Climate and Energy News Roundup: July 2025
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Jeff Heie, the founder and director of the local nonprofit GiveSolar, received a Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions 2025 Sustainability Champions Award.
Search Results for U.S. Senate
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‘Victory for the American public’: Outcry encourages removal of proposal to sell federal land
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A proposal to sell 2.2 to 3.3 million acres of public lands in the western U.S. was removed from President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill.”
Tim Kaine on Kristi Noem: ‘Definitely wouldn’t vote for her’ today
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We gave Tim Kaine hell back in January when he voted to confirm Kristi Noem as the Homeland Security secretary.
Lawmakers introduce bill to consider childbirth, maternity costs as essential health benefits
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The Supporting Healthy Moms and Babies Act would require private health insurance companies to fully cover the costs of childbirth.
State-level AI ban in Trump’s mega bill among points of tension between Democrats, Republicans
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President Donald Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” has a small, ugly part to it that would prohibit the regulation of AI by states.
Trump’s rescission bill would remove $1.1B from PBS, NPR funding
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Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan joined New Democrat Coalition Leadership in a statement on House passage of Trump’s rescissions request.
CBO report: House budget knocks 16 million off health insurance rolls
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A new Congressional Budget Office report tells us that the Big, Beautiful Bill passed by the U.S. House last month would push 16 million Americans off the health insurance rolls.
Waynesboro: Food pantry says clients ‘have no idea’ of pending federal cuts
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A Waynesboro-based pantry is looking to purchase the property it’s renting, hoping to double its size and meet the demand of people struggling with food insecurity.
Augusta Health, Valley Community Services Board brace for impact of Medicaid cuts
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Valley Community Services Board and Augusta Health are bracing for substantial cuts to Medicaid and Medicare programs over the next decade.
‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ passes House: Trillions in cuts for Medicaid, Medicare, food stamps
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Rob Wittman, a Virginia Republican congressman, wants you to believe that the “Big, Beautiful Bill” that he helped pass early Thursday will somehow protect Medicare and Medicaid.
