Trump hands Xavier Becerra a climate dilemma - POLITICO

If he coasts to victory in November, as expected, Xavier Becerra will face competing pressures: delivering on the affordability message that propelled him through the primary while fending off President Donald Trump’s relentless attacks on California’s climate agenda...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/07/31/xavier-becerra-california-climate-goals-trump-01018137

 

The rightwing campaign to control how US judges view the climate crisis

As cities and states sue big oil for billions in damages over allegations that it covered up the dangers of its products, rightwing organizations are attempting to discredit the wave of litigation. They claim the lawyers behind it are teaming up with an environmentally focused legal education non-profit to bias federal judges against oil companies. 

But it is actually fossil fuel-backed organizations that are attempting to sway the judiciary in their favor, one of those law firms is countering. Evidence of this includes judicial seminars hosted by one such group featuring pro-industry speakers such as the current energy secretary, Chris Wright, in his former occupation as a fracking executive…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jun/10/judges-climate-crisis-energy-secretary

 

‘Point of no return’: New Orleans relocation must start now due to sea level, study finds

The process of relocating people from New Orleans should start immediately, as the city has reached a “point of no return” that will see it surrounded by the ocean within decades due to the climate crisis, a stark new study has concluded.

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/may/04/new-orleans-sea-levels-relocation-climate-crisis

 

Red-state Republicans seek climate ‘liability shield’ for fossil fuel industry

If enacted, Utah and Oklahoma measures would restrict litigation against oil companies over role in climate crisis…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/13/republicans-climate-liability-shield-fossil-fuel-industry

 

More than 200 environmental groups demand halt to new US data centers

Exclusive: Congress urged to act against energy-hungry facilities blamed for increasing bills and worsening climate crisis…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/08/us-data-centers

 

 

 

Trump orders agencies to ‘sunset’ environmental protections

He ordered agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Energy Department, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement and Fish and Wildlife Service to amend regulations so that they expire by October 2026...

https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/5242921-trump-executive-order-environmental-protections-sunset/ 

 

EPA Plans to End Greenhouse Gas Reporting for Most Polluters — ProPublica

Climate experts expressed shock and dismay at the move. "It would be a bit like unplugging the equipment that monitors the vital signs of a patient that is critically ill," one said...

https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-epa-greenhouse-gas-reporting-climate-crisis 

 

Days of severe storms leave 18 dead as rising rivers threaten US south and midwest

In Kentucky, downtown Frankfort, the state's capital, was inundated. 

"As long as I've been alive – and I'm 52 – this is the worst I've ever seen it," said Wendy Quire, the general manager at the Brown Barrel restaurant… 

The ongoing, global climate crisis is bringing heavier rainfall and related flood risks to most parts of the US, with the upper midwest and Ohio River valley among the regions most affected, according to Climate Central, an independent non-profit that researches weather patterns…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/06/deadly-severe-storms-rising-rivers-flooding-south-midwest

 

Fury as US argues against climate obligations at top UN court

 "Once again, we witness a disheartening attempt by the US to evade its responsibilities as one of the world's largest polluters," said Vishal Prasad, director of Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change. "The US is content with its business-as-usual approach and has taken every possible measure to shirk its historical responsibility, disregard human rights and reject climate justice."…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/dec/04/us-climate-crisis-legal-court

EPA chief vows to take on Republican-led states over rollback of climate rules

Regan cited a litany of regulatory, as well as legal, accomplishments made under Biden, such as the establishment of more stringent emissions rules for cars, trucks and power plants, key sources of pollution in low-income, Black and Hispanic communities, as well as specific actions to tackle a drinking water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, and raw sewage in Alabama. A beefed-up environmental justice office, with 200 staffers, now sits in the heart of the EPA apparatus...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jun/18/epa-michael-regan-republicans-climate-crisis

State poised to become first in US to charge big oil for climate damage

Mihaly said supporters had worked to build a "robust record to demonstrate that there's a rational basis for this law", adding that the Vermont attorney general, Charity Clark, supported the bill and said her office was "ready to proudly defend the law"...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/09/vermont-charge-oil-industry-climate-crisis

The climate crisis explained in 10 charts

From the seemingly inexorable increase in atmospheric CO2 to the rapid growth in green energy, we explore the data as Cop28 begins…

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/30/the-climate-crisis-explained-in-10-charts-co2-green-energy-cop28

Climatologist Michael Mann on How to Talk to Climate Deniers (Al Franken podcast)

The Climate Has Always Changed – Just Not This Fast!!!

Interview: 

https://www.alfranken.com/listen/climatologist-michael-mann-on-how-to-talk-to-climate-deniers

Did 1,609 scientists sign a declaration saying ‘there is no climate emergency’? Not quite - PolitiFact

This list of claims has been assessed as having "very low" credibility by scientists, as reported in a review published by Climate Feedback, a global network of scientists that debunks inaccurate climate change claims. The reviewers said the statement gave cherry-picked information about carbon dioxide and climate change impact and presented them in a "biased and misleading way."..

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/oct/09/tweets/did-1609-scientists-sign-a-declaration-saying-ther/

Time to Wake Up 290: The Economic Costs of the Climate Crisis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzXGKkqV09Q

Record auto profits should be used to address inequality and the climate crisis

"Ford, General Motors and Stellantis have made a quarter trillion dollars over the last 10 years. Those profits, and the very existence of the big three today, were only possible through the sacrifices made by UAW members when American taxpayers bailed out the industry. Those same workers were never made whole after being forced to accept lower wages and were stripped of cost-of-living adjustments and retiree pensions.

Over the last four years, each big three CEO received on average a 40% pay raise on top of their multimillion-dollar salaries. Autoworkers saw their pay increase by a mere 6% in that same period of time, falling behind in inflation like the rest of American workers..."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/14/record-auto-profits-inequality-climate-crisis-ford-general-motors-stellantis

Why Religion is Not the Answer: Faith Won't Solve the Climate Crisis (Student Essay contest 8th place)

Religion is not the answer because we know the science is indisputable. — we alone (as the human race) caused climate change. God is not going to save us, and we have a moral obligation to the future generations of both humans and animals alike to leave them with the best world possible. Using a scientific perspective to tackle climate change can be relied on more than a faith-based approach because it uses the peer-review process, journal retractions (if necessary), meta-analyses (to evaluate trends), and the principle of reproducibility to inform perspectives. Science strives to find objective truth about an unknown. Religion starts with a foundation of “truth” and strives to find evidence that validates those assumptions.

https://www.freethoughttoday.com/free/8th-place-grad-student-essay-contest-ashleigh-piccoli/

‘It was like an apocalyptic movie’: 20 climate photographs that changed the world

'It was like an apocalyptic movie': 20 climate photographs that changed the world
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/nov/05/20-climate-photographs-that-changed-the-world

Five charts that show why our food is not ready for the climate crisis

Crops are already seeing losses from heat and drought. Can genetic diversity – a return to foods' origins – help combat the climate challenges ahead?

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/apr/22/climate-food-biodiversity-five-charts

Scientists have just told us how to solve the climate crisis – will the world listen?

…Despite the complexities of climate science, our course is terrifyingly simple to see: we are currently on track for catastrophic 3C heating. In a world where half of the its population is highly vulnerable to the climate crisis, that spells disaster. Extreme heatwaves, floods and droughts far outside the normal tolerances of cities and towns will destroy lives and livelihoods globally. The knock-on effects of crop failures, migration and economic disruption could then overload political institutions and our abilities to respond to unfolding events...

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/apr/06/scientists-climate-crisis-ipcc-report