Climate Change News Digest for July 16, 2025

This digest provides a selection of recent news articles relating to climate change and other environmental issues. Click on the title to read the full article from its original source.

State, local leaders visit Kalamazoo to celebrate affordable housing built on former contaminated sites

EGLE hosts a roundtable and tour of brownfield redevelopment sites supported by $1.3 million in EGLE remediation grants

By Josef Greenberg (MI EGLE Public Information)

‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Set to Slash Through U.S. Climate and Justice Drive

Trump’s legislation will hurt clean energy, boost fossil fuels and end investment in environmental justice. Climate advocates vow to continue the fight.

By Marianne Lavelle, Aidan Hughes, Amy Green, Arcelia Martin, Dan Gearino, Georgina Gustin, Jake Bolster, Wyatt Myskow (Inside Climate News)

Congress is killing clean energy tax credits. Here’s how to use them before they disappear.

There are just a few weeks left to tap federal programs that make purchasing an EV, heat pump, or solar panels more affordable.

By Tik Root (Grist)

Michigan Environmental Groups Argue Line 5 Tunnel Project Lacks Key Climate Considerations

In comments on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ draft environmental impact statement, the groups said the Corps did not adhere to federal law.

By Sarah Mattalian (Inside Climate News)

4.6 Billion Years On, the Sun Is Having a Moment

In the past two years, without much notice, solar power has begun to truly transform the world’s energy system.

By Bill McKibben (The New Yorker)

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