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Trump Eviscerates a Bedrock Public Health and Environmental Protection Law
Rolling Stone
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February 26, 2025
Last week, the Trump administration gutted one of the nation’s bedrock public health, environmental, and climate protection laws — the National Environmental Policy Act. NEPA has long been a target of polluting industries, particularly the fossil...
Hurricane Ernesto batters Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands
The Independent
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August 14, 2024
Find out moreClose Our mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth. Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts. Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda. Ernesto strengthened...
Map: Tracking Tropical Cyclone Alfred
The New York Times
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February 24, 2025
Alfred was a tropical cyclone in the Coral Sea Monday morning Eastern time, the Joint Typhoon Warning Center said in its latest advisory. The tropical cyclone had sustained wind speeds of 75 miles per hour, which would make it a Category 1...
VI Special Envoy & Head of UN ECLAC discuss sustainable development
Virgin Islands News Online
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SANTIAGO, CHILE. Ahead of the upcoming 8th Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, the Virgin Islands (VI) Special Envoy Mr E. Benito Wheatley and Executive Secretary H.E. Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, the Head...
Democrat Wisconsin AG Sued For Hiring Environmental Prosecutor Funded By Michael Bloomberg
Daily Wire
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February 24, 2025
Farm groups filed a lawsuit against Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, a Democrat, after he hired an environmental prosecutor paid by outside funds. The complaint, posted by Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR), states that Kaul hired Karen Heineman...
California and National Drought Summary for February 25, 2025, 10 Day Weather Outlook, and California Drought Statistics: 15% of State in Extreme Drought
Sierra Sun Times
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Summary February 27, 2025 - With limited precipitation during the week, most of the country was dry after a fairly active week prior. The week was highlighted by the wild temperature swings from the first part of the period to the end. The current...
USVI: Trump signs bill to keep rum tax rate @ $13.25 benefiting U.S. Territories
Virgin Islands News Online
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Diageo USVI. Photo: VIC VI CONSORTIUM WASHINGTON D.C., USA- President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1, dubbed the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” into law on July 4, securing a historic victory for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands by permanently...
Legal snags could foil Trump’s climate and air pollution rollbacks
E&E News
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February 25, 2025
The Trump administration is gearing up to challenge some of the highest-profile Clean Air Act regulations of the Biden administration. Any attempt, however, to scrap or weaken them could risk running afoul of the same obstacle that repeatedly...
U.S. Virgin Islands native returns to St. Croix to support environmental changemakers
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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October 2, 2024
Chickens were roaming the sunny waterfront of Frederiksted, located in the west of St. Croix, the southernmost island of the U.S. Virgin Islands, as I walked under the scorching but beautiful sun to meet Olivia Walton, an environmental educator...
United States Virgin Islands State Historic Preservation funding extended through 2026
Pasquines
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October 1, 2024
United States Virgin Islands Governor Albert Bryan Jr. (D) announced Friday that President Joe Biden (D) signed into law HR 9747, the “Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act 2025,” which extends federal funding of the National Park Service’s...
‘We need to take pride in ourselves & our beautiful VI'- Hon Luce D. Hodge-Smith
Virgin Islands News Online
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ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI- The Honourable Luce D. Hodge-Smith (R4), Junior Minister for Culture and Tourism in the Virgin Islands, has emphasised the importance of Virgin Islanders understanding the role of public-private partnerships in realising...
Government Failure Leads to Severe Underfunding of Catholic Charities, Impacting Vulnerable Virgin Islanders
The Virgin Island Consortium
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Of the $449,000 appropriated by the Legislature to Catholic Charities of the Virgin Islands in FY2024, the organization reports only receiving $82,000. That figure accounts for approximately eighteen percent of funding promised to the entity. The...
How to transform climate action
GIM International
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February 20, 2025
While we can have a positive impact in tackling the climate change crisis as individuals, collectively our voice becomes even more powerful. Policymakers, decision-takers, activists and champions all have roles to play. A new report highlights the...
US Interior Department Invests in Coral Restoration Around the Virgin Islands
St. Thomas Source
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October 8, 2024
Coral Restoration Foundation diver attaches pieces of coral nursery form to encourage growth for transplanting back onto Long Reef. (Photo courtesy Alex Neufield for Coral Restoration Foundation) The U.S. Department of Interior announced last...
Hurricane Helene and Milton Recovery Assistance
The Bradenton Times - Florida
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In the aftermath of Hurricanes Helene and Milton, the American Red Cross has sheltered thousands of people, sent emergency response vehicles into neighborhoods to deliver meals, snacks and relief items, and had volunteers provide emotional and...
The Old Hollywood History of St. Croix’s Skyhawk Villa
dwell
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July 10, 2025
Five years ago, architect and hotelier Chris Pardo, cofounder of the boutique ARRIVE hospitality brand (now part of the popular Palisociety hotel group), found himself knee-deep in several design projects on St. Croix. "I’ve always loved the...
14 A-Z Animals-approved Conservation Organizations to Support Today
AOL
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© It seems like most news in the world of conservation is negative, with species after species being red listed. But this month brings terrific news for the white-winged flufftail of South Africa. The bird, which was critically endangered for...
Viya Celebrates Inclusion in USA Today’s Special Report on the U.S. Virgin Islands
St. Thomas Source
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September 27, 2024
Viya CEO Geraldine Pitt (Submitted photo) Viya, the leading telecommunications provider in the U.S. Virgin Islands, is proud to announce its inclusion in One World Media’s special report, “Building a Diversified, Sustainable and Resilient...
Growing corals against global warming
Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
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October 3, 2024
Features Newsday 41 Minutes Ago In Tobago, many brain corals bleached and died last year, and in 2024, many colonies started to pale and bleach as early as July. - Anjani Ganase Dr Anjani Ganase, coral reef ecologist, reviews current research and...
An active, beach vacation in the U.S. Virgin Islands
The Globe and Mail
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October 2, 2024
Open this photo in gallery:Maho Bay, famous for its abundance of sea turtles, is just a one-mile paddle from Cinnamon Bay Campground.JOSHLASKIN.COM/The Globe and Mail As the ferry pushed farther from the harbour, the buildings of Saint Thomas...