinion | How to Count Butterflies
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September 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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The Trump administration's war on renewable energy extends beyond the US. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/c...
Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals
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August 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The Trump administration's war on renewable energy extends beyond the US. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/c...
Trump’s EPA delays, reconsiders regulatory action vs PFAS, cuts research. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Trump’s First EPA Promised to Crack Down on Forever Chemicals. His Second EPA Is Pulling Back.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize combatting long-lasting chemicals called PFAS. Despite this, the agency has delayed enforcement of standards and terminated over $15 million in fundin...
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July 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Trump’s EPA delays, reconsiders regulatory action vs PFAS, cuts research. www.propublica.org/article/trum...
E.P.A. Suspends 144 Employees After They Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/c...
E.P.A. Suspends 144 Employees After They Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump
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July 3, 2025 at 8:23 PM
E.P.A. Suspends 144 Employees After They Signed a Letter Criticizing Trump www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/c...
Logging plan for Eastern Shore forest stirs pushback from residents marylandmatters.org/2025/06/23/p...
Logging plan for Eastern Shore forest stirs pushback from residents - Maryland Matters
The 0.7-mile Blue Bike Trail in Pocomoke State Forest is easy to miss, but a commercial logging plan proposed by Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources has stirred opposition and brought the lesse...
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June 24, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Logging plan for Eastern Shore forest stirs pushback from residents marylandmatters.org/2025/06/23/p...
As Trump Promotes ‘Clean Beautiful Coal,’ a Lit Cigarette Above a West Virginia Coal Mine Leaves a Woman Fighting for Her Life insideclimatenews.org/news/1104202...
As Trump Promotes ‘Clean Beautiful Coal,’ a Lit Cigarette Above a West Virginia Coal Mine Leaves a Woman Fighting for Her Life - Inside Climate News
On Tuesday, President Donald Trump took to the White House podium to boost one of his favorite energy sources. “We’re ending Joe Biden’s war on beautiful clean coal once and for all,” he said, as uni...
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April 12, 2025 at 4:13 PM
As Trump Promotes ‘Clean Beautiful Coal,’ a Lit Cigarette Above a West Virginia Coal Mine Leaves a Woman Fighting for Her Life insideclimatenews.org/news/1104202...
How a Maryland county tried to sway a Delaware vote on offshore wind marylandmatters.org/2025/01/13/h...
How a Maryland county tried to sway a Delaware vote on offshore wind - Maryland Matters
A group that pushed for the Sussex County Council in Delaware to reject a permit for a proposed offshore wind farm was created by Maryland wind farm opponents and funded by the Worcester County govern...
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January 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
How a Maryland county tried to sway a Delaware vote on offshore wind marylandmatters.org/2025/01/13/h...
All hands on deck in the struggle to save Mobile Bay’s keystone bivalves. insideclimatenews.org/news/2512202...
In Mobile Bay, the Oysters’ Tale of Woe - Inside Climate News
Academics, conservationists, nonprofits, government agencies—and one passionate, retired scientist—are working to rebuild reefs, reduce the carbon imprint and educate the public about the importance o...
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December 25, 2024 at 7:12 PM
All hands on deck in the struggle to save Mobile Bay’s keystone bivalves. insideclimatenews.org/news/2512202...
Divided over whether to stop making plastic, U.N. treaty talks collapse
December 2, 2024 at 4:13 PM
Divided over whether to stop making plastic, U.N. treaty talks collapse
Reusing plastic water bottles, to-go containers? Scientists say that’s a bad idea.
December 2, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Reusing plastic water bottles, to-go containers? Scientists say that’s a bad idea.
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Reduce whale-ship strikes by making 2.6% of ocean surface safer, study says https://buff.ly/3Cy4ARZ 🧪🌎🦑
Reduce whale-ship strikes by making 2.6% of ocean surface safer, study says
Researchers identify collision hotspots around world but reveal almost all these lack preventive measures
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November 22, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Reduce whale-ship strikes by making 2.6% of ocean surface safer, study says https://buff.ly/3Cy4ARZ 🧪🌎🦑
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Meet one of our newest community members: the incredible @ellenstofan.bsky.social! She's a former NASA Chief Scientist who helped develop a long range plan to get humans to Mars; now Undersecretary for the Smithsonian, where she leads the charge for "Life on a Sustainable Planet." Here's her vision:
Our Shared Future: Life on a Sustainable Planet
YouTube video by Earth Optimism
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November 22, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Meet one of our newest community members: the incredible @ellenstofan.bsky.social! She's a former NASA Chief Scientist who helped develop a long range plan to get humans to Mars; now Undersecretary for the Smithsonian, where she leads the charge for "Life on a Sustainable Planet." Here's her vision:
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Tracking Trump’s cabinet and staff nominations: Here are President-elect Donald Trump’s intended nominees and appointees for his second-term cabinet and other high-level positions.
Tracking Trump’s Cabinet and Staff Nominations
These are President-elect Donald J. Trump’s intended nominees and appointees for his second-term cabinet and other high-level positions.
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November 23, 2024 at 3:47 AM
Tracking Trump’s cabinet and staff nominations: Here are President-elect Donald Trump’s intended nominees and appointees for his second-term cabinet and other high-level positions.
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Terrible news today:
This year, one-third of coral cover has been destroyed in two northern sections of the Great Barrier reef due to anthropogenic heating.
Results for the southern sections (which were even hotter) have not been officially released.
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This year, one-third of coral cover has been destroyed in two northern sections of the Great Barrier reef due to anthropogenic heating.
Results for the southern sections (which were even hotter) have not been officially released.
www.aims.gov.au/information-...
November 18, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Terrible news today:
This year, one-third of coral cover has been destroyed in two northern sections of the Great Barrier reef due to anthropogenic heating.
Results for the southern sections (which were even hotter) have not been officially released.
www.aims.gov.au/information-...
This year, one-third of coral cover has been destroyed in two northern sections of the Great Barrier reef due to anthropogenic heating.
Results for the southern sections (which were even hotter) have not been officially released.
www.aims.gov.au/information-...
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Commentary: Since 3/11, nuclear has no longer been Japan's "dream energy." But is the country prepared to align its climate targets with the pragmatic challenges of this energy source? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/11/19/japan/japan-nuclear-policy-climate-goals/?utm_medium=Social&utm…
Japan’s nuclear future: Caught between climate goals and reality
Japan is well short of hitting its nuclear power goals by 2030, with the challenging nature of reactor restarts likely impacting its emissions reduction targets.
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November 20, 2024 at 2:08 AM
Commentary: Since 3/11, nuclear has no longer been Japan's "dream energy." But is the country prepared to align its climate targets with the pragmatic challenges of this energy source? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/11/19/japan/japan-nuclear-policy-climate-goals/?utm_medium=Social&utm…
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Outer Banks beach homes falling into the surf -the leading edge of a coastwide problem? coastalreview.org/2024/11/supe...
Superintendent's warning to coastal commission rings true | Coastal Review
Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent Dave Hallac had told the Coastal Resources Commission last week that Rodanthe homes were apt to fall this weekend. It took fewer than 48 hours for the fi...
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November 18, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Outer Banks beach homes falling into the surf -the leading edge of a coastwide problem? coastalreview.org/2024/11/supe...