By 2080, close to 30% of New York City’s land could face major flooding threats, placing roughly 17% of the city’s population, about 1.4 million residents, at risk. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

The U.S. Department of Energy recently announced $100 million in grants to upgrade coal power plants, even as many of these facilities are set to close by 2030. Coal is largely considered economically inefficient and an extreme greenhouse gas polluter. insideclimatenews.org/news/0311202...

NEW REPORT: We hired an actor to record multiple audio clips about climate impacts, with variations in how emotional their script and performance were. Did people respond more strongly to more emotional versions of the message? Not in this case:

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COP30 in Brazil is right around the corner. Learn more about worldwide support for climate action and find a collection of resources to help you prepare for the upcoming conference. Are there other resources which would be helpful?

Global warming has provenly worsened climate events around the world, and developing countries are disparaged from being able to prepare for the impending climate crises and disasters. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10...

The United Nations secretary general announced that efforts to limit global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius have not succeeded. The world is on track to warm beyond the limit set in the Paris Climate Agreement. www.bbc.com/news/article...

ExxonMobil has announced it will postpone its planned $10 billion plastics facility along Texas’s Gulf Coast due to current market conditions and ongoing legal challenges over tax breaks. insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...

With growing conversations about clean energy efforts and America trailing global peers in nuclear power, reports show that U.S. adults increasingly support advancing nuclear energy. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...

After years of deliberation an official corporate climate transparency rule has been finalized by the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission. The rule was finalized without 2022 provisions, which would have attempted to manage 70% of major U.S. companies' climate emissions.

An unexpected ally of solar farms may be traditional agriculture, as solar farms provide ideal growing conditions for certain crops and wildflowers. insideclimatenews.org/news/1810202...

State representatives in Illinois might vote on the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability (CRGA) Act, which is designed to lower electricity rates by adding renewable energy to the grid and allowing homeowners to access more efficient appliances. insideclimatenews.org/news/2110202...

How can you inoculate people against climate disinformation? Regularly remind them: - It’s real - It’s us - Scientists agree - It’s bad - Others care - There’s hope youtu.be/2tYH0pc9Nnk?...

Dr. Matthew Goldberg from @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social, shares insights from 17 years of research on: 🧠 Climate attitudes and beliefs 📢 Effective climate messaging and comm ⚖️ Climate justice and policy support 🤝 Trust in science and scientists @maibached.bsky.social youtu.be/HyqrCCSoR2A?...

Interested in the intersection between climate and health policy in the U.S.? We have new insights out TODAY! Find out what legislative staff, civil servants, academic experts, think tank employees, and advocates have to say:

Maryland’s 2024 EmPOWER legislation offers stipends to households willing to switch to energy efficient house warming and cooling systems. This has opened up new avenues for contractors to pursue work in the state. marylandmatters.org/2025/10/15/h...

Since President Trump's inauguration in January, his presidential administration has made sweeping cuts to the nation's science funding, including cutting $1 billion in grants to the National Science Foundation. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/c...

Coral reefs may be the first climate tipping point, according to a new report from the University of Exeter in England. As ocean temperatures rise, coral reefs release algae, causing them to lose their color and die. www.cbsnews.com/news/coral-r...

Social media and news websites dominate as news sources for Americans alarmed by global warming. The number of Americans who say their most important source of news is social media has increased by 7% since 2021. climatecommunication.yale.edu/publications...

The U.S. Department of the Interior has canceled construction of one of the world’s largest solar projects in Nevada. The solar farm would have powered roughly two million homes. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/c...

With growing concerns of how data centers benefit or harm communities, the city of Bessemer, Alabama, amended local zoning laws for companies to build data centers of any size within the city limits.

European finance ministers support the World Bank and other development banks' climate finance efforts, as the U.S. withdraws its support. www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

A new report on the Colorado River is urging states that rely on the river to reduce their water use. The river is at about half of its usual flow, and reservoirs are running dangerously low, putting the 40 million people who rely on the river at risk. insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...

NEW REPORT: 19% of Americans say social media is their most important news source, an increase of 7 percentage points from 2021. Learn more about where Americans get their news:

A report from two nonprofits found that 25 of the 37 nominees to federal environmental positions had ties to polluting industries, like oil, gas, and mining. The report explicitly links individuals within the Trump Administration to fossil fuel companies. insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...

Car dependency continues to shape U.S. mobility. 68% of American workers drive to work alone, reflecting gaps in climate-effective transportation infrastructure. climatenexus.org/climate-issu... via climatenexus.org/

Rising heat stress from climate change appears to be contributing significantly to chronic kidney disease among India’s outdoor workers, particularly in settings without rest, shade, or adequate hydration. e360.yale.edu/features/ind... via @yalee360.bsky.social

Home insurance premiums have risen 40% faster than inflation since 2017. These premiums have risen due to higher housing prices and the increased frequency and severity of extreme weather events. www.hbs.edu/bigs/climate...

The Ecuadorian environmental and indigenous land rights activist, Efraín Fueres, was killed while protesting the government's recent decision to end gas subsidies, which help lower-income Ecuadorians. insideclimatenews.org/news/2909202...

The Trump administration’s proposed 56 percent cut to the National Science Foundation (NSF) has led to the closure of ARCUS, a respected Arctic research center that supported Indigenous communities and international climate monitoring efforts. grist.org/politics/aft... via @grist.org

Last Tuesday, Trump told the United Nations that climate change is a “con job” created by “stupid people.” He vouched for the safety of fossil fuels and dismissed renewable energy. Almost one-third of Americans are ‘very worried' about global warming. insideclimatenews.org/news/2309202...

Citing rising energy demand from AI data centers, the Trump administration announced measures to revive the U.S. coal industry by opening public land to mining, reducing royalty rates, and rolling back environmental protections. insideclimatenews.org/news/2909202... via @insideclimatenews.org

An email within the Department of Energy instructed employees to avoid words such as “climate change,” “green,” “decarbonization,” “sustainability,” and “emissions.” www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

According to our Climate Change in the American Mind report, about seven in ten Americans think global warming is happening. By contrast, only 15% of Americans think global warming is not happening. So why does it feel like there are so many climate deniers? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASpl...

According to our Climate Change in the American Mind report, about seven in ten Americans think global warming is happening. By contrast, only 15% of Americans think global warming is not happening. So why does it feel like there are so many climate deniers? www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASpl...

A federal judge granted the Danish energy company Orsted permission to continue construction on an offshore wind farm. The $6.2 billion Revolution Wind project near Rhode Island was 80% complete when the Trump administration tried to halt it. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...

More than 20,000 people died of heat-related causes this summer in Europe. Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of heat waves. This can be difficult to adapt to, especially in European cities that generally lack air conditioning. insideclimatenews.org/news/1709202...

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...