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Layoffs at NOAA Signal Setback for Climate Research and National Security

Predicting extreme weather is about to get a lot harder due to massive cuts in staff and funding

By Laura Stewart April 13, 2025

In this story: federal policy, international climate policy, climate change, climate adaptation, Trump

Demonstrators attend rally outside National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration headquarters to oppose the recent worker firings, in Silver Spring, Maryland.

What’s Happening at the Bureau of Land Management?

A new Sagebrush Rebellion threatens to transform the agency’s mandate from conservation to energy production

By Alexander Nazaryan March 23, 2025

In this story: climate change, Trump, federal policy, politics

Under Trump, the EPA Takes First Step to Torpedo “Endangerment Finding” on Greenhouse Gases

Administrator Lee Zeldin derides “climate change religion” as reason to abandon clean air and water regulations

By Dana Drugmand March 13, 2025

In this story: EPA, climate change, Trump, environmental law, air

Photo by Francis Chung/E&E News/POLITICO via AP Images

Farmers Feeling the Pain After Conservation Funding Frozen

The Trump administration, with DOGE, is pulling the rug from under growers and producers across the country

By Juliet Grable March 12, 2025

In this story: agriculture, Trump, politics, conservation

Photo Courtesy of Mountain Roots Produce

Sierra Club and Partners Sue Elon Musk and DOGE Over Layoffs at National Parks

The joint lawsuit aims to protect public lands and the people who need them

By Molly McCluskey March 6, 2025

In this story: national parks, Trump, environmental law, public lands, state parks

EPA Under Trump Besieged by Mass Terminations, Axed Programs, Funding Cuts

The nation’s environmental watchdog is under an “unprecedented” attack

By Dana Drugmand February 27, 2025

In this story: EPA, Trump, climate change, federal policy

A Storm Named Trump Hits the National Parks Ahead of Busy Season

The president’s unpopular cost-cutting measures resulted in thousands of rangers and scientists losing their jobs

By Alexander Nazaryan February 25, 2025

In this story: national parks, Trump

Photo by Mark Miller Images/Getty Images

Trump’s LNG Strategy Makes No Sense

President Trump says increasing liquefied natural gas exports will lower gas prices. He’s got it all backward.

By Delaney Nolan February 9, 2025

In this story: liquefied natural gas, Trump, climate change

Trump Tries to Reverse Engineer the Social Safety Net With Funding Freeze

The order is far-reaching, from health-care policies to low-income energy assistance

By Alexander Nazaryan January 29, 2025

In this story: politics, Trump, Policy, congress

Trump Attacks Climate Action, Environmental Protections on First Day Back in Power

His executive orders signal a national realignment away from progressive racial, social, and climate policy

By Dana Drugmand January 21, 2025

In this story: climate change, Trump, federal policy, international climate policy, politics

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