Resilience
Colorado River showing "bathtub ring" low water levels near Hoover Dam

Colorado River negotiators are nearly out of time and snowpack

With another federal deadline only weeks away and record-low snowfall further drying out the watershed, states have begun talking about whether they are prepared for litigation.
insideclimatenews.org
A hand placing a seed in a pot inside a greenhouse

The US farmers saving Palestinian seeds

More than 40 growers nationwide are working to preserve heirloom seeds, along with the history, tradition, and identity they contain.
civileats.com
Climate funds stock ticker displayed on a building

Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve could steer bank away from climate change

The fight over control of the Federal Reserve has revolved around interest rates and inflation, but President Donald Trump’s choice to be the bank’s next chair could sway how the agency assesses climate risks, too.

insideclimatenews.org
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum U.S. Secretary of the Interior speaking at the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)

The West’s water war arrives in Washington

The Trump administration’s hands-off approach to the fight over the Colorado River has left states careening towards a crisis — and it's not clear that Interior Secretary Doug Burgum can turn them around.
www.politico.com
Pumpjacks and fuel business superimposed on US one hundred dollar bank note.

Fossil fuel firms may have to pay for climate damage under proposed UN tax

Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation could also force ultra-rich to pay global wealth tax.

www.theguardian.com
plant seedlings sprouting in a plastic container

In Chile’s desert, a seed bank holds the key to the future of agriculture

Tucked away in a remote desert town, a hidden vault safeguards Chile's most precious natural treasures. From long-forgotten flowers to endangered crops.
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brown round fruit in white ceramic bowl

Rising salinity and heat push Basra to grow date palms in the lab

As extreme heat and saltwater intrusion devastate traditional orchards in southern Iraq, scientists in Basra are turning to tissue-culture labs to revive date palm production and save endangered local varieties.

www.reuters.com
Heavy ice build up on a truck during an ice storm

A winter storm fueled by global warming tests U.S. disaster response

A sprawling winter storm that left hundreds of thousands without power, grounded thousands of flights and disrupted travel across the eastern half of the U.S. could be the first real test of the second Trump administration’s Federal Emergency Management Agency.

insideclimatenews.org
Two EVs, side by side, being recharged at charging stations

Global energy transition investment grew in 2025 despite major obstacles; here are the numbers

Clean transportation led the way while renewable energy spending decreased.
insideclimatenews.org
Ilulissat, Greenland - coastal village with icebergs floating in bay

Arctic scientists 'feel pretty uncomfortable' on Greenland

Science in the Arctic — and Greenland — is on the frontline of pressing challenges facing humanity, like climate change and genetics. Some researchers worry international collaboration is at risk.
www.dw.com
Earth melting into a puddle showing the possible effects of global warming.

Dutch government discriminated against Bonaire islanders over climate adaptation, court rules

Judgment in The Hague orders Netherlands to do more to protect Caribbean people in its territory from impacts of climate crisis.

www.theguardian.com
Burned out remains of house fire

Who decides when a home is safe? A California bill says science, not insurers

Following a Times investigation, a state lawmaker is proposing the first health-based standards for assessing smoke contamination after wildfires.
www.nytimes.com
Bixby Bridge, part of Highway 1, at Big Sur, in California

California’s iconic Highway 1 is fighting a losing battle against climate change. Can it survive?

Scientists warn that climate change intensifies coastal hazards — stronger storms, erosion and wildfires — making future closures more likely along California’s iconic, 650-mile highway.

www.latimes.com
An older woman with a bottle of water being taken care of by two other people during a heat wave

What happens to the human body in 49C heat? Australians are finding out

Doctors warn there are biological limits to temperatures we can survive, and exposure to extreme heat can provoke a heart attack.

www.theguardian.com
Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse makes a speech at a political rally for Barack Obama on September 20, 2008

Democrats are shying away from climate messaging. One of their own is fighting back

There’s a schism within the Democratic Party about whether talking about climate change is the right message to win back control of Washington.

www.politico.com
Great Salt Lake in Utah with dry mountains in the background.

‘An environmental nuclear bomb’: documentary examines fight to save Great Salt Lake

A cautionary new film, executive-produced by Leonardo DiCaprio, warns of the devastating consequences if the Utah lake continues to disappear.

www.theguardian.com
Holy Brahmaputra river, Yarlung Tsangpo, and Tibetan mountain landscape

Opinion: The mother of all mega-dams is China’s hidden weapon in the Himalayas

New disclosures reveal that China’s planned super-dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo — the world’s highest-altitude major river, better known as the Brahmaputra — is not a single structure. Rather, it is a a vast, tunnel-linked hydropower and water-diversion complex, spanning roughly 150 kilometers through the Himalayas.

thehill.com
Florida spring with clear blue-green water

The business of saving nature

Global financing is heavily skewed to industries that harm rather than preserve nature, according to a new report that calls for an urgent scale-up of nature-positive spending.
www.dw.com
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