Scientists fear Trump will dismiss blunt climate report
10 Aug 2017
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US defence spending on critical minerals surges in the last decade
Today 11:00am
Members of communities affected by some of these projects said that U.S. state backing has meant projects are being fast-tracked without the necessary social and environmental checks or meaningful consultation.
Trump administration ditches plan to close a critical ocean monitoring system after furious bipartisan backlash
Today 11:00am
The Trump administration is U-turning on its controversial decision to dismantle a critical ocean monitoring system that provides vital information on the health of the world’s oceans, after a bipartisan backlash in Congress.
Microsoft's clean energy reversal collides with Virginia's climate goals
Fri 19 Jun 2026
Amid a data center boom in the state, the tech giant backpedals on a key climate promise.
Trump wants to put a $75m coal terminal in this liberal California city. Residents aren’t having it
Wed 17 Jun 2026
Residents of West Oakland, which suffers from toxic waste and high pollution rates, is rallying against a coal export facility.
US judge orders halt to Trump administration's 'censorship' of park exhibits
Tue 16 Jun 2026
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to reinstall exhibits and signs on topics like slavery and climate change that it had removed from parks and monuments nationwide because they "do not align with its preferred narrative."
Inside the campaign to discredit a key climate science report
12 Jun 2026
An emerging field of research that can measure how much climate change has worsened individual disasters is under attack by friends of the fossil fuel industry.
Former ExxonMobil CEO Lee Raymond: 311 ppm – 421 ppm
12 Jun 2026
Lee Raymond, the former ExxonMobil chief executive who became one of the country’s most important and influential climate science deniers, died in Dallas on Saturday.
Solar power hits new milestones in the US even as Trump boosts coal over clean energy
11 Jun 2026
Even as President Donald Trump boosts coal over clean energy, solar power is hitting new milestones in the U.S. and remains the leading source of new power.
Alaskans reel from the loss of National Science Foundation ocean-monitoring instruments
11 Jun 2026
With its multi-billion-dollar fishing industry and vulnerable coastal communities, scientists say the federal government’s decision leaves Alaska flying blind.
Increase in wildfire-driven ozone linked to premature deaths across the U.S.
10 Jun 2026
Smog linked to wildfires is getting worse across much of the U.S., playing a role in more than 300 additional premature deaths every year since 2013, researchers say.
