The US Transportation Department has canceled or withdrawn $679 million in funds for wind farm projects. This includes wind farms there were already under construction. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/c...

What are Americans worried about? In our most recent Climate Change in the American Mind survey, we routinely asked people how worried they are about a number of public issues: #4 State of democracy #3 The economy #2 Cost of living #1 at the link:

NEW: Have your insurance rates gone up? Nearly half of the Americans we surveyed understand that global warming is increasing homeowners insurance costs. Read more in our new publication:

🌍 Climate change demands global action—but do we share a common mindset? Our new Nature Climate Change paper maps belief systems across 110 areas using a network analysis of 99,000+ people. See where belief networks are strong, weak, or conflicted: osf.io/ybdx9

85+ climate experts reviewed the US government’s new climate report. Their conclusion: it is biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policy making. FULL REVIEW: tinyurl.com/DOE-comment

Ahead of Hurricane Katrina’s 20th anniversary, over 180 current and former FEMA employees warned Congress that the Trump admin’s leadership cuts have severely weakened the agency, leaving it unprepared for future disasters. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025... via @theguardian.com

The Maryland League of Conservation Voters’ 2025 environmental scorecards gave Governor Wes Moore and the state legislature middling marks, citing stalled environmental justice bills despite symbolic administrative action. insideclimatenews.org/news/2508202... via @insideclimatenews.org

NEW: Do people in your area believe climate change is impacting extreme weather? Explore Americans’ climate attribution beliefs in the Yale Climate Opinion Maps (YCOM) interactive tool and corresponding Yale Climate Opinion Factsheets tool:

According to the American Meteorological Society, carbon emissions reached record levels in 2024, intensifying global heat and accelerating glacier loss at an unprecedented pace. insideclimatenews.org/news/1408202..., climatecommunication.yale.edu/wp-content/u...

NEW: Who is most likely to support and engage in nonviolent civil disobedience to defend the climate? Read our latest study:

Torrential monsoon rains killed at least 21 people in Pakistan this week, bringing the season’s death toll to nearly 750 since June. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/... via @aljazeera.com

Fifteen youth activists in Wisconsin have filed a constitutional climate lawsuit arguing that state law blocks the clean energy transition and entrenches fossil fuel dependence. insideclimatenews.org/news/2008202... via @insideclimatenews.org

Researchers have installed audio recorders to monitor the sounds of animals, such as birds and whales. This research reveals that climate change and human activity are impacting these bioacoustic signals: insideclimatenews.org/news/0508202...

The Arctic is warming seven times faster than the global average. Scientists in Svalbard are researching snow and ice-dwelling microbes, which could speed up glacier melting through positive feedback loops: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Energy prices across the northeast and midwest are expected to rise as the region's grid provider, PJM, sees record spikes in demand. This largely comes from data centers and regulations holding back renewable energy connections to the grid. insideclimatenews.org/news/0708202...

Two fires in western Colorado have burned over 120,000 acres. Both fires were started by lightning and spread quickly due to hot temperatures and dry scrubland. www.npr.org/2025/08/10/n...

NEW REPORT: Climate Change in the Indian Mind. Did you know? 89% of people in India say they have personally experienced global warming. Read more:

EPA rolls back climate protections, sparking outrage from scientists and environmental advocates over threats to public health and climate resilience. insideclimatenews.org/news/2907202..., climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...

Parts of the Midwest, including Milwaukee, saw almost a foot of rain over the weekend. Flash fooding closed roads, inundated homes, downed power lines, and ended the Wisconsin state fair a day early. www.nbcnews.com/weather/floo...

“Alligator Alcatraz” is a detention center in Florida's Everglades intended to hold thousands of migrants under the Trump admin. It raises environmental & health concerns, including flooding, rising temperatures, & increased mosquitoes from climate change: insideclimatenews.org/news/0608202...

Sociologist analyzes government response to flooding in Texas, noting the use of terms like "act of God" to avoid accountability. He highlights ignored development risks, the firing of weather officials, and underinvestment in emergency warning systems: insideclimatenews.org/news/1107202...

EPA has begun sending out letters terminating roughly $7 billion in federal grants for rooftop solar. These grants were part of the Inflation Reduction Act, intended to bring renewable energy to low-income communities. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/05/c...

The Dragon Bravo wildfire on the Northern Rim of Grand Canyon National Park has burned more than 120,000 acres. The fire, which started over a month ago, has destroyed 70 structures. It is also detrimental to tourism, which is essential for local communities. insideclimatenews.org/news/0408202...

Are you a teacher, communicator, advocate, pollster, or researcher? Our new Guidebook: Using the Six Americas Super Short Survey (SASSY) in Campaigns and Education is designed to help you use our SASSY tool to understand your audiences. Learn more:

Fossil fuel companies helped raise hundreds of millions of dollars for Trump’s campaign in 2024. Now those same companies are receiving billions in tax cuts from the federal government, according to the New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/30/c...

