A shift in leadership plans at the Interior Department. Kathleen Sgamma, the Trump administration’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), has officially withdrawn her candidacy following renewed scrutiny over past remarks. Her decision comes after the resurfacing of a 2021 memo in which she criticized former President Donald Trump’s actions surrounding the […]
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In a significant shift in U.S. climate policy, former President Donald Trump has taken steps to severely reduce funding for one of the country’s most vital climate change studies, the National Climate Assessment (NCA). This move threatens to undermine a key tool designed to assess and understand the growing threats posed by rising global temperatures,
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Trump’s New Goal: Revive a Major Climate Pollutant That Power Markets Have Turned Against In a surprising turn of events, former President Donald Trump has set his sights on reviving the coal industry, despite significant shifts in both market dynamics and climate concerns. Trump’s new goal? To bring back coal as a cornerstone of America’s
In the ever-changing landscape of American politics, where party lines often blur and ideologies shift unexpectedly, few political figures have embodied such a dramatic transformation as Lee Zeldin, the newly appointed Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under President Donald Trump. Once heralded as a Republican with a strong commitment to pro-environment policies, Zeldin’s
In a significant development surrounding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has criticized the agency’s handling of its decision to cancel $20 billion in climate grants. The case stems from actions taken by EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, who, citing concerns over program integrity, froze and later terminated the grants issued
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The Urgency of Climate Action: Understanding the Path Ahead Climate change has emerged as one of the most pressing challenges of our time, affecting ecosystems, economies, and communities worldwide. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has provided extensive research on the consequences of rising greenhouse gas emissions, emphasizing the need for immediate action. This
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[ad_1] The Atlantic Niño, a key climate pattern in the tropical Atlantic Ocean and the counterpart to the well-known El Niño in the Pacific Ocean, influences rainfall, hurricanes, and other climate and weather worldwide. Scientists recently identified two distinct variations of the Atlantic Niño phenomenon that arise under different conditions, but those mechanisms have been
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[ad_1] The Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS), a NOAA Climate Adaptation Partnerships (CAP) team, releases a new report on livestock producers’ experience with the Livestock Forage Disaster Plan (LFP). LFP is one of three disaster assistance programs for livestock producers impacted by climate hazards administered through the Farm Service Agency. The LFP program provides
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[ad_1] Although wildfires have burned increasing land area in recent decades, a new Nature Communications study found a persistent fire deficit in many North American forest ecosystems. This means that forests today experience fewer fires than they did historically due to decades of fire suppression, land use changes, and the disruption of traditional burning practices.
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[ad_1] In the Southwest, wildfires are a persistent threat. Credit: Southwest Wildfire Science Consortium The Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS), a NOAA Climate Program Office Climate Adaptation Partnerships (CAP) team, recently published an article titled, “How Are Weather and Climate Products and Decision Support Systems Used in Wildland Fire Decision-Making in the U.S. Southwest?”