The EPA puts toxic power plant emissions back on the table

Published on June 13, 2025

This analysis and news roundup comes from the Canary Media Weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it every Friday. On Wednesday, the U.S. EPA proposed repealing Biden administration rules that limit toxic pollutants and planet-warming emissions from coal and gas plants across the country. These plants “do not…

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UN ocean summit in Nice closes with wave of commitments

June 13, 2025
Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on Friday, a brassy crescendo to a rare moment of global unity as the Third United Nations Ocean Conference drew to a close. Moments earlier, more than 170 countries had adopted by consensus a sweeping political declaration promising urgent action to protect the ocean.

As egg prices soar, African women lead solutions

June 13, 2025
The soaring price of eggs has become a global flashpoint. In the United States, the average price for a dozen eggs hit $6.23 in early 2025 – a sharp climb from pre-pandemic levels that hovered around $2. Headlines have focused on inflation, supply chain fragility and the lingering impacts of avian flu. But the United States isn’t the only nation grappling with the cost of this essential protein.In