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April 24, 2025

A forthcoming Supreme Court decision could limit agencies’ duty to consider environmental harms

Grist

https://grist.org/regulation/nepa-environmental-review-supreme-court-trump-seven-county-infrastructure-coalition-v-eagle-county-colorado/
April 23, 2025

The world’s biggest companies have caused $28 trillion in climate damage, a new study estimates

AP

https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-liability-lawsuits-damage-trillions-5ad21e47b2aa16cc90cb7669f56297f1
April 23, 2025

Nature accounting in Colombia makes sound economic case for protecting native ecosystems

Stanford Natural Capital Project

https://naturalcapitalproject.stanford.edu/news/nature-accounting-colombia-makes-sound-economic-case-protecting-native-ecosystems
April 22, 2025

Nearly half of Americans live in places with failing grades for air pollution, report says

NBC News

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/nearly-half-americans-live-places-grades-air-pollution-report-says-rcna202104
April 21, 2025

Fishing bans help kelp forests withstand marine heatwaves

Stanford Report

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/04/research-fishing-bans-kelp-forests-marine-heatwaves?utm_content=httpsnewsstanfordedustories202504researchfishingbanskelpforestsmarineheatwaves&utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=int-04-25-2025&mkt_tok=NjYwLVRKQy05ODQAAAGaG3euJHdvzx49LhXC16TPNR3_eJNhLXXTNCSsnoohiFr2ZXWiIL2Y3hXWOzee34j_d6vl53iyQauwYGZ4X8LbQwOQ2q1u0LVwJ1vbrlk
April 21, 2025

From sewer to solution: Stanford engineers reinvent wastewater purification to unlock valuable resources

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
April 18, 2025

Sustainability Accelerator awards grants to 25 projects advancing climate adaptation and planetary intelligence

Stanford Report

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/04/sustainability-accelerator-grants-climate-adaptation-planetary-intelligence?utm_content=httpsnewsstanfordedustories202504sustainabilityacceleratorgrantsclimateadaptationplanetaryintelligence&utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=int-04-20-2025&mkt_tok=NjYwLVRKQy05ODQAAAGZ92r24joAdOHK_UW5SfkowGBEco4bRAglYsutOpiQByY_rpws7f8goBv1YG-oQ00fNKxnk_qlGJgsocEBuKNvCE7oWMg_7un78JLmI0k
April 17, 2025

‘Engineering is fundamentally about solving problems’

Stanford Report

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/04/eric-appel-research-matters?utm_content=httpsnewsstanfordedustories202504ericappelresearchmatters&utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=int-04-17-2025&mkt_tok=NjYwLVRKQy05ODQAAAGZ6Nte_38idpzeQlmFlx0JnJ-vKxMDhFyxUfsqxJoJ9SaLDX-lDOZ3fv5BLx6mgT2iRhmVtVsz2MT1AK3FrmyI0Rob9heAztn2DYG3XMQ
April 17, 2025

Scientists discover millions of acres of the Central Valley may be suitable for recharging groundwater

Stanford Report

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/04/research-replenishing-recharging-groundwater-central-valley?utm_content=httpsnewsstanfordedustories202504researchreplenishingrecharginggroundwatercentralvalley&utm_source=feedotter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=int-04-17-2025&mkt_tok=NjYwLVRKQy05ODQAAAGZ6Nte_5mfU303yfcKS3fXP7j9XAd9PlAEp0pztIQLJicKkw2UZq-8KA3MptEmeugpS0IyUGk75X7uTG_pXtmnZ-Y4RjFvEMQ9f6Ai08c
April 16, 2025

Is the planet losing one of its best ways to slow climate change?

The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/04/16/what-record-spike-planet-warming-gases-says-about-health-earth/
April 16, 2025

Discoveries, solutions, and impact from 2024 Stanford environment and sustainability research

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
April 10, 2025

How Trump's executive order on coal could impact energy use in the US

ABC News

https://abcnews.go.com/US/coal-resurgence-us/story?id=120638406
April 07, 2025

Should I Ditch My Gas Appliances?

The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/climate/replace-gas-appliances-electric.html
March 28, 2025

Scientists redid an experiment that showed how life on Earth could have started. They found a new possibility

CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/science/microlightning-water-droplets-life-on-earth/index.html
March 28, 2025

Why Antarctic waters are cooling in a warming world

Earth.com

https://www.earth.com/news/why-antarctic-waters-are-cooling-in-a-warming-world/
March 27, 2025

Marine life became strangely uniform after Earth's worst mass extinction

Earth.com

https://www.earth.com/news/marine-life-became-strangely-uniform-after-earths-worst-mass-extinction/
March 27, 2025

5 things to know about the effects of seed oils on health

Stanford Scope Blog

https://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2025/03/13/5-things-to-know-about-the-effects-of-seed-oils-on-health/
March 27, 2025

Four Stanford faculty named AAAS Fellows

Stanford Report

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/03/four-stanford-faculty-named-aaas-fellows
March 25, 2025

People&Planet | March 2025

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment

https://mailchi.mp/stanford.edu/peopleplanet-march-2025-4873930?e=df116abe39
March 24, 2025

Scientists explore sand dredging as overlooked threat to marine biodiversity

Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions

https://oceansolutions.stanford.edu/news/sand-dredging-encroaches-marine-protected-areas-scientists-find