Impacts
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
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
Monarch butterfly on flowering plant.

Record low number of threatened species get new protections under Trump, zero in second term

Just 22 species were added to the federally protected list under Trump’s first term and zero have been added in his second term, data reveals.
oregoncapitalchronicle.com
Statue of Liberty against a smoky, smoggy, sky and backdrop

Why reducing air pollution deaths isn’t just about reducing air pollution

Study shows reducing vulnerability to pollution, for example by expanding healthcare access, saves millions of lives.

www.theguardian.com
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
NASA photo of planet Earth with North America front and center

Opinion: Trying times: Keeping the faith as environmental gains are lost

For people who came of age in the 1970s, it is especially painful to witness the Trump administration’s relentless rollback of hard-won environmental progress. But as the assaults on clean air and water, endangered species, and more mount, a noted ecologist finds reasons for hope.
e360.yale.edu
Image of a person snowshoeing in a snowy landscape

Athletes say climate change impacting Canada's Labrador Winter Games

From temperature changes to snowmelt, unpredictable weather made it hard to train for the 2026 Labrador Winter Games.

thenarwhal.ca
Children playing soccer

As climate change threatens student athlete safety, states try to adapt

Rising temperatures are increasing the danger of heat-related illness among student athletes, pushing states to adopt new safety rules.

hechingerreport.org
A person with a small case on their lap with water testing tools

Warm winters mean there's more nitrate pollution in Iowa's drinking water

Pollution levels in Iowa's water have been abnormally high this winter, forcing the state's largest city to run an expensive nitrate removal system.

apnews.com
Red oil tanker at a dock

Iran war Strait of Hormuz crisis: Food, fuel, climate impact globally

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has triggered fuel shortages, food disruptions, and a resurgence of coal use, hitting billions of people, especially in poorer countries.

www.vox.com
A various headshots of a woman in varying states of emotion

The emotional contradictions of climate messaging

Two new analyses of media and social posts reveal some unexpected twists — climate advocates warn of crisis while offering optimism, and skeptics lean on "science."

www.anthropocenemagazine.org
Two fishermen deploying nets from a small boat

In New England, catching climate data along with fish

Commercial vessels are deploying high-tech sensors to map a shifting sea, providing critical data for scientists and some help for the industry.
www.nytimes.com
A prison wall with barbed wire and guard towers

Federal trial over insufficient air conditioning in Texas prisons starts

The plaintiffs are asking for the entire Texas prison system to be air-conditioned by the end of 2029 in a trial that is expected to last two weeks.
www.texastribune.org
Two blue-suited HazMat clad workers approaching a toxic site. Yellow sign reads "TOXIC - DANGER."

About 100 toxic Superfund sites vulnerable to flooding, storms, wildfires

Roughly 100 of the nation’s most contaminated toxic waste sites are in areas prone to flooding and wildfires, a potential public health threat to millions of Americans.

apnews.com
A forest of dry trees with a dry field in the foreground

Western drought threatens water supply, boosts wildfire risk

Western communities face a dangerously dry summer as record heat melts snow, threatening drinking water and increasing wildfire risk.
www.usatoday.com
A girl holding a bowl with easter chocolate in it

‘Easter eggflation’: How climate change and budget cuts have sent the price of chocolate soaring

Human-caused climate change has fueled extreme weather events in West Africa, causing cocoa production to plummet.

www.euronews.com
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