So furious at all the "just asking questions" reporters who have helped pave the way to this moment. I don't even have words.

NEW – Q&A: What does Trump’s repeal of US ‘endangerment finding’ mean for climate action? | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @giulianaviglione.bsky.social @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/11Rtah7

Thinking once again about Jeff Bezos's giant boat's giant boat

Bhattacharya, a moment ago: "What you've been seeing in the press is that there have been funding cuts. There haven't been funding cuts. What there has been is a change in agency priorities." Our year in numbers begs to differ www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

Relying on solely adjacent property owners to clear sidewalks is a recipe for an inaccessible walking network.

Probably the most successful piece of legislation in US history, measured by social benefit generated per dollar spent. Also wildly popular, across demographics. Without any public discussion or consultation of Congress, the Trump administration has effectively killed it.

Record warmth across much of the West this winter has left the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains with very little snow. “That is the classic global warming mountain snowpack signature.” @weatherwest.bsky.social Graphics by @sean-greene.bsky.social www.latimes.com/environment/... @latimes.com

HNY! we digested what Trump's latest dagger to global climate diplomacy could mean for us all

Today from @scottpwaldman.bsky.social, who reveals that the Trump admin has tapped Judith Curry, & potentially other authors of the DOE's recent misinformation-filled climate report, to helm the next NCA. Other authors could include Ryan Maue + Grok. Yup, that Grok. www.eenews.net/articles/its...

@ncar-ral.bsky.social President Dr Antonio Busalacchi is giving an emergency press briefing at #AGU25 Says he has really seen outpouring support from community today at AGU NCAR is the "jewel in the crown" of efforts to predict the Earth as a coupled system, he tells journalists

When I asked the Trump administration about plans to continue funding these NTD programs, I got a screenshot of an NPR story from earlier this year headlined "Farewell to USAID." Above the screenshot was their official comment: "What do you think farewell means?" www.npr.org/sections/goa...

#COP30 AGENDA FIGHT: Battle looms over which issues to discuss at COP30 (an "agenda fight") Proposed late additions to agenda: * trade * finance * deforestation * ambition * reporting Hence, now on 4th version of agenda (!) This must be resolved before negotiations begin 🧵 1/

Brazil’s $125bn forest fund – framed as the “biggest thing to come out of COP30” – goes live tomorrow. Critics point out that TFFF “puts private investors first”, forest payouts last + sets a 🌳 bar too low to be “scientifically credible”. @yaninequiroz.bsky.social and I 🕵🏽‍♀️, for @carbonbrief.org.

🚨 NEW: Climate change is already causing 30,000 deaths per year - a global annual economic loss of $100-350B USD - but the true damage is probably 10x higher. Out TODAY in Nature Climate Change: the first systematic look at the science of "health impact attribution" 🔓 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

If you're an early-career journalist, consider applying for @theopennotebook.bsky.social's paid, mentored fellowship and follow in the footsteps of @katherinejwu.com, @janehu.bsky.social, @sciwriabdul.bsky.social, @1juliarosen.bsky.social, @celiaford.bsky.social and many more! Deadline: 10/31.

This is a real photograph of Washington, DC this week, where the United States president has ordered military occupation in peacetime, and ordered the display of colossal portraits of himself. www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

For folks not in DC: - There are full-on police checkpoints most nights - Gangs of 30+ federal agents roam DC - National Guard folks w/ guns patrolling a Harris Teeter - Every day, multiple friends see ICE kidnapping ppl - Daycares are scared to have kids go on walks due to ICE

An excellent article in the NYTimes about the impending demise of the last U.S. Antarctic research vessel, the N.B. Palmer, featuring US and overseas colleagues (including @polarrobs.bsky.social). Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/22/c...

FREE DC.

Georgetown?

NEW – UN report: Five charts explaining the rise of global food insecurity | @yaninequiroz.bsky.social @giulianaviglione.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/LhONOi6

Chat is it a good idea to divert more than half of the soybean oil we produce in the United States to feed vehicles instead of people, necessitating more soy-related deforestation in other countries to supply the world’s growing demand for soy as food and feed?

all of the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence about executive power - all of it - can be replaced with a simple flow chart. is the president a Republican? if so it’s ok. if not, it’s presumptively not ok.

i mean, also a blow to those of us who would like to be told about impending hurricanes

All of this AND food systems are the #1 driver of pandemic risk! www.nature.com/articles/s44...

