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Climate Crisis

DOGE Has Gutted AmeriCorps. What Happens When the Next Disaster Strikes?
The loss of staffing and programs is one more blow to the US’s ability to respond to and recover from disasters.

As Costs and Temperatures Rise, Trump Moves to Gut Low-Income Energy Assistance
Looking ahead to another hot summer, we can only hope that cuts don’t foreshadow a growing yet preventable death toll.

Trump’s Order to Expand Logging Threatens to Increase Climate-Fueled Wildfires
The president’s push to expand timber and fossil fuel production “is a double whammy on the climate.”

Heat-Risk Days for Pregnant People Have Doubled Worldwide Over Last 5 Years
Even a single day of exposure to extreme heat can lead to complications for pregnant people.

Trump’s Race for Green Energy Resources Isn’t About Climate — It’s About Greed
The Apache have been fighting a legal battle over the future of Oak Flat, which has been targeted for mining.

Climate Justice Organizers Hold Mock Funeral for 1.5ºC Paris Agreement Target
2024 was the hottest year in human history, and countries show no signs of reining in planet-wrecking fossil fuels.

Hawai’i Isn’t Backing Down From Its Lawsuit Against Big Oil Over Climate Crisis
Facing record-breaking fires and floods, and Trump attacks, the state alleges a “decades-long campaign of deception.”

Trump White House Terminates Climate Tracker Examining Billion-Dollar Disasters
The Billion Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters database has been around since 1980.

Climate Crisis Wildfires Caused 15,000 Smoke Inhalation Deaths in 15-Year Span
Wildfire smoke worsened by the climate crisis caused 15,000 deaths from 2006 to 2020.

GOP Advances Bill to Fast-Track Fracking, Logging and Mining on Public Lands
The legislation would make it harder to file legal challenges against controversial mines and pipelines.