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Trump Administration Makes The Conscious Choice To Make America Less Prepared For The Next Pandemic
Timothy Geigner, Techdirt
Way back in the ancient days of the year 2020, the world went through this pandemic thing called COVID-19. For those of you not old enough to remember such ancient history, it was a fairly significant health issue that caused a few disruptions throughout the …
Feb 25, 2026, 4:00 AM
Nuclear weapons testing is harmful — there’s no case for a restart
Nature.com
Scientific knowledge about the damaging effects of nuclear-weapons testing helped to end such tests. Those findings haven’t changed.
Feb 24, 2026, 12:00 AM
East Antarctica Is Incredibly Cold, But It Has Lost 1.85 Trillion Tons Of Ice In The Past Two Decades Due To Global Warming
Kyra Piperides, Twistedsifter.com
You might be chilly right now, but that doesn't mean the world is getting colder.
Feb 21, 2026, 8:48 PM
Why We Can’t ‘Nudge’ Our Problems Away
Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic
A new book buries the Obama-era idea that small shifts in personal behavior can greatly improve the world.
Feb 19, 2026, 1:00 PM
Activist group Extinction Rebellion says it is under FBI investigation
Lyndal Rowlands, Al Jazeera English
Environmental group says FBI is visiting activists' homes as Trump administration rolls back pollution protections.
Feb 19, 2026, 4:04 AM
Advocacy groups sue Trump administration over endangerment finding’s repeal
Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English
The US Environmental Protection Agency rescinded the climate change finding as part of a push to slash regulation.
Feb 19, 2026, 1:52 AM
EPA faces lawsuits over climate endangerment finding withdrawal
Dan Vergano, Scientific American
Medical and environmental groups are challenging the EPA’s decision to break with the long-standing scientific evidence that climate change endangers human health
Feb 18, 2026, 3:00 PM
The Republicans Made Peace With Science
Alexander Furnas, Dashun Wang, The Atlantic
The Trump administration’s hostility to science is real, but it isn’t matched by the rest of the GOP.
Feb 17, 2026, 1:00 PM
Trump rejects climate science, winter goes haywire, and ‘Penisgate’ rumors arise at the Olympics
Kendra Pierre-Louis, Andrea Thompson, Sushmita Pathak, Alex Sugiura, Scientific American
We take a look at President Trump’s decision to reject a landmark climate finding, the cause of an unusual winter in the U.S. and the physics behind a bizarre ski jumping scandal
Feb 16, 2026, 11:00 AM
Bill Maher Eviscerates Donald Trump Over ‘Biggest Dick Move in American History’
Michelle Stein, TVInsider
The 'Late Night With Bill Maher' host sent a blunt message to the POTUS and his administration.
Feb 15, 2026, 1:14 PM
This Was Stephen Hawking's Darkest Warning For Humanity
staff@bgr.com (Alec Hively), BGR
Stephen Hawking used his fame to warn humanity about its potential - and rapidly approaching - end. He provided a possible solution, but just how viable is it?
Feb 15, 2026, 12:47 AM
New Energy Storage Solutions Are Killing Trump’s Coal Power Fantasy
Tina Casey, CleanTechnica
The greedy, grasping, living cartoon of a Scrooge who currently occupies the White House is leveraging coal power to support his plans for killing as many Americans as possible. Hopefully he will leave office again — peacefully, this time — before doing much …
Feb 14, 2026, 8:17 PM
Offshore wind showed up big during the East Coast’s brutal cold
Maria Gallucci, Canarymedia.com
America’s two utility-scale offshore wind farms performed as well as gas power plants and better than coal in January — including during Winter Storm Fern.
Feb 14, 2026, 2:00 PM
Trump Administration Announces That We Don’t Know Where the Sun Goes at Night
Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic
After deciding carbon dioxide does no harm, it was the logical next move.
Feb 14, 2026, 1:00 PM
Revoking Climate-Change Regulation May Be the Worst Thing Trump Has Done
Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Climate-change denialism used to be a fringe right-wing tendency. Now it’s the law of the land, and we’ll all suffer from it.
Feb 14, 2026, 11:00 AM
US pressures Vanuatu at UN over ICJ’s landmark climate change ruling
Lyndal Rowlands, Al Jazeera English
A cable seen by Al Jazeera says the US 'strongly objects' to the island nation seeking support for the ICJ's ruling.
Feb 14, 2026, 5:54 AM
I'm A College Professor In Trump's America. I Never Expected To Be Doing The Things I'm Now Doing.
Melanie Robinson, HuffPost
"The classroom is heavy with rumor and ominous unease."
Feb 13, 2026, 1:03 PM
Trump revokes US scientific finding behind climate change regulations
Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English
Trump administration rescinds 'endangerment finding' that serves as the legal bases to curb greenhouse gas emissions.
Feb 13, 2026, 12:08 AM
In the fight against climate change, Trump sides with climate change
Cameron Peters, Vox
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration is shredding the federal gove…
Feb 12, 2026, 11:26 PM
The U.S. Has a Massive Advantage Over the Country I Live In. Trump Is Determined to Squander It.
Jill Filipovic, Slate Magazine
Some countries have to choose between development and the environment. We don't.
Feb 12, 2026, 8:37 PM
Trump Just Blew American Climate Policy to Smithereens
Ellyn Lapointe, Gizmodo.com
President Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the repeal of the endangerment finding, the legal bedrock for the agency's actions against planet-warming pollution.
Feb 12, 2026, 6:59 PM
FBI Counterterrorism Agents Spent Weeks Seeking a Climate Activist — Then Showed Up at His Door
Jacqueline Sweet, The Intercept
The visit suggests a possible FBI probe into Extinction Rebellion NYC as the Trump administration increases surveillance of activist groups. The post FBI Counterterrorism Agents Spent Weeks Seeking a Climate Activist — Then Showed Up at His Door appeared firs…
Feb 12, 2026, 6:38 PM
Trump just blew up a load-bearing pillar of climate regulation in the US. What happens now?
Umair Irfan, Vox
The Trump administration is about to tear down a load-bearing ruling that considers climate change as a threat to Americans’ health. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency is announcing that it will publish its final rule to dismantle the endangerment fi…
Feb 12, 2026, 4:49 PM
Trump orders Pentagon to buy electricity generated by coal
John Power, Al Jazeera English
Trump's order is the latest move by US administration to boost fossil fuel industry despite climate change concerns.
Feb 12, 2026, 3:06 AM