Offering Positive, Helpful Solutions to the Climate Change Crisis
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As climate change ramps up, summerlike weather is creeping earlier into June and lingering deeper into September — elongating the period of potentially extreme weather and amplifying heat risks. washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Boston hit 100°F yesterday. What's our government doing to reduce the possibility that this heat becomes even more common? Let's tax carbon. apnews.com/article/extreme-h…
The Senate parliamentarian says Republicans cannot include a measure that would force the sale of electric vehicles used by the U.S. Postal Service in their “big, beautiful bill.” thehill.com/policy/energy-en…
Ford is striving to make electric vehicles profitably and still compete with lower-cost Chinese brands. Ford's new EV platform will support up to 8 body styles, including trucks, crossovers, and possibly sedans. First in line: a mid-sized pickup truck. axios.com/2025/06/18/ford-ch…
Hundreds of wind farms, solar plants, battery storage facilities and other clean electricity generation projects that have not yet begun construction could be at risk under that "big, beautiful bill" Congress is debating. politico.com/news/2025/06/19…
Rampant climate misinformation is turning a crisis into a catastrophe, according to a new report. It found climate action was being obstructed and delayed by false and misleading information from fossil fuel companies, politicians and some nation states. theguardian.com/environment/…
Deaths and illnesses related to heat exposure have increased sharply in recent years as climate change pushes temperatures higher. Last August in the US, 9 workers died of heat-related causes. Will OSHA go ahead with a rule to help? nytimes.com/2025/06/16/clima…
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee proposed a full phase-out of solar and wind energy tax credits by 2028. This version of the "big, beautiful bill" is a very slight improvement over the bill that the House passed. thehill.com/policy/energy-en…
Trump said: “We’re not going to let windmills get built because we’re not going to destroy our country any further than it’s already been destroyed.” Destroyed? thehill.com/policy/energy-en…
Minnesota teenagers wanted to do something to fight climate change, so they started the Green Crew to plant trees & take other constructive steps. Their model is spreading. nytimes.com/2025/05/20/clima…
A federal website (1 million visitors/month) that publishes information about changing weather, drought conditions, agricultural best-practices, and greenhouse gas emissions will no longer be updated. All staff at climate.gov have been fired. npr.org/2025/06/12/nx-s1-543….
The power sector is the 2nd-largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the US. Now EPA is going to allow more of these emissions. EPA chief Lee Zeldin labeled efforts to fight climate change a “cult.” nytimes.com/2025/06/11/clima…
Hats off to the GOP senators pointing out the senselessness of eliminating federal incentives for clean energy investment. npr.org/2025/06/12/g-s1-7220…
Unusual heat waves have occurred in all of the world's major ocean basins in recent years. These "super marine heat waves" are causing drastic changes to marine life, sea levels, and weather patterns. bostonglobe.com/2025/06/09/w…
A meteorologist who has spent his career warning S. Florida about hurricanes has a new warning: He’s not sure he can do it this year. John Morales of WTVJ said recent National Weather Service cuts could leave TV forecasters “flying blind” this season. nytimes.com/2025/06/08/weath…
Senate Republicans are proposing to terminate penalties for automakers whose fleets are not efficient enough to meet national fuel economy standards. That would effectively end the CAFE program. thehill.com/policy/energy-en…
HHS Sec'y RFK Jr. has fired the research team tasked with studying the deadly effects of high temperatures and how to safeguard against them. Extreme heat kills more Americans than hurricanes, floods and tornadoes combined.
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To protest cuts to funding for atmospheric science and call out potential risks to weather forecasts, hundreds of climate scientists and meteorologists conducted a 100-hour-long livestream that ended June 1, the first day of the Atlantic hurricane season. nytimes.com/2025/05/30/clima…
Charleston, SC, flooded once every 5 days in 2019. The city sued oil companies for misleading citizens about their products' impact on the climate. A state court is wrestling with whether the case should proceed to trial. nytimes.com/2025/05/30/clima…
A recent report by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries and the University of Exeter in England found that the global economy could experience a 50% loss in gross domestic product between 2070 and 2090 due to climate change. insideclimatenews.org/news/3…
