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Every President Since Lyndon Johnson Has Recognized the Security Risks of Climate Change. Then Came Trump.

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This story was originally published by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For more than half a century, US intelligence agencies and the armed forces have analyzed threats to national security from a range of environmental angles, including dependence on fossil fuels, competition for scarce water resources and […]

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Your Weather Forecasts Are About to Get a Lot Less Accurate

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This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Did you check the weather forecast today? Whether it was on your phone, the five-day outlook in your newspaper, or your friendly TV meteorologist, that forecast was built on a massive government-run network of sensors and computers that get the weather […]

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Top-Earning 10 Percent Responsible for the Majority of Global Warming, Study Finds

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This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The world’s wealthiest 10 percent are responsible for two-thirds of global heating since 1990, driving droughts and heatwaves in the poorest parts of the world, according to a study. While researchers have previously shown that higher income groups emit disproportionately large amounts […]

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Climate Justice Organizers Hold Mock Funeral for 1.5ºC Paris Agreement Target

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2024 was the hottest year in human history, and countries show no signs of reining in planet-wrecking fossil fuels.

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How Trump’s Dismantling of NOAA Threatens the Keeling Curve—and Why That Matters

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This story was originally published by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. There are trillions upon trillions of numbers in the world. We use numbers to describe almost every conceivable thing in the universe. But there is one number that surpasses all others for the enormous impact it will […]

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Purslane Sex and the City

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This story was originally published by bioGraphic and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Steps from a public bathroom, across a narrow street from a home goods store in Tokyo, Japan, a tangle of delicate reddish stems fringed with rubbery emerald leaves pokes from a crack in the pavement. Smaller than a discarded Big […]

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Trump White House Terminates Climate Tracker Examining Billion-Dollar Disasters

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The Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database has been around since 1980.

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Trump’s Killing of Energy Star Program Will Cost Families a Bundle

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This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The federal Energy Star program is among the most successful government initiatives in modern history. Its signature blue label is now nearly as recognizable as the Nike swoosh or a Coca-Cola can, and appliances bearing it save American consumers some $40 […]

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FEMA Will No Longer Go Door-to-Door to Assist Disaster Victims

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This story was originally published by Wired and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is making significant changes to how it will respond to disasters on the ground this season, including ending federal door-to-door canvassing of survivors in disaster areas, WIRED has learned. A memo reviewed by WIRED, dated May 2 […]

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Leaked Memo Reveals Details About Trump’s War on Science at the NIH

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to end future funding for research projects focused on vaccine hesitancy and the Covid pandemic, as well as gender-affirming care, climate change, and diversity, equity, and inclusion, among other areas, according to a new draft guidance memo reviewed by Mother Jones. The internal memo, which has not been […]

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A Leaked Memo Reveals Details About Trump’s War on Science at the NIH

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to end future funding for research projects focused on vaccine hesitancy and the Covid pandemic, as well as gender-affirming care, climate change, and diversity, equity, and inclusion, among other areas, according to a new draft guidance memo reviewed by Mother Jones. The internal memo, which has not been […]

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