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Category: Policy

Trump Victory Is a ‘Gut Punch’ to U.S. Climate Action – Scientific American

Artist Illustration of Greta Thunberg fighting against climate change in Mordor (by toxicsqall, CC BY-NC-ND 3.0, via DeviantArt).

President-elect Trump vowed to promote fossil fuels, weaken pollution regulations and reverse Biden administration climate efforts..

Trump Wins, Planet Loses – Grist Magazine

Earth on Fire, 2016 (CC0 1.0 public domain via pixabay.com)

With control of the White House and the Senate, Republicans are poised to upend U.S. climate policy…

Your 2024 Election Rundown, from Immigration to Education – Scientific American

Right and Left (1909) by Winslow Homer. Original from The National Gallery of Art (digitally enhanced by rawpixel).

The outcome of the 2024 U.S. presidential election could set the climate agenda, reshape public education and shift the dynamics of global science collaboration…

Explainer: Five ways a Trump presidency would be disastrous for the climate – the Guardian

Second Trump term would restore climate denialism to an Oval Office efficiently dismantling protections…

Environmental Policy Disaster: The Supreme Court Takes Sweeping Control – Kim Steinhardt | Op-Ed

Turtle (by RetSamys CC-3.0 via DeviantArt)

A recent, controversial Supreme Court decision sets off alarm bells for anyone interested in the emerging policies, programs, and plans intended to address the pressing problems of climate change and sea level rise, as well as other governmental action across a wide swath of American life…

If Hurricane Rebuilding Is Affordable Only for the Wealthy, This Is the Florida You Get | Opinion – the New York Times

Fort Myers Beach after Hurricane Ian, January 15, 2023 (by Brandon Dimcheff CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

When Hurricane Ian…made landfall nearly a year ago, a storm surge as high as 15 feet left the town of Fort Myers Beach nearly submerged for several hours.Today…the island reveals countless properties recently cleared of debris selling for millions and even tens of millions of dollars…

The MAGA Plan to End Free Weather Reports – the Atlantic

NOAA Logo (by Badseed, Public domain, via Wikimedia).

Project 2025 would all but dissolve the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…

Louisiana’s coast is sinking. Advocates say the governor is undermining efforts to save it – the Washington Times

Caminada Back Barrier Marsh Creation, Lousiana Coast (Courtesy of Louisianan Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEED via Flickr).

A new Republican governor is taking aim at the state’s coastal protection agency…

DeSantis signs bill scrubbing ‘climate change’ from Florida law – the Washington Times

Governor Ron DeSantis speaking with attendees at the 2021 Student Action Summit, in Tampa, Florida. (by Gage Skidmore CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia)

Climate advocates said the bill is a bid for national attention from a Republican governor eager to use global warming as a culture war issue..

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