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Trump shuns solar, but some prominent MAGA figures disagree

Several prominent conservatives say Republicans should embrace solar energy, despite President Donald Trump working to elevate fossil fuels over renewables.
www.csmonitor.com
A musk ox with brown fur walking in a rocky landscape

Canadian muskoxen hit by double punch of novel diseases and climate change

Emerging pathogens and a warming Arctic are driving steep declines in muskox populations across parts of northern Canada, raising concerns for ecosystems and Inuit food security.

news.mongabay.com
A person with a sign saying 'You will die of old age; we will die of climate change'

The common ground of the climate and ‘ICE Out’ movements

Youth-led environmental groups are increasingly aligning with immigration rights activists, arguing that combating authoritarianism is essential to addressing the climate crisis.

capitalandmain.com
A farm field with a tractor in the background

Climate experts say spring is coming earlier. How will that affect agriculture and ecosystems?

An earlier spring affects when migratory birds arrive, leaves emerge, and fruit ripens — among plants and animals that determine ecosystem health.

grist.org
A flooded street with houses in the background

FEMA in the crosshairs as climate disasters worsen

Extreme weather events are growing more frequent and intense. Will FEMA be around to help affected communities?
atmos.earth
Idle ships awaiting offloading or clearance to move

The energy crisis has only just begun

For 26 days, oil shipments out of the Persian Gulf have stopped. But ships that made it out before the war started have been at sea delivering energy products to markets that ordered them. The last of those ships should dock in the next week setting off a whole new crisis in global energy markets.
www.cbc.ca
Google logo on the side of a building

Google to tap into gas plant for AI datacenter in sharp turn from climate goals

Texas power plant would emit 4.5m tons of carbon dioxide per year, more than that of the entire city of San Francisco.

www.theguardian.com
Downed powerlines from storm damage

Trump axed nearly $1B in funding for solar in Puerto Rico

The money is being redirected to the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, a government-owned utility with a checkered past.
grist.org
Two steel/iron foundry workers pouring molten material

Green steel is the way forward for Indiana, former steelworkers say

Advocates warn that what’s left of the industry could be lost if companies choose to invest in dirty blast furnaces instead of modernizing with cleaner steelmaking.

www.canarymedia.com
Firefighter wielding a Pulaski tool silhouetted against inferno

Forest Service shake-up comes as risky wildfire season looms

The Trump administration says moving the Forest Service headquarters to Utah and shutting down 31 research stations will streamline operations and bring leaders west, where the forests are.
insideclimatenews.org
Three firefighters fighting a wildfire

These maps show exactly where the West might burn this summer

Drought, low snowpack, and a winter heatwave have left every state in the Western U.S. facing an above-average risk of summer wildfires.
grist.org
A view of solar panels and wind turbines in the background

‘Not based in reality’: Climate groups pan study added to Maryland's major energy bill

The Maryland Utility RELIEF Act cost study draws criticism for bias against wind and solar energy, while supporters say it clarifies costs for ratepayers.

marylandmatters.org
A view of an oil refinery at sunset

Climate hopes dim in New York even as Western states join on cap-and-trade

Even as California and Washington state prepare to merge their cap-and-trade climate programs, New York's retreat from creating a similar program has sparked renewed debates about energy costs.
stateline.org
A view of a street with houses with cracked facades

'Shrinking-swelling’ phenomenon is putting 12m French homes at risk. Is climate change to blame?

More than half of the detached houses in France are under threat by rising temperatures, spurring the government to fight back.
www.euronews.com
A pile of red and green coffee beans

Brazilian researchers remix coffee varieties to confront climate challenge

Researchers in Brazil are crossbreeding arabica coffee with rare, more resilient species to help the crop survive rising temperatures, drought and disease.

www.reuters.com
Poster reads "The UN Summit of the Future is the Summit of Our Future

Global climate panel faces strife, potential funding crunch

Major reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are still on track, but procedural gridlock and a looming funding shortage hint at future problems.
insideclimatenews.org
Oil and gas transport vessels awaiting off-loading.

‘Fossil-fuel imperialism’: Trump’s hankering for Iranian oil runs deep

Experts say the US believes it is entitled to resources it desires – a perspective the president has supported for decades.

www.theguardian.com
Monument Valley panorama.

'Drill baby drill': Trump opens wilderness to big energy

America's beloved national parks and public lands face conservation rollbacks and sell-offs as the Trump administration pushes for fossil fuel and timber extraction.
www.dw.com
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