Climate Change

"Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups"

"A law firm representing opponents of offshore wind farms is demanding that Brown University retract research that details links between the fossil fuel industry and anti-wind groups."

Source: NYTimes, 08/27/2025

Weather Key To Perfect Ear Of Corn, But Climate Change Is Making It Dicier

'Robb Rynd and his brother grew up farming and wanted to do more of it outside their day jobs, so they went in together on what’s now a little over 200 acres of corn, soybeans, wheat and sorghum. Last year was a good year, and Rynd said he enjoyed walking the fields with his kids to see how the corn was doing. This year is a different story.'

Source: AP, 08/26/2025

New England Grid Operator Warns Trump Pause On Wind Farm Risks Reliability

"The operator of New England’s electric grid warned Monday that the Trump administration’s move to halt a nearly completed offshore wind farm will cause risks to the reliability of the electric grid."

Source: The Hill, 08/26/2025

"US Oil And Gas Air Pollution Is Causing Unequal Health Impacts: Study"

"Air pollutants from U.S. oil and gas operations are causing 91,000 premature deaths and hundreds of thousands of health issues each year — with racial and ethnic minority populations bearing the biggest burden, a new study has found."

Source: The Hill, 08/26/2025

"Trump Administration Pushes Ahead With NOAA Climate And Weather Cuts"

"President Donald Trump’s administration is set to spend nearly $100 million, or 14% less, on the research arm of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) than the level mandated by Congress for this year, according to a budget document seen by Science."

Source: Science, 08/26/2025

FEMA Staff Warn Trump Cuts Could Expose US To Another Hurricane Katrina

"Donald Trump’s attacks on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) risk exposing the US to another Hurricane Katrina, staff at the agency have warned Congress in a withering critique that also takes aim at its current leadership."

Source: Guardian, 08/26/2025
September 3, 2025

Prep Your Climate Coverage: Autumn Extreme Weather

Join Covering Climate Now for a one-hour discussion on how to prepare yourself and your newsroom to be responsive to climate-driven extreme weather this autumn. Noon ET.

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September 4, 2025

Talking Shop: The 89 Percent Project’s Next Phase

Journalists interested in Covering Climate Now's 89 Percent Project can swap ideas with journalists from The Guardian, France Télévisions, and Agencia Pública about how to gather candid, revealing answers from the public, to present a factually grounded portrait of the global climate majority in all its diversity. Noon ET.

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