NEW: Counties and states in the U.S. with a larger proportion of outdoor workers are more worried about extreme heat. Learn more in our new release:

Asian Americans, like other communities of color in the U.S., face higher air and water pollution levels, which can be worsened by climate change. Asian Americans are also underrepresented in climate agencies and often excluded from leadership roles: www.axios.com/local/san-fr...

In 2023, California's Central Valley faced severe flooding due to climate change-induced snowmelt, impacting 94,000 acres of farmland. The California Water Institute is researching how floodwater can replenish depleted aquifers from heavy groundwater extraction: www.fresnobee.com/opinion/read...

What prompts interest in climate change? asks a NEW survey from @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social. Extreme weather is becoming the new normal, so it's no surprise that heat waves are driving more google searches from people trying to understand the connection to climate change. buff.ly/QhQD4CP

The EPA administrator, Lee Zeldin, has announced that the agency will no longer regulate greenhouse gases. If finalized, the change could severely limit the EPA’s ability to regulate global warming pollutants. abcnews.go.com/US/trumps-en...

An underwater turbine recently operated for six continuous years off the coast of Scotland. This makes it the longest-running underwater turbine and offers hope for the future of renewable tidal energy. apnews.com/article/tida...

NEW: What prompts interest in climate change? Heat waves consistently drive national interest in climate change, more so than wildfires or hurricanes. Learn more: climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...

Do you work in climate communications? YPCCC has resources to help you talk about heat risk. Email [email protected] or direct message us for more information.

High temperatures across the Mediterranean have fueled wildfires in Greece and Turkey. Record temperatures combined with unseasonable drought have left firefighters scrambling. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/w...

Climate change is causing disabilities in both humans and non-humans from chemical exposures and disasters. While these narratives emphasize suffering, a professor and disabilities activist argues that they foster new ways of solidarity and creative adaptation: www.artnews.com/art-in-ameri...

A new report predicts that nearly half of Fresno, CA residents will leave by 2055 due to rising living costs and hotter weather worsened by climate change. However, the assessment did not consider active mitigation strategies, such as repurposing irrigated farmland: www.fresnobee.com/news/local/a...

The U.S. Commerce Department has proposed levying a 93.5% tariff on imported Chinese graphite, an essential component in batteries. This could raise battery manufacturing prices and the cost of electric vehicles. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/b...

A new EPA proposal would rescind the agency’s 2009 finding that greenhouse gases endanger human lives. This is how the EPA, and the federal government more generally, regulates fossil fuel emissions. Without this rule, climate regulation is limited. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/22/c...

Learn more about YPCCC’s international research: youtu.be/bVfRudOgCvc

Intense rain across northeastern Pakistan has caused severe flash flooding. The seasonal monsoon rains killed more than 170 people as of last Friday, leaving many more injured and without shelter. www.cnn.com/2025/07/17/a...

A group of researchers has published a handbook to help scientists safeguard themselves and their research. This guide comes amid increasing attacks on scientific research by autocratic regimes around the world: insideclimatenews.org/news/0407202...

Smoke from Canada’s wildfires, worsened by climate change, is drifting south into the U.S. Six U.S. members of Congress have addressed a letter to Canada’s embassy about the hazardous air quality from the wildfire smoke and its impact on outdoor recreation: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Wildfires have burned 227,000 hectares of land across Europe, which is more than double the average area burned at this time of year. They are likely connected to heat waves and droughts, which the continent has been plagued with in 2025. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

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Our latest report on “Climate Change in the American Mind: Beliefs & Attitudes, Spring 2025” shows that 69% of Americans think that global warming is happening. You can read the complete report at: climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...

On the day of his second inauguration, January 20, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order to begin withdrawing the United States for the second time. climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...

“I constantly make the point that only 29 percent are very worried, when it should be 100 percent,” Leiserowitz told Covering Climate Now. “This reflects [climate change’s] lack of salience for most Americans.”

Temperatures in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi, passed 100 degrees as extreme heat becomes more common. Much of the city’s population lives in informal housing without access to air conditioning or proper insulation. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/12/w...

Residents in Shiloh, Alabama, a historically Black community, sue the state's Department of Transportation over worsening flooding from the elevation of Highway US-84. Environmental justice professor and residents argue the issue is due to racial discrimination: insideclimatenews.org/news/0807202...

Researchers and farmers find that integrating solar panels with farmland, known as agrivoltaics, enhances crop growth. Solar panels provide shade, reducing heat stress and irrigation needs, especially in hotter, drier areas that are worsened by climate change: insideclimatenews.org/news/1007202...