Climate Change

"Musk Targeted FEMA. Storm-Battered Communities Are Paying a Price."

"A North Carolina college, ravaged by Hurricane Helene, can’t rebuild unless federal money starts flowing. A nonprofit in Florida that helped Hayley Riotto and her children after Hurricane Ian may have to start cutting staff. A Hawaii group that helps survivors of the Lahaina fire says it can only go another month or two before eliminating workers."

Source: NYTimes, 03/28/2025

"Fossil Fuel Companies Get Direct Email Line To Trump For Exemption Requests"

"Donald Trump’s administration has offered fossil fuel companies an extraordinary opportunity to evade air pollution rules by simply emailing the US president to ask him to exempt them."

Source: Guardian, 03/28/2025
April 24, 2025

The Language of Climate Politics: Author Genevieve Guenther in Conversation With Journalist Daniel Wolfe

This in-person event, 5-7 p.m. at the University of Rhode Island, is open to the public. Join The Washington Post's Daniel Wolfe for a conversation with Guenther about her investigation into the propaganda that justifies the fossil-fuel economy and offering new ways to talk about the climate crisis in an effort to create transformative change.

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Is Planting Trees 'DEI'? Trump USFS Cuts Nationwide Tree-Planting Effort

"The Trump administration's efforts to end federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs has hit an unexpected target: In February, communities around the country learned that funding was canceled for a nationwide tree-planting program aimed at making neighborhoods cooler, healthier and more resilient to climate change."

Source: NPR, 03/26/2025

Despite Staff and Budget Cuts, NOAA Issues Critical Drought Warnings

"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, although battered by Trump administration attempts to impose massive staff and budget cuts on the agency, nevertheless continues to publish critical climate information, including some dire drought warnings in the spring outlook published March 20 by NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center."

Source: Inside Climate News, 03/26/2025

Utilities Don't Want To Clean Up Their Toxic Coal Ash. EPA Grants Their Wish.

"Advocates fear the agency will “justify avoiding any enforcement whatsoever” of millions of tons of coal ash nationwide."

Source: Grist, 03/26/2025

"Trump Wants States To Handle Disasters. States Aren't Prepared"

"President Trump has signed an executive order directing state and local governments to "play a more active and significant role" in preparing for disasters. For months, Trump has said he's considering getting rid of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the country's disaster response arm."

Source: NPR, 03/26/2025

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