A new day – and look – for Daily Climate

A new day – and look – for Daily Climate

Welcome to the faster, more responsive Daily Climate.

We all know our physical world is changing. The news world is, too. And so have we.


We hope you enjoy our new look. We overhauled our site to better reach you – and readers who don't even know us yet. We want to be where you find and consume news.

Increasingly, that's on a phone or tablet, and our new site (and revamped newsletter!) is tailor-made for mobile.

Who among us hasn't stumbled upon a news story this week on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or Snapchat? Our new platform helps you push information you find noteworthy out to your circle of friends and family.

Even better, we're far more nimble – thanks to our partners at RebelMouse, the New York-based tech firm powering the new DailyClimate.org (as well as our sister site, EHN.org). We can easily react to and report on important developments in climate science and policy.

We're focusing our efforts to quickly get you news you want and need to know. You asked for – and we're now delivering – more "good news." That's not easy to find these days on the climate beat, but we'll do our best to track down a few stories every day.

Our new website is, in many ways, the first baby step in the transformation we need to make as the flow of news and information continues to accelerate. In fact, I'll wager you'll rarely encounter our newly redesigned front page in the future. You'll find us via our newsletters, or Facebook, or Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram.

I like to think we're all the beneficiaries of this. We have a small crew doing this work, but together we have well over a century's worth of experience in science and environmental journalism.

It's time for us to get loud. We promise to keep bringing you journalism that drives the discussion on climate change and environmental health. Thanks for reading us.

Douglas Fischer,

Executive Director, Environmental Health Sciences

Publisher of DailyClimate.org and EHN.org

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Trump’s EPA moves to dismantle climate and pollution rules

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Miranda Willson, Sean Reilly, Robin Bravender, and Mike Lee report for E&E News.

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Government climate data quietly removed as Trump administration reshapes policy

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Nicola Jones reports for Yale Environment 360.

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EPA cancels $20 billion in climate grants amid legal battle

The Environmental Protection Agency has revoked $20 billion in climate grants issued under the Inflation Reduction Act, escalating a legal fight over the program’s future and the president's authority to withhold funds appropriated by Congress.

Alex Guillén and Zack Colman report for POLITICO.

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Citibank faces growing legal battle over frozen climate funds

A third nonprofit has sued Citibank for blocking access to climate funding backed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, intensifying a legal fight over the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back Biden-era green initiatives.

Jean Chemnick reports for E&E News.

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Amazon rainforest cleared for highway ahead of climate summit

A new highway cutting through protected Amazon rainforest is being built in Belém, Brazil, to accommodate traffic for the COP30 climate summit, drawing criticism from conservationists and local communities.

Ione Wells reports for BBC.

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Uganda’s oil pipeline fuels global fight over energy and climate

Uganda’s plan to become an oil exporter through the East African Crude Oil Pipeline has sparked a global battle between economic ambitions and environmental concerns, with Western banks pulling out and activists pressuring insurers to abandon the project.

Chico Harlan reports for The Washington Post.

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Military climate resilience funding faces uncertainty

Efforts to secure federal funding for climate adaptation at military bases in Northern Virginia are at risk as the Trump administration moves to cut spending on climate-related projects.

Charles Paullin reports for Inside Climate News.

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Op-ed: Why funding for the environmental justice movement must be anti-racist

We must prioritize minority-serving institutions, BIPOC-led organizations and researchers to lead environmental justice efforts.

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Biden finalizes long-awaited hydrogen tax credits ahead of Trump presidency

Responses to the new rules have been mixed, and environmental advocates worry that Trump could undermine them.

Op-ed: Toxic prisons teach us that environmental justice needs abolition

Op-ed: Toxic prisons teach us that environmental justice needs abolition

Prisons, jails and detention centers are placed in locations where environmental hazards such as toxic landfills, floods and extreme heat are the norm.

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LISTEN: Reflections on the first five years of the Agents of Change program

The leadership team talks about what they’ve learned — and what lies ahead.

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