Friday, September 4, 2026

Tag: climate science

Trump plan to dismantle US weather research hub alarms scientists and...

A proposal by the Trump administration to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research has sparked warnings from scientists, university leaders, and Colorado officials who say the move could undermine public safety, economic stability, and decades of shared scientific infrastructure.

Planetary boundary crossed: Ocean acidification now threatens global ecosystems and coastal...

Scientists warn that ocean acidification passed a critical tipping point years ago, threatening marine biodiversity and putting billions in economic value at risk as world leaders gather for emergency talks in France.

Congressional investigation reveals new evidence of Big Oil’s decades-long campaign to...

Fossil fuel industry efforts to delay inquiries highlight its sense of impunity—and echo tactics used to obstruct climate action and deceive the public.

Corporate promotion of carbon capture and storage contradicts science, study finds

Report shows oil and gas companies are spreading confusion over the science of climate change solutions, leading to “misguided” ideas behind CCS use.

Warmer, drier spring to bring worsening drought to US, NOAA report...

Likely worsening conditions in many of the areas already experiencing drought could lead to additional heatwaves.

Scientists fear soaring methane levels show climate feedback loop has arrived

Rapidly rising levels of atmospheric methane are "very bad news for humanity and the planet," warned one observer.

Despite cutbacks, ExxonMobil continues to fund climate science denial

ExxonMobil has spent more than $39 million to manufacture doubt about climate science.

Legal action against high emitters failing to use latest climate science,...

Most of the lawsuits analyzed did not quantify the extent to which climate change was responsible for the impacts suffered by plaintiffs, known as “attribution science”.

As QAnon conspiracy spreads on the far right, climate science deniers...

“The new addition to this history of climate capitalism is the capitalism behind the clicks, the monetizing of disinformation that happens on all the platforms.”

Bill McKibben on Earth Day at 50: We must stop subsidizing...

Half a century later, in the middle of a pandemic, protests planned around the world have moved online, and the Trump administration has gutted the EPA, rolled back fuel economy standards and eased the enforcement of pollution regulations.

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A Midwest meatpacking plant. Photo: Ammodramus, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Illinois presses Tyson for a buyer after 2,500 workers lost their jobs overnight

The plant's chief executive was paid 781 times the median worker's wage the same quarter its beef unit posted a loss.
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Regulators Knew This Marijuana Product Was Harming People. It Stayed on Shelves for More...

Colorado’s Marijuana Enforcement Division can take months or even years to issue formal safety warnings about marijuana products even when it receives reports that the products are harming people’s health, The Denver Gazette and ProPublica found.
The U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. Photo: Jarek Tuszyński / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Trump administration asks Supreme Court to freeze block on USPS mail ballot rule

North Carolina and Alabama are due to start mailing ballots this week, and the justices have set a deadline of their own.
Chinook salmon, one of the species the lawsuit says the herbicide would harm. Photo: Dan Cook (USFWS), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

EPA approves forever chemical herbicide its own review calls a likely carcinogen

Three advocacy groups are suing to block the pesticide, arguing it also threatens four endangered fish species.
Madison Square Garden in New York. Photo: Rich Mitchell from New York, NY / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Interfaith leaders say they were ‘misled’ into attending event with far-right Hindu leader

Mohan Bhagwat’s appearance at Madison Square Garden was the latest in an influence operation conducted by the RSS and its allies in the U.S.