CNN | The Trump administration is cutting instruments and satellites from NOAA’s next-generation GeoXO program, dropping planned air quality and ocean monitoring tools, to lower costs and narrow the agency’s focus to weather forecasting, a move critics warn will weaken U.S. climate data, disaster preparedness, and global leadership in Earth observation.

Farmonaut | Underground gold mines are adopting smart, modular, and energy-efficient ventilation systems—integrating IoT, automation, digital twins, and green power—to improve safety, cut energy costs by up to 40%, and meet rising sustainability and regulatory demands.

The Vallejo Sun | The Bay Area Air Quality Management District ordered Vallejo’s Crown Hill Materials to shut down its larger concrete batch plant for operating without a permit, following years of dust complaints from neighbors and growing concerns over health and environmental impacts.

Colorado Politics | Former Colorado lawmakers argue that the state’s new Regulation 31 unfairly forces small rural landfills to install costly methane capture systems despite their minimal emissions, while exempting state-run facilities, a move they say will drive up local costs, increase illegal dumping, and threaten rural waste infrastructure.

Food Safety Magazine | Airborne bioaerosols and dust play a major role in food facility cross-contamination, and monitoring them provides critical insights for preventing recontamination and improving contamination control strategies.

Cascadia Daily News | A new study finds that Whatcom County ranks fourth in the U.S. for the number of cattle animal feeding operations, with 137 facilities that raise fine particle pollution and disproportionately impact vulnerable populations, sparking ongoing debates over health risks, farm practices, and stricter permitting.

Environmental Health News | The Trump-era EPA canceled a $1 million Louisville air monitoring grant focused on predominantly Black neighborhoods near the Rubbertown industrial corridor, a move critics say undermines vital environmental justice research linking toxic emissions to cancer and asthma disparities.

Frontiers | A Beijing study of over 16,000 hospital admissions found that short-term exposure to PM2.5 and NO₂ was significantly associated with increased fracture-related hospitalizations, particularly among younger patients and men, suggesting air pollution may contribute to elevated fracture risk and related societal burdens.

SBU News – Stony Brook University | At Stony Brook University Hospital, undergraduate Amy Chen is leading an ozone garden project, part of NASA’s National Ozone Garden Network, that uses bio-indicator plants and AI to detect and visualize the harmful effects of ground-level ozone on both agriculture and human health.

ABC30 | California’s Valley Air District has paused its $500 million tractor replacement program, which has cut farm emissions by 30% since 1998 and replaced 14,000 old machines, after funds ran low, though officials hope for renewed state support to continue reducing NOx and particulate pollution.

CNN | The Trump administration is cutting instruments and satellites from NOAA’s next-generation GeoXO program, dropping planned air quality and ocean monitoring tools, to lower costs and narrow the agency’s focus to weather forecasting, a move critics warn will weaken U.S. climate data, disaster preparedness, and global leadership in Earth observation.

Farmonaut | Underground gold mines are adopting smart, modular, and energy-efficient ventilation systems—integrating IoT, automation, digital twins, and green power—to improve safety, cut energy costs by up to 40%, and meet rising sustainability and regulatory demands.

The Vallejo Sun | The Bay Area Air Quality Management District ordered Vallejo’s Crown Hill Materials to shut down its larger concrete batch plant for operating without a permit, following years of dust complaints from neighbors and growing concerns over health and environmental impacts.

Colorado Politics | Former Colorado lawmakers argue that the state’s new Regulation 31 unfairly forces small rural landfills to install costly methane capture systems despite their minimal emissions, while exempting state-run facilities, a move they say will drive up local costs, increase illegal dumping, and threaten rural waste infrastructure.

Food Safety Magazine | Airborne bioaerosols and dust play a major role in food facility cross-contamination, and monitoring them provides critical insights for preventing recontamination and improving contamination control strategies.

Cascadia Daily News | A new study finds that Whatcom County ranks fourth in the U.S. for the number of cattle animal feeding operations, with 137 facilities that raise fine particle pollution and disproportionately impact vulnerable populations, sparking ongoing debates over health risks, farm practices, and stricter permitting.

Environmental Health News | The Trump-era EPA canceled a $1 million Louisville air monitoring grant focused on predominantly Black neighborhoods near the Rubbertown industrial corridor, a move critics say undermines vital environmental justice research linking toxic emissions to cancer and asthma disparities.

Frontiers | A Beijing study of over 16,000 hospital admissions found that short-term exposure to PM2.5 and NO₂ was significantly associated with increased fracture-related hospitalizations, particularly among younger patients and men, suggesting air pollution may contribute to elevated fracture risk and related societal burdens.

SBU News – Stony Brook University | At Stony Brook University Hospital, undergraduate Amy Chen is leading an ozone garden project, part of NASA’s National Ozone Garden Network, that uses bio-indicator plants and AI to detect and visualize the harmful effects of ground-level ozone on both agriculture and human health.

ABC30 | California’s Valley Air District has paused its $500 million tractor replacement program, which has cut farm emissions by 30% since 1998 and replaced 14,000 old machines, after funds ran low, though officials hope for renewed state support to continue reducing NOx and particulate pollution.