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US Government Is Accelerating Coral Reef Collapse, Scientists Warn
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (1042+ words) Ritidian Point, at the northern tip of Guam, is home to an ancient limestone forest with panoramic vistas of warm Pacific waters. Stand here in early spring and you might just be lucky enough to witness a breaching humpback whale…...
Agriculture is consuming grasslands and wetlands at alarming rates
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (583+ words) Soybeans are harvested at a farm in Montividiu, Goias, Brazil. This story was originally published by'Inside Climate News and'is reproduced here as part of the'Climate Desk'collaboration. Agriculture is widely known to be the biggest driver of forest destruction globally, especially…...
Trump's war on national park signs is even dumber than you think
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (1150+ words) Dan Friedman42 minutes ago Last fall, an informational sign vanished from a patch of grass across from Chevy Chase Circle in Northwest Washington, DC. The placard'installed in 2022 by the National Park Service after much discussion'described the career of Sen. Francis Newlands, who…...
Supreme Court agrees to hear fossil fuel firms’ bid for climate immunity
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (552+ words) The'US Supreme Court'has decided to hear arguments in a climate accountability lawsuit, marking the first time the high court has weighed in on such a case. The decision could potentially hinder the wave of climate litigation the US has seen…...
Federal program that helps cities prep for disaster stays frozen despite Judge’s order
1+ week, 1+ day ago (708+ words) Kayla Bartkowski/Getty via Grist Despite bipartisan support for the effort, the Trump Administration issued a'memo announcing its intent to shut down BRIC'in April. Then, in December, a federal judge ordered FEMA to restore the program's funding and "promptly take…...
Trump claimed his big EPA climate rollback will save Americans money. That's very unlikely.
1+ week, 2+ day ago (752+ words) President Donald Trump at an event to announce the rollback of the 2009 Endangerment Finding. ]Anna Moneymaker/Getty The'Trump administration'claims its latest move to gut climate regulations and end all'greenhouse gas'standards for vehicles will save Americans money. But its own analysis…...
Video: Trump nuked a major EPA climate rule. Here's what you need to know.
1+ week, 3+ day ago (291+ words) EPA administrator Lee Zeldin looks on as Donald Trump announces the repeal of a rule that allows the agency to regulate greenhouse gases. February 11, 2026.Evan Vucci/AP On February 12, Donald Trump dropped'the climatic equivalent'of an atomic bomb. He announced the…...
Tired of dystopian sci-fi? You might like Solarpunk.
1+ week, 3+ day ago (748+ words) I was doomscrolling again. It was a fall evening in 2023, and I found myself sucked into a stream of posts about our collapsing climate: droughts causing billions in Dust Bowl'style crop damage, Florida's worst-ever coral bleaching, a record melt in…...
Trump’s climate repeal will Kill America's transition from gas guzzlers to EVs
1+ week, 5+ day ago (911+ words) As the Trump EPA rescinds Biden-era tailpipe pollution standards, the US auto industry pivots to a future of higher emissions.Jeff Gritchen/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images This story was originally published by Inside Climate News'and'is reproduced…...
The adorable patients of this special bat hospital will warm your heart
2+ week, 2+ hour ago (621+ words) Mia Mathur, a volunteer at Tolga Bat Hospital in Far North Queensland, Australia, bottle feeds an orphan spectacled flying fox. Harriet Spark/Vox Australia is famously a place with some of the world's most dangerous and frightening animals. Venomous spiders....