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A firefighter walking through a forest setting prescribed burn fires

Wildfire mitigation in New Mexico down 53% since Trump took office

A new analysis by a wildland firefighter advocacy group finds that wildfire mitigation in New Mexico, including prescribed burns and forest thinning, has plunged by more than half since Donald Trump took office, raising alarms amid an already severe backlog in forest management and a predicted dry winter.

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It was a very good election for the climate

In the first election of Donald Trump's second term, voters make clear that they're unhappy with his energy policies — and they still care about climate action.

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Planet in peril: 30 years of climate talks in six charts

As leaders gather for the U.N. climate summit in Brazil this month - three decades after the world's first annual climate conference - the data charting progress in the fight against global warming tells a sobering story.
www.reuters.com
An aerial View of Belem do Para, Brazil - scene of COP30

High stakes and hopes as leaders gather ahead of COP30

Ahead of the UN climate conference in Brazil, international leaders including Germany's Merz and Brazil's Lula are meeting to discuss climate action. Experts say they should reaffirm their ambition to curb emissions.
www.dw.com
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Democrats show early signs of winning energy messaging war

Democrats won gubernatorial elections in Virginia and New Jersey, where candidates made affordability concerns and skyrocketing electricity bills central to their campaigns.
www.politico.com
Climate change panel fielding questions at California conference on climate change

The U.S. is skipping this year’s climate summit. For many, that’s OK.

World leaders, gathering in Brazil, will try to agree on new, more ambitious plans to cut greenhouse gases.
www.nytimes.com
Crowd of young people marching for the planet

New York climate advocates celebrate Mamdani’s victory, prepare to hold him accountable

For the first time in years, New York’s environmental justice advocates say they’ll be working with the city’s government—rather than against it.
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U.S. Capital Building at night

Record-smashing shutdown hits energy, enviro work

Here's what's open and what's stalled as the political standoff continues.
www.eenews.net
CAFO pigs confined in a factory farm

Intensive livestock farms fail to declare climate impacts in ‘emissions scandal’

Local councils are giving the green light to large-scale pig and poultry farms with patchy or non-existent climate data.

www.theguardian.com
Canadian parliament building with a Canadian flag waving above it on a dark night

How Carney’s first budget impacts the environment

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s budget scales back rules around greenwashing, and hints an oil and gas emissions cap is unlikely. But it introduces a youth climate corps and renews efforts to lift boil-water advisories

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$10 trillion in green investments counter Trump’s climate backlash

The landmark Paris Agreement triggered a wave of climate commitments. A decade later, Bloomberg examined seven key categories to chart progress amid a new era of attacks on global warming science and action.
www.bloomberg.com
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Climate change ‘is the new liberal arts’: Colleges build environmental lessons into degrees

The University of California, San Diego, is among a growing number of colleges requiring all undergraduates to take courses on climate change, reflecting a shift in higher education toward preparing students in every field to understand and respond to the global climate crisis.

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Typhoon victims wade through floodwaters in storm aftermath

Typhoon Kalmaegi leaves dozens dead in central Philippines

Typhoon Kalmaegi has left at least 66 people dead and 26 missing in the central Philippines. Many were trapped on roofs or swept away by floods in Cebu, which was hit hard on Tuesday.
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Ships in port with refinery and pollution-belching smokestack in background

The global race to slash emissions — in nine charts

The pressure is on for leaders attending the 30th UN Climate Change Conference to prevent global warming from accelerating further. Where are countries making strides?
www.dw.com
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Solar geoengineering in wrong hands could wreak climate havoc, scientists warn

Blocking the sun may reduce global heating – but ‘rogue actor’ could cause drought or more hurricanes, report finds
www.theguardian.com
Coal plant emitting smokestack pollution

Ohio scrapped a key tool to fight air pollution. Advocates want it back.

The air nuisance rule has helped advocates rein in pollution from coal-burning plants and other facilities. Without it, air quality could worsen.
www.canarymedia.com
U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright speaking with attendees at the Energy Freedom Tour stop at MIT

White House pressured EPA for broad rollback of tailpipe rules

The budge office wanted to weaken curbs on cars' soot- and smog-forming air pollutants as it unraveled a key climate policy.
www.eenews.net
Toy cars lined up on a paved surface

Trump says cutting climate rules will save you money. It’s actually costing you more

The president hates EVs. But his policies are making gas cars more expensive too.
www.vox.com
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