At the UN today Trump called climate change the ‘greatest con job ever perpetrated on the world.’ Congrats to the clever plotters for enlisting the planet’s glaciers, oceans and forests in their scheme.

All because of a few compelling but misinformed narratives about building renewables and transmission and folks‘ lack of understanding of the what national environmental policy act actually does. Huge failure.

Permitting reform remains the biggest unforced error of climate politics.

Trump administration putting the Nevada solar boom on hold, to the point where even Nevada's Republican governor is unhappy: thenevadaindependent.com/article/fina...

Environmentalists were blunt in their concern: “NEPA seems so arcane and bureaucratic and ‘oh, it’s red tape,’ but in reality, that red tape is the only thing standing between us and having our water poisoned and our air unbreathable and our wildlife all dead.”

The Trump administration has gutted environmental review for projects needing federal approval, dramatically limiting the public’s ability to raise concerns. A proposed Nevada gold mine will be the first hard rock mine to benefit. A scoop from me: insideclimatenews.org/news/1909202...

We cannot make the headlines blunter people www.theverge.com/policy/77979...

Today marks ten years since I got my first story published in my high school newspaper. Somehow someway, I’m still reporting. Here’s to another ten years.

On the Colorado River, experts issue a dire warning that “immediate and substantial reductions” must be made due to current water levels. “The River recognizes no human laws or governance structures and follows only physical ones,” they write. insideclimatenews.org/news/1509202...

I wrote about the Wilson’s phalarope, a bird that migrates thousands of miles between Mono Lake and another salt lake in Argentina. These amazing birds have inspired a close partnership between communities in California and Argentina. www.latimes.com/environment/...

BREAKING: President Trump signed an executive order instructing prosecutors to go after protesters who desecrate the American flag. The Supreme Court has been clear: Desecrating the flag, including by burning it, is protected by the First Amendment.

A Sunday must read from Inside Climate Change: the exploits of "the Chinese Erin Brockovich.” insideclimatenews.org/news/2408202...

A new coalition has formed to advocate for Arizona’s water rights on the Colorado River. Their message: “The unwillingness of some to protect its future have put immense pressure on the Colorado River system” and is a threat to Arizona’s share of the river. insideclimatenews.org/news/2008202...

While President Trump calls opposition to the Resolution Copper mine that would destroy a sacred site for Western Apache people “anti-American,” I have the actual details on what’s happening and why the mine is so controversial. insideclimatenews.org/news/1908202...

Trump smearing us as ‘anti-American’. If Oak Flat is mined, the winners won't be Americans, and definitely not Native Americans, whose sacred site will be destroyed but two foreign mining giants, BHP (Australia) and Rio Tinto (UK) whose largest shareholder is a Chinese state-owned company.

The San Pedro Valley is one of Arizona's ecological jewels and a top choice for developers to buy up land to mitigate the impact of projects elsewhere. But now, miners are seeking to extract from the valley's mountains—putting the area's mitigation sites at risk. azluminaria.org/2025/08/07/a...

South32's Hermosa mine could be the country's first fast-tracked critical minerals mine. On the ground in Patagonia, AZ, it's already affecting locals. “I’d like to get along with them,” said one local whose well could be affected. “But I can’t make them do the right thing."

South32’s Hermosa mine in Arizona would be the first approved under a new, fast-tracked process. The company recently notified local homeowners that it could impact their water wells.

Energy Secretary Chris Wright says Trump admin is altering previous National Climate Assessments. These were produced by hundreds of climate scientists and mandated by Congress. (1/2)

To offset Resolution Copper’s impacts to the sacred site of Oak Flat, the federal government will take possession of a rare old-growth mesquite forest as part of a land exchange. But the feds just approved exploratory drilling for another mine nearby. insideclimatenews.org/news/0508202...

An account whose posts have led to bomb threats to children's hospitals and schools claiming that posting about public law enforcement activity is doxing. www.yahoo.com/news/oregon-...

Conservative tabloids (and similar) will simply take over the role of setting local/national narratives until liberal owners step up with their own ruthlessly anti-jargon, “common sense”-focused competitors. Center-left legacy media is not positioned to compete here. www.axios.com/2025/08/04/n...

A junior mining company staking claims across Nevada's Amargosa Valley near Ash Meadows Wildlife Refuge has pulled out of the area. It comes after a large coalition formed to oppose the proposed mine, which I chronicled last year for @insideclimatenews.org. insideclimatenews.org/news/1507202...

HUGE: The Trump administration will no longer permit any solar or wind projects on federal lands unless they produce more energy-per-acre than coal, gas or nuclear power plants. Solar and wind literally produce less energy per acre, so simply this may just kill off any project on federal lands.

Under a new plan from the Trump administration, the greenhouse gases largely responsible for climate change may soon no longer be regulated, a decision that threatens the health of communities and the environment. insideclimatenews.org/news/2907202...

