Environment & Energy Publishing

How are politics slowing down the fight against climate change?

FEMA and NOAA officials are being forced to skip major hurricane and flood conferences ahead of disaster season because of Trump administration restrictions on travel for federal employees

The dismemberment of the U.S. Global Change Research Program was outlined in Project 2025 as a way to elevate the "benefits" of climate change when fighting regulations in court

The decision by the Trump administration to defer maintenance of the Joint Polar Satellite System threatens to degrade the accuracy of weather forecasts

An internal FEMA memo says the agency is canceling future and existing grants that help states and tribes prepare for floods, tornadoes and other disasters

Some conservative lawmakers are quietly urging the president to restore research funding as cuts threaten academic institutions in their states

Revelations that Trump's Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem plans to abolish or shrink the Federal Emergency Management Agency sent shock waves through state and local emergency responders

The Defense secretary aims to purge climate work from the Pentagon. But critics say his carve-out for weather resiliency misses the point

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wants to end the Pentagon's climate efforts. Some experts say the move could hurt military readiness

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin outlined an aggressive plan to dismantle the "holy grail" of climate regulation, the endangerment finding

A report from the Natural Resources Defense Council looked at how states balanced transportation needs with climate and equity efforts

NOAA layoffs: Why is the government laying off top scientists and meteorologists? Here's what you need to know.

The Trump administration's moves to slash Forest Service personnel and pause wildfire-related grants have left states to pick up the pieces on prevention and mitigation

Is this the end of Justice Department independence?

The Department of Energy, Forest Service and Office of Personnel Management are among agencies that have begun firing staffers

After firing 200 first-year employees this weekend, FEMA was directed "to make a list" of anyone who worked on climate or equity

Chris Rocheleau, Trump's pick for acting head of the Federal Aviation Administration, has been a longtime agency official and has acknowledged the need to address global warming

The Trump administration has ordered a halt to "all federal financial assistance," covering areas from domestic infrastructure and energy projects to foreign aid

In his farewell address, President Biden warned that a powerful "oligarchy" could undo four years of progress on climate policy

Don't blame the LA fires for California's water problems. Blame cows, agriculture, development, climate change and our never-ending fire debt.