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1 day ago | 
nytimes.com | Sachi Mulkey |Claire Brown |Mira Rojanasakul
Summer started barely a week ago, and already the United States has been smothered in a record-breaking “heat dome.” Alaska saw its first-ever heat advisory this month. And all of this comes on the heels of 2024, the hottest calendar year in recorded history. The world is getting hotter, faster. A report published last week found that human-caused global warming is now increasing by 0.27 degrees Celsius per decade. That rate was recorded at 0.2 degrees in the 1970s, and has been growing since.
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1 week ago | 
nytimes.com | Chris Cameron |Claire Brown
The dismissal came as President Trump considers signing several executive orders aimed at cutting regulations for nuclear power plants.
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3 weeks ago | 
seattletimes.com | Harry Stevens |Claire Brown
A 63-year-old coal-fired power plant was scheduled to permanently close its doors in Michigan on June 1. So was an oil- and gas-powered plant that was built in the 1960s in Pennsylvania. But at the last minute, the Trump administration ordered both to stay open.
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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Claire Brown |Harry Stevens
The grid operators that draw power from the plants said they never asked for them to remain open, and consumers may have to absorb extra costs. A 63-year-old coal-fired power plant was scheduled to permanently close its doors in Michigan on June 1. So was an oil- and gas-powered plant that was built in the 1960s in Pennsylvania. But at the last minute, the Trump administration ordered both to stay open.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | Claire Brown |Karen Zraick
In April, President Trump issued an executive order announcing his plan to protect "American energy from state overreach" and directing the Justice Department to block state and local climate initiatives "that threaten American energy dominance and our economic and national security."Last week, the contours of that effort became clearer when the department filed lawsuits against four states.
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1 month ago | 
nature.com | Jesse Aaron |Caron Jacobs |Leonel Malacrida |Paul French |Daniel Fletcher |Christopher Wood | +2 more
Discussions at a recent conference on microscopy technology dissemination spotlighted the importance of setting technology adoption capable of producing scientific outcome as the end goal. This Comment examines current global efforts in microscopy dissemination and summarizes the challenges and paths forward.
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1 month ago | 
pressdemocrat.com | David Gelles |Claire Brown
Before President Donald Trump returned to office, it was widely expected that his administration would again reduce support for clean energy, promote fossil fuels and disengage from global efforts to combat climate change. But during his first 100 days, Trump’s efforts to roll back regulations and stop climate action have shocked even those who were raising the alarm in the months before the election. “Full-on fight club” is how one environmental lawyer described it last month.
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1 month ago | 
nytimes.com | David Gelles |Claire Brown
Before President Trump returned to office, it was widely expected that his administration would again reduce support for clean energy, promote fossil fuels and disengage from global efforts to combat climate change. But during his first 100 days, Trump's efforts to roll back regulations and stop climate action have shocked even those who were raising the alarm in the months before the election. "Full-on fight club" is how one environmental lawyer described it to us last month.
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2 months ago | 
nytimes.com | Claire Brown |Karen Zraick
The lawsuits are among many filed against the Trump administration's moves to freeze billions of dollars in funding that had been awarded through two laws passed in 2021 and 2022, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Inflation Reduction Act. Various judges have ordered the administration to unfreeze funds, but the administration has cited legal loopholes to avoid doing so.
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Mar 6, 2025 | 
virginislandsdailynews.com | Lisa Friedman |Claire Brown |Charlie Savage
Two weeks after their bank accounts were frozen amid a swirl of investigations by the Trump administration, nonprofit organizations that were supposed to receive $20 billion to help curb climate change are still unable to withdraw money, raising concerns about their ability to pay staff.
