Climate Change

FEMA Holds $300 Million in Grants Until States Account for Deportations

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency is withholding more than $300 million in emergency preparedness grants from states until they can prove that their population estimates, used to calculate award amounts, do not include people who have been deported from the United States."

Source: NYTimes, 10/06/2025

Climate Change Is Disrupting Global Wind Speeds, Impacting Planetary Health

"Worsening sand and dust storms, wildfires intensified by record-setting winds, and increasingly severe hurricanes, derechos, short-lived convective storms, and other extreme weather events are impacting people’s lives, health and property around the world."

Source: Mongabay, 10/06/2025

"Youth-Led US Climate Activists Widen Focus To Fight Authoritarianism"

"As the Trump administration cracks down on both environmental policies and progressive activism, the Sunrise Movement, the youth-led climate justice organization that popularized calls for a Green New Deal, is widening its mission to fight authoritarianism."

Source: Guardian, 10/06/2025

EPA Ends Greenhouse Gas Data Collection. Who Will Step Up to Fill the Gap?

"The Environmental Protection Agency announced earlier this month that it would stop making polluting companies report their greenhouse gas emissions to it, eliminating a crucial tool the US uses to track emissions and form climate policy. Climate NGOs say their work could help plug some of the data gap, but they and other experts fear the EPA’s work can’t be fully matched."

Source: WIRED, 10/03/2025

"Duke Energy Backs Off Renewables After North Carolina Cuts Climate Goal"

"The state repealed the utility’s 2030 emissions target in July. Duke’s response? A plan to slash solar and wind, double down on gas — and burn more coal."

Source: Canary Media, 10/03/2025

"White House To Slash $8B In Funding For Blue States"

"White House budget director Russ Vought on Wednesday said the Trump administration will cancel almost $8 billion in federal funding for green projects, directly targeting 16 states that did not vote for President Donald Trump in the presidential election."

Source: E&E News, 10/03/2025

Pope Leo Decries Climate Skeptics As He Embraces Francis' Green Legacy

"Pope Leo XIV took aim Wednesday at skeptics who “ridicule those who speak of global warming,” as he strongly embraced Pope Francis’ environmental legacy and made it his own in some of his strongest and most extensive comments to date."

Source: AP, 10/02/2025

"Uncovering the Secret Lives of Cacti and Fungi in the Sonoran Desert"

"With sizzling temperatures and a parched climate, it can be hard to survive in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. But some species have evolved to thrive in this extreme environment, including the iconic saguaro cactus. Part of the reason for this prickly plant’s success is its intimate relationship with a smaller—but similarly mighty—desert player: fungi."

Source: Inside Climate News, 10/02/2025

"Trump Administration Moves to Relax Rules on Climate Super Pollutants"

"The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it planned to relax a Biden-era rule that requires grocery stores, air-conditioning companies, semiconductor plants and others to sharply and rapidly reduce some powerful greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment."

Source: NYTimes, 10/02/2025

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