Shot/chaser

This is horrible. I don't even know what to say. Some of our most key polar data. "As a result, the level of services for affected products below will be reduced to Basic—meaning they will remain accessible but may not be actively maintained, updated, or fully supported." nsidc.org/data/user-re...

Our journalism internship is back for another year! Come work with me and the whole @carbonbrief.org team Paid at London living wage. Happy to answer any q’s

I keep saying this... both operationally and in research, the situation is still much worse than most people seem to realize or want to accept.

huge news from @robinsonmeyer.bsky.social on the coming bloodbath at the energy department more than 2,500 agency staff asking to resign via buyouts would gut agency programs read the full story and share it widely please heatmap.news/politics/doe...

One-third of soya crop failure in the Americas was due to climate change in 2012 #climatecrisis Story by @giulianaviglione.bsky.social www.carbonbrief.org/one-third-of...

My personal take is that I really feel for these students. They went from COVID to this mess. Like many of the folks we spoke to, I'm also very worried about who'll end up leaving science as opportunities continue to disappear.

literally nothing can prepare you for this EPA press release www.epa.gov/newsreleases...

I am now hearing from multiple folks in the past two hours (including some who have personally been fired) that mass firings have now commenced within NOAA--including, yes, at the National Weather Service.

USDA says it accidentally fired officials working on bird flu and is trying to rehire them In a statement, an Agriculture Department spokesperson told NBC News that officials are "working to swiftly rectify the situation." www.nbcnews.com/politics/dog...

🆕 The fight for a new nature fund brought #COP16 talks to a halt in Colombia last year. A week before talks resume in Rome, a "reflection note" from Susana Muhamad – whose COP16 presidency has been under a cloud after her resignation – suggests a way out. www.cbd.int/doc/c/b0ca/7...

“It feels like a betrayal by NASA....It’s inefficient, it’s wasteful, and it’s also just messed up.” This is how scientists inside and outside the agency are feelings about the cuts to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives. Words by me: 🧪

In the past two years, floods ruined soybeans growing in Brazil, a hurricane destroyed millions of $$ worth of crops in Jamaica and drought hit Sri Lankan rice This new interactive map gives a snapshot of how extreme weather is damaging crops, feat. 100 news stories from 2023-24 buff.ly/42Rqf2D

NPS [Feb 12] -- Natl Park Service scrubs "TQ+" from Stonewall National LGBTQ+ Monument in Christopher Park & the accompanying text. Monument to a riot launched by trans women of color like Sylvia Rivera & Marsha P Johnson reads "LGB." [@rikiwilchins.bsky.social‬] [HT @jenniolsonsf.bsky.social‬]

So far, the president’s freeze on climate and infrastructure law spending has been covered as a constitutional issue. But Trump is also about to start breaching hundreds of federal contracts — and *that* could soon open a new front in the legal war. I wrote about it: heatmap.news/politics/tru...

i am going to put a finer point on this: executive orders are not laws. and they certainly are not royal decrees. they are interpretations of existing law for the purposes of enforcement. the fact that so many people are treating them as laws is actually driving me a bit insane.

Super thrilled Carbon Brief's @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org has been shortlisted for "Environment Journalist of the Year" at the Press Awards, widely seen as UK journalism's 'Oscars'. He's the only journo from a specialist outlet, amid mainstream outlets such as Guardian, Express, FT, i, Politico

Surely if we don't plan for the future, it just won't arrive? h/t @heatmap.news

The first ever US national nature assessment has been terminated and its USGCRP and DOI webpages have been removed. A PDF of the zeroth order draft is still available here: review.globalchange.gov/system/files...

Sobering. When I talk to people about long-term bird population declines in N America, I mention that the main cause is habitat loss, not climate change - yet. But new research shows that climate change is causing bird declines even in otherwise pristine places. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

🧪The CDCs weekly science report is indefinitely on hold, stalling important bird flu studies. This unprecedented freeze sparks concerns of political meddling in science. "If it’s not short-lived, it’s censorship.” My latest @kffhealthnews.bsky.social kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Each Thursday Latin America is featured in our Daily Briefing - Mexico passed secondary laws to make Pemex and CFE state-owned companies - Javier Milei could withdraw Argentina from the Paris Agreement - Brazil "needs to run to avoid fiasco at COP30" - 378 municipalities in Colombia at risk of fire

Horrific news this morning out of the DCA crash. Love to all those affected.