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Climate change dropped from U.S. intelligence agencies' anual threat assement in 2nd Trump adminstration's first report.

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2025-03-27 12:34

Climate change taken off spy agencies' global threat list Climate change has been included in annual threat assessments since 2009, in one form or another. Andrew Freedman Axios

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NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2025-03-26 10:02

NIH Ends Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change It’s unclear whether the guidance will impact active grants, but it appears to halt opportunities for future studies. One climate health expert said the directive would have a “devastating” impact on much-needed research. Annie Waldman,Sharon Lerner ProPublica

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Major Investments Are Key To Preventing Climate Displacement-- UN report

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2025-03-19 12:34

Major Investments Are Key To Preventing Climate Displacement, Says UN While developed countries fret about an 'influx' of climate refugees, developing countries are already grappling with the realities of climate displacement. Frey Lindsay Forbes

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Opinion: Trump's cuts to climate change programs can be costly.

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2025-03-19 12:25

Trump is tackling every ‘emergency’ except the important one — climate change While Team Trump dwells inside their bubble of false facts and alternative realities, the rest of America is experiencing a relentless succession of tragedies. The human and economic costs are deva… ckulat The Hill

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Record temperatuires last year accelerated rise in sea levels and approach to key warming threshold --U.N.

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2025-03-19 10:22

Record 2024 temperatures accelerate ice loss, rise in sea levels, UN weather body says

SINGAPORE, March 19 (Reuters) - Record greenhouse gas levels helped bring temperatures to an all-time high in 2024, accelerating glacier and sea ice loss, raising sea levels and edging the world closer to a key warming threshold, the U.N. weather body said on Wednesday.

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Trump administration escalates efforts to take back $20B from nonprofits involved in climate issue

Submitted by mike kraft on Fri, 2025-03-14 17:55

Trump officials escalate fight to take back $20B in climate money The Justice Department is demanding documents from nonprofits that were awarded the money through the Inflation Reduction Act. Jean Chemnick Politico

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U.S. Eviornmental Protection Agency chief announced rollback of climate change and other regulations

Submitted by mike kraft on Thu, 2025-03-13 09:44

EPA head says he'll roll back dozens of environmental regulations, including rules on climate change The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a series of actions to roll back landmark environmental regulations, including rules on pollution from coal-fired power plants, climate change and electric vehicles. AP News

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Trump Juistice Department steps up efforts to reclaim funding for climate change programs

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2025-03-11 11:06

Trump officials escalate fight to take back $20B in climate money The Justice Department is demanding documents from nonprofits that were awarded the money through the Inflation Reduction Act. Jean Chemnick Politico

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City fires are likely to increase with climate change--study

Submitted by mike kraft on Wed, 2025-03-05 12:31

City fires are likely to increase with climate change, modeling study warns The frequency of some types of fires in cities as a result of climate change is projected to increase in the coming decades, according to a modeling study published in Nature Cities. The findings are ... Nature Publishing Group Phys.org

... The findings are based on data from 2,847 cities in 20 countries and could be useful for future urban planning and emergency response strategies.

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Analysis: Climate change will fuel struggles for land and resources

Submitted by mike kraft on Tue, 2025-03-04 11:27

The Coming Age of Territorial Expansion Climate change will fuel contests—and maybe wars—for land and resources. Michael Albertus Foreign Affairs

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