My latest on #oakflat - Apache women file suit on 1st Amendment religious issues www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

More than 90% of mycorrhizal biodiversity hotspots are located in unprotected areas. Thank you @wyattmyskow.bsky.social and @insideclimatenews.org for featuring this research and sharing Underground Atlas.

Some good journalism news: @grist.org is launching new local partnerships with @sltrib.com.web.brid.gy in Utah and @flatwaterfreep.bsky.social in Nebraska! Both are hiring: grist.org/updates/gris... grist.org/updates/gris...

Regional experts believe eliminating the Roadless Rule could impact the carbon capturing ability, fire resistance and integrity of Midwest National Forests.

Hidden underground fungal communities support plants and store around 13 billion tons of carbon annually. But new research mapping their locations for the first time finds few concentrations of the vital fungi are protected. My latest on @spun.earth's findings: insideclimatenews.org/news/2307202...

Ramaco Resources’ Brook Mine could become the second rare earth extraction operation in the U.S., but the minerals face an uncertain domestic market under President Trump.

The petrochemical industry didn’t like the science that the EPA was putting out on chemical risks. Now, the office responsible for that work has been eliminated by the Trump administration and the future of agency risk assessments is uncertain.

nothing like checking the morning inbox to see Utah's Division of Water Resources open an email with "100% of the state is in moderate to severe drought." It also mentions reservoirs have dropped around 10% this summer, compared to the usual 2%, and the Great Salt Lake will continue to decline

After decades of drought, contamination & legal battles, Hopi, Navajo & San Juan Southern Paiute tribes are closer to securing long-promised water rights. A $5B federal settlement could deliver Colorado River water after generations of exclusion, via @clomahqu.bsky.social azcir.org/news/2025/07...

Exclusive: Records obtained by Arizona Luminaria tie Amazon to a massive Tucson area data center that has been shrouded in secrecy until now

SCOOP: The Trump Administration directed the Muir Woods National Monument to remove language it had added to its interpretative signs detailing women's contributions to the monument and the racist ideologies of some of its founders. 19thnews.org/2025/07/publ...

“Doesn’t it suck that every time the science improves, the outlook for the climate and water looks worse?” That's one researcher's takeaway on a new study finding greenhouse gas emissions are likely to cause the Southwest's drought to last until 2100. insideclimatenews.org/news/1807202...

EPA's decision to deny Colorado's plans to shut down coal plants came after a meeting with a utility hoping to keep its coal online. Read more about what Colorado and Colorado Springs Utilities are saying in my story for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1707202...

Last week the board of directors of the Imperial Irrigation District - largest user of water on the Colorado River, and one of California’s leading solar producing counties - voted on a resolution "Opposing the Expansion of Solar Development on Farmland." 🔌💡

The @insideclimatenews.org team breaks down the climate and environmental implications of Trump’s tax cut and spending bill. To summarize: it’s bad for the climate and environment, among many other things. insideclimatenews.org/news/0307202...

Federal agencies like Interior Department are rolling back NEPA regulations, which experts warn will cut public participation and gut environmental reviews of projects. @kiley.bsky.social‬ and I have the details on what’s happening and why it matters: insideclimatenews.org/news/0207202...

Paramount capitulates to Trump, in a "dark day for independent journalism," says Sen. Bernie Sanders. If the free press is to persevere through the Trump era, the media must refuse to follow Paramount's example, by @kpaoletta.bsky.social. www.cjr.org/news/paramou...

We've seen news on how Trump's bill will kill clean energy projects and jobs. I wanted to know which were most at risk in Arizona. But report authors won't share and companies won't talk. It suggests outcomes may be even worse than estimated. with Austin Corona: www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

A lot is happening right now, but it is important to note that federal agencies are completely rolling back NEPA requirements and replacing them with interim rules that limit what projects can be reviewed for environmental impacts and limit public comment on them.

The Trump administration has shut down a federal website on climate change, taking down congressionally mandated National Climate Assessment reports and extensive information on how global warming is affecting the country. @coveringclimatenow.org @sciencewriters.org www.latimes.com/environment/...

From me: ‘Evacuations underway for Navajo community members living near Oak Ridge Fire’ via @azcentral.com

🔥💧 Wildfires pollute water - for years New data from 245 burned US watersheds shows wildfires spike carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment in rivers - up to 286× higher than normal, lasting up to 8 years. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s43... #Wildfires #WaterQuality #SciComm 🧪

Just to underscore--the president is attending the opening of an immigrant tent city that was purposely built (in one week) on an abandoned airfield in the middle of the Florida Everglades because it's surrounded by alligators and pythons to deter people from fleeing, or kill them if they do.

A plan to sell millions of acres of public lands proposed in the Senate is dead, for now, but the threat still looms large. “People have just had it,” said one local organizer who helped put together a rally in opposition with over 1,000 people in New Mexico. insideclimatenews.org/news/2406202...

The regular utility protections dont apply to residents in master-meter mobile home parks, which means a mistaken utility bill can lead to residents losing their homes My latest on the reality of living in one of Pima County's last types of affordable housing: azluminaria.org/2025/06/25/b...