Colorado’s tax credits for EVs, e-bikes and heat pumps will be cut in half next year - The Colorado Sun
The state’s dismal economic forecast requires the green tax credits be slashed in 2026, Colorado economists said Wednesday
coloradosun.com
June 19, 2025
Taylor Dolven
Climate & Environment
Republicans’ pro-pollution agenda exposes the fraudulent MAHA movement
The GOP is making it easier for corporations to spread toxic waste to the masses, all while claiming to “Make America Healthy Again.”
msnbc.com
May 24, 2025
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Tropical forests destroyed at fastest recorded rate last year
Tropical forests vanished at record rates in 2024, with fires overtaking agriculture as the main driver but warn of Amazon tipping points
getaway.co.za
May 21, 2025
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Trump Administration Decommissions Sea Ice Data That Sounded an Alarm on Arctic Climate Change - Inside Climate News
Cuts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are now degrading the datasets used to monitor the most rapidly warming parts of the planet. More such moves are coming, NOAA has warned.
insideclimatenews.org
May 07, 2025
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Trump has launched more attacks on the environment in 100 days than his entire first term
Blitzkrieg has hit protections in place for land, oceans, forests and wildlife, and will worsen the climate crisis
theguardian.com
May 01, 2025
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/oliver-milman
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US House votes to block California's nation-leading vehicle emissions rules
The U.S. House has voted to block California's vehicle emission standards. The chamber passed a measure aimed at keeping the state from enforcing a state rule to phase out the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035.
apnews.com
May 01, 2025
https://apnews.com/author/sophie-austin
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Fifteen years after Deepwater Horizon, Trump is setting the stage for disaster | Terry Garcia
Cuts to science, environmental and safety agencies are a rejection of hard-won knowledge gained from studying the disaster that occurred 15 years ago
theguardian.com
April 20, 2025
Terry Garcia
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Destroying endangered species' habitat wouldn't count as 'harm' under proposed Trump rule
The Trump administration is reinterpreting a key word in the Endangered Species Act that could have big consequences for the habitats of species at risk.
npr.org
April 17, 2025
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Trump administration orders half of national forests open for logging
An emergency order removes protections covering more than half the land managed by the U.S. Forest Service as the president aims to boost timber production.
Paywall: https://archive.ph/O00Z8
washingtonpost.com
April 05, 2025
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A stunning number of electric vehicle, battery factories are being canceled
Billions of dollars in clean energy projects have been canceled since Donald Trump took office again.
Paywall: https://archive.ph/J1wSt
washingtonpost.com
April 04, 2025
Shannon Osaka
Climate & Environment
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Pollution of the potent warming gas methane soars and people are mostly to blame
The amount and proportion of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane that humans spew into the atmosphere is rising, helping to turbocharge climate change, a new study finds.
apnews.com
September 10, 2024
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‘Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despair
Exclusive: Survey of hundreds of experts reveals harrowing picture of future, but they warn climate fight must not be abandoned
theguardian.com
May 08, 2024
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MIT Predicted in 1972 That Society Will Collapse This Century. New Research Shows We’re on Schedule - Environment Institute
A 1972 MIT study predicted that rapid economic growth would lead to societal collapse in the mid 21st century. A new paper shows we’re unfortunately right on schedule.
enviro.or.id
July 14, 2023
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A Grid Collapse Would Make a Heat Wave Far Deadlier | WIRED
Climate change is making summers hotter, blackouts more common, and heat-related illness more dangerous. The power system may be resilient—but it still has vulnerabilities.
wired.com
June 27, 2023
Maryn McKenna
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