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As Trump administration purges climate data and web pages, research groups scramble to save information

Thursday - The Trump administration has directed federal agency staff to remove climate references and scientific data from many web pages. Researchers are rushing to archive it.

Falling costs drive US toward green energy - even as political tides shift

Wednesday - The U.S. is barreling toward an energy transition as renewables - especially solar - become ever-cheaper sources of energy.

Trump administration moves to suspend national EV charger rollout

Tuesday - The bid to freeze the money upends how the federal government delivers funding to states and may violate court orders issued this week.

"No future": Climate projects face existential threat after Trump's aid shutdown

7 Feb 25 - The Trump administration's attack on USAID puts at risk close to $500 million a year in grant-based climate funding for developing countries.

Trump's reversal of climate policies risks undermining U.S. manufacturing -- and could cost people jobs

7 Feb 25 - United States President Donald Trump's early executive actions have set American manufacturing on a collision course with his administration's fossil-fuel-driven agenda. It's clear that climate change policies run counter to his vision of American primacy.

US: More than 1000 Environmental Protection workers could be dismissed immediately

5 Feb 25 - The Trump administration has notified more than 1,000 employees at the Environmental Protection Agency that they could be dismissed immediately.

Living near active oil and gas wells may have increased risk of dying from COVID-19

5 Feb 25 - Californians who lived near the highest-producing wells were more likely to die of COVID-19 at the beginning of the pandemic, recent research shows.


USDA ordered to scrub climate change from websites

4 Feb 25 - Agriculture Department employees have been ordered to delete landing pages discussing climate change across agency websites and document climate change references for further review, according to an...

US Treasury withdraws from global climate-related financial oversight initiative

3 Feb 25 - The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Federal Insurance Office (FIO) has withdrawn from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS).

California considers letting victims of natural disasters sue oil companies for damages

3 Feb 25 - Oil and gas companies would be liable for damages caused by climate change-related disasters in California under legislation introduced Monday by two Democratic lawmakers.

Yes, you can blame climate change for the LA wildfires

31 Jan 25 - Los Angeles wildfire season now lasts roughly 23 days longer than in preindustrial times.

Trump freezes $50 billion in funding, including for clean energy innovation

30 Jan 25 - The Trump administration has halted spending from the United States Department of Energy (DOE)'s approximately $50 billion budget while a 'comprehensive review' is conducted to ensure its spending...

US oilfield firms face pricing squeeze as fracking demand slumps

30 Jan 25 - Top U.S. oilfield services firms are facing weaker pricing and revenue this year as oil producers become increasingly efficient and keep a cap on spending, according to oilfield executives and...

From showers to tiny fish to windmills, Trump's climate policies are driven by fixations

30 Jan 25 - 'It was striking that the White House memo included toilets and shower heads as a presidential priority,' said one expert.

The price of coffee hits an all-time high - here's why

30 Jan 25 - Rising coffee prices are part of a larger, global challenge driven by climate change, economic pressures, and geopolitical uncertainty.

The consequences of US climate denial will be costly

28 Jan 25 - With the second Trump administration refusing to acknowledge ongoing climate change, primary concern is naturally with its plan to gut U.S. efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions and again exit from...

Nine things to expect for the climate following Trump's return

28 Jan 25 - Climate scientists are probably among those most aggrieved by Donald Trump's return as US president.

I'm an economist. Here's why I'm worried the California insurance crisis could trigger broader financial instability

27 Jan 25 - The devastating wildfires in Los Angeles have made one threat very clear: Climate change is undermining the insurance systems American homeowners rely on to protect themselves from catastrophes. This...

Los Angeles is a climate disaster. The fires will change nothing

23 Jan 25 - OPINION: Los Angeles is burning. Fossil fuel companies laid the kindling. Soon the world will stop caring.


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