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1 week ago | 
climatechangedispatch.com | Thomas Richard |Thomas Catenacci
A federal judge ruled late Tuesday evening that the Environmental Protection Agency must immediately restart a $20 billion Biden-era green energy program that the Trump administration terminated last month, restarting the flow of taxpayer funds to eight environmentalist groups, including one linked to Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams.
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1 week ago | 
climatechangedispatch.com | Thomas Richard |John Stossel
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1 week ago | 
climatechangedispatch.com | Thomas Richard |Kenneth Richard
In a new study, geology professor Dr. Wojciech Stankowski has summarized some of the reasons why the prevailing narrative that humans can drive climate change by burning more or less fossil fuels cannot be supported by the evidence.
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1 week ago | 
climatechangedispatch.com | Thomas Richard |Matthew Xiao
Even with generous subsidies, green retrofits such as solar panels and heat pumps take anywhere from 8 to 48 years to pay off for homeowners, according to a Washington Post analysis released Monday.
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1 week ago | 
climatechangedispatch.com | Thomas Richard |Kevin Killough
Upon taking office, President Donald Trump issued a temporary withdrawal of all areas of the nation’s coasts for offshore wind leasing. Dozens of community groups had formed in opposition to offshore wind development during the Biden-Harris administration, concerned about the impacts on marine wildlife, the view shed, and electricity rates, among other things.
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1 week ago | 
climatechangedispatch.com | Thomas Richard |John Hayward
The UN’s International Maritime Organization (IMO) held a meeting in London on Friday at which member nations agreed to impose the world’s first global carbon tax, a fee of $380 per metric ton on “greenhouse gases” emitted by ships up to a certain limit and $100 per ton beyond that. [emphasis, links added]The IMO estimated the new tax would bring about $10 billion per year into the organization’s “net zero fund” for green energy transitions.
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1 week ago | 
climatechangedispatch.com | Thomas Richard |Edward Ring
The first Earth Day was organized in 1970 in response to growing public concern for the environment. Many of these concerns were entirely justified. [emphasis, links added]In 1969, for example, an oil slick along an industrialized stretch of the Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire, generating national awareness of the need to reduce water pollution.
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1 week ago | 
climatechangedispatch.com | Thomas Richard |Audrey Streb
The Trump administration has indicated a willingness to promote domestic nuclear energy production, though several industry experts say there are a number of obstacles that must be cleared first. [emphasis, links added]Immediately after returning to the White House, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on “unleashing American energy,” aiming to bolster domestic fossil fuel production, which the U.S. primarily relies on, and cut “undue burdens” on the nuclear energy sector.
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1 week ago | 
climatechangedispatch.com | Thomas Richard |Thomas Gallatin
In 1990, Congress passed the Global Change Research Act, which created the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The program was intended to study environmental changes and their impact on society. [emphasis, links added]The USGCRP involves 15 government departments and agencies and has a budget of $4.95 billion as of 2025. The goal of the USGCRP is to provide the “scientific foundation to support informed decision-making across the United States” on climate change.
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2 weeks ago | 
climatechangedispatch.com | Thomas Richard |Thomas Catenacci
A top House panel that oversees public land policies is investigating five green groups that brokered a settlement with federal officials in the waning days of the Biden administration, forcing family-owned ranches to vacate their leases on federal property over environmental concerns, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
