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Another from Somerset, KY. Devotion to light, home and Christmas extravagance.

In a small rural town near where I live in northern Michigan this is how big national trends affect a small independent grocery. A good story to report and write for my favorite news organization. nytimes.com/2025/01/14/bus…

Line 5 oil pipeline in the Great Lakes is a menace. Big coalition has been working for over a decade to shut off the oil flow. Decisions by jurists are approaching. See my column here: circleofblue.org/2025/great-lak…

Stop talking about Iowa's dirty water, or else (Via The Gazette) thegazette.com/staff-columnis…

Trump’s energy plan is not centered on oil. The U.S. produces plenty. Rather, the plan is designed to increase supplies of natural gas, which is much easier and cheaper to tap in the existing hydro-fracked energy fields in NM, ND, PA and TX. circleofblue.org/2025/world/opi…

One of Kentucky's great artists is CeCe Butcher, who's found a new market printing her work on vinyl banners and is commissioned to produce street banners in Somerset, her hometown. See Modeshift here: modeshift.org/419/cece-butch…

Looking for something to cheer: How's this: About 1,000 endangered and threatened sea turtles were rescued late last month from frigid Gulf waters of Florida's Panhandle. After being cared for at the Gulf World Marine Institute the turtles were released. usgs.gov/news/science-s…

Pres. Trump intends to curb wind generation on federal lands, and increase fossil fuel production. A problem for increased carbon from public land. Reverses progress. New USGS study shows carbon emissions declined on public land by nearly 20% since 2005. usgs.gov/news/national-…

Recovering nickel + cobalt from waste has required polluting toxic solvents. Researchers found a cleaner and greener alternative to recycling metals needed for lithium ion batteries. ps://www.nsf.gov/news/greener-cleaner-way-extract-critical-metals-junk-materials

Trump funding block affects some of his key constituencies, farmers among them. Signed contracts for grants under Climate Smart programs, a $3 billion promise from the USDA, have been halted. Even Iowa Soybean Association “contractually owed $11 million." shorturl.at/pGGTM

Trump’s effort to change the market for straws – like efforts to influence the sale of clean cars or charging stations or solar panels or any of the other equipment intended to make the planet safer – have nothing to do with “symbolism over science.” circleofblue.org/2025/water-qua…

My prayer is that this moment in our national life produces a figure like Muhammad Ali, capable of surpassing courage and love, a leader who can guide the country away from its contemporary path of menace and incompetence. modeshift.org/419/muhammad-a…

Never before has the United States confronted an attack on science like the one President Trump launched in January 2025. For the first time in U.S. history, raw ideological menace is blocking federal funding that supports scientific advance. circleofblue.org/2025/opinion/o….

Bet that MaGA world is paying close attention to Stephen A. Smith. Dude is talking politics with same poise and polish that he brings to sports commentary. Without running for anything he’s polling. Is Stephen A. The man…of the moment? Stay tuned.

Dirtier communities, degraded air and water, more exposures to hazardous compounds will grievously injure the economic advantage America has gained from its cleaner environment. circleofblue.org/2025/opinion...

Is water the unmentioned resource in Trump’s campaign to control Greenland? There’s a lot of it there, ready to monetize for a fiercely thirsty planet. circleofblue.org/2025/opinion/i…

The President is on a rampage to wreck America’s best values and principles. The environment is a feature of the purge. Circle of Blue circleofblue.org/2025/opinion/t…

Pressure on blockbuster weed killer increases in DC and elsewhere. circleofblue.org/2025/agricultu…