Climate Change

"E.P.A. Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change"

"The Trump administration has drafted a plan to repeal a fundamental scientific finding that gives the United States government its authority to regulate greenhouse-gas emissions and fight climate change, according to two people familiar with the plan."

Source: NYTimes, 07/24/2025

"FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Chief Resigns, Citing Agency ‘Chaos’"

"The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s urban search and rescue unit has resigned, telling colleagues he was frustrated by bureaucratic hurdles the Trump administration imposed that delayed the agency’s response to deadly flooding in Texas, according to three people familiar with his reasoning."

Source: NYTimes, 07/23/2025
August 29, 2025

DEADLINE: GHHIN/EJN Extreme Heat Photo Contest

The Global Heat Health Information Network, in partnership with Internews’ Earth Journalism Network, is launching a global photography competition to showcase the real impacts of extreme heat, and the ways communities around the world are responding to it. Deadline: Aug 29, 2025.

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"Former BP Spokesperson Is Now EPA Region 6 Chief of Staff"

"Wynn Radford IV, chief of staff for the Environmental Protection Agency Region 6, previously worked as a spokesperson for the multinational oil company BP following the Deepwater Horizon disaster."

Source: Inside Climate News, 07/22/2025

Weather Extremes Caused by Climate Change Are Driving Up Food Prices: Report

"Extreme weather has stoked food prices around the world in recent years and could lead to more political instability and inflation, with the world’s poor bearing most of the economic pain and health impacts, according to new research."

Source: Inside Climate News, 07/22/2025

"Trump Radically Overhauls EPA Mission, Scope in First Six Months"

"Just six months into his second term, President Donald Trump has moved quickly to reshape the Environmental Protection Agency in ways not seen over its 55-year history, drastically restructuring offices, realigning priorities, and reducing staff."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/22/2025

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