Win for fossils! A day after Trump killed offshore wind farms, he tossed 2 lifelines to coal, ordering Indiana coal plants to continue operating and gave hundreds of coal plants an additional 5 years before preventing toxic chemicals from leaching into drinking water. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/c...

Sun sets on 2025. Best thing I can say is we survived it. We’ll have huge fights to do the same in 2026 but we must!

Stalin would no doubt have understood and even appreciated the Trump administration's attack on climate researchers and their work, the latest in the relentless purge of those who refuse to be co-opted by the fossil fuel industry. @michaelemann.bsky.social and Bob Ward www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=a6...

4 unsolved problems should bar new nuclear plants: Radioactive waste, cost, proliferation, accidents. Trump is sidestepping the regulatory system that's overseen nuclear power since 3 Mile Island to fast-track new and untested reactor designs. @gbrumfiel.bsky.social l www.npr.org/2025/12/17/n...

Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the 3 hottest years on record and it was the first time the 3-year average broke through the threshold set in the 2015 Paris Agreement of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees C (2.7 F) since preindustrial times. www.cbsnews.com/news/climate...

Solar panels are now so affordable that businesses and families are snapping them up, slashing bills and challenging utilities. Solar has risen from almost nothing in 2019 to roughly 10% of South Africa’s electricity-generating capacity. @sominisengupta.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/c...

Trump has rapidly dismantled climate and pollution protections, overhauled how the federal government responds to disasters and boosted fossil fuel production and nuclear power while slashing wind and solar energy. @bradplumer.bsky.social @maxinejoselow.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/c...

Oil and gas companies and government allies escalated efforts to block accountability and silence critics. Oil companies started lobbying Congress for a liability shield from climate lawsuits. Exxon kept taking California to court to try to ward off accountability. www.exxonknews.org/p/exxonknews...

Bad year! Trump's dismantling of environmental protection rules was more far-reaching than even some of the most pessimistic expectations. He ceded US leadership on climate and thus helped solidify China’s status as the ascendant power. @dangearino.bsky.social insideclimatenews.org/news/2812202...

We all will pay more for electricity if Trump kills offshore wind using his new bogus rationale: the absurdity that wind farms interfere with radar. The Pentagon never before (Hegseth) alleged radar-damaging effects. @deanbaker13.bsky.social nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

Will bells guide us in 2026? “For a week already we’ve all been a little confused about the time, ever since our dear and precious Westertoren bell has apparently been hauled away for factory use, and we don’t know what time it is, day or night.” Anne Frank 1943, “ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/a...

As humans heat the planet burning fossil fuels, the Antarctic ice is changing in ways that are anything but slow. Melting glaciers are already pushing up sea levels worldwide, worsening the damage from floods and storm surges. @zhonggg.bsky.social @rjnskl.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/c...

EPA zipped through its far-reaching deregulatory campaign and cast aside scores of employees in 2025 — a signal of what's to come in the remaining years of Trump's second term. @kevinbogardus.bsky.social @ellie-borst.bsky.social @mirandawrites.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Get out of jail free for polluters! A Top Source of Lead Pollution Faced Tighter Rules. Then Trump Intervened, exempting an Arizona copper smelter from air-quality rules. An EPA official guided the company that sought the exemption. @maxinejoselow.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/26/c...

Just noting for any climate deniers out there that this Christmas day it’s 55F in Washington, DC.

Minaret with hawk at top and wasp nest in magnolia tree.

Indiana's children must have been very bad for Santa to stick 'em with coal! The Department of Energy ordered two Indiana coal plants to postpone retirement and continue operating, expanding Trump’s campaign to aid fossil fuels. @bstorrow @HMNorthey www.eenews.net/articles/doe...

The magic of the Nutcracker: Imagining for one evening that the Rat King isn’t our president!

Bad Rx! Trump has caused lasting damage to the scientific enterprise over the last 11 months, experts say. And most of it can’t be easily or quickly repaired, even if a subsequent administration wants to take up the challenge. @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Democratic Governors Are Fighting Trump’s War on Wind Energy, racing to save offshore wind farms and the $25 billion investment in the five wind farms which were expected to create 10,000 jobs and to power more than 2.5 million homes and businesses. By Lisa Friedman www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/c...

Another Trump financial conflict of interest, this time with nuclear power. A Trump business is once again betting on an industry that the president has championed and regulates, further entwining his personal fortunes. By Rebecca F. Elliott @bradplumer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/b...

Trump deals blow to offshore wind: orders a halt to 5 offshore wind projects currently being built in the US, a major new attack on a power-generating industry even as voters fret about climbing electricity prices. By Kelsey Tamborrino, Benjamin Storrow subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

‘Christmastown’ Faces Climate Reality After Brutal Northwest Storms. 2 weeks of “atmospheric river” deluges took a toll on businesses in the Northwest, reminding the region that a warming planet has brought new uncertainty. @agpnw.bsky.social @amyjeangraff.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/22/u...

Dawn in the city on the shortest day!

Our take: “GM and Ford will want to be players in the world. If they don’t make EVs, they will get shut out by Chinese carmakers,” Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...

Our take: “Buying gas-guzzling cars will cost consumers more money,” says Dan Becker @biologicaldiversity.org By Saumya Roy www.aljazeera.com/economy/2025...

Warming atmosphere holds more moisture! Torrential rainstorms fueled by the warmer atmosphere are increasingly striking New York —creating floods that gush into tunnels and submerge tracks. @sarahkaplan48.bsky.social @johnmuyskens.bsky.social @sadbumblee.buzz www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Trump helps Big Oil firms. Gee how did OUR oil get under their country? Trump could not be more blunt: The US created Venezuela’s oil industry. Venezuela stole American oil fields through nationalizations. Now, the US wants those assets back. @simonromero.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/w...

Trump effectively eliminated fuel economy rules to benefit oil and auto polluters. Even the administration’s own numbers show that consumers will be worse off, forced to spend over $600 more on fuel over the lifetime of a MY2031 vehicle than they save in upfront costs. blog.ucs.org/dave-cooke/5...

Trump EV attacks deliver victory to Big Oil and China! The unraveling of the transition to electric cars in the U.S. and Europe has handed Chinese automakers an opportunity to cement their dominance in the electrification race www.japantimes.co.jp/business/202...

Trump gives big oil another victory: Making a "petty and vindictive decision" to kill off National Center for Atmospheric Research, key atmospheric science center, one of the world's leading climate research labs. @joeygarrison.bsky.social www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...

EU Trumpifies The European Commission is set to weaken a rule phasing out gas vehicles after 2035, cutting emissions to 0, giving center-right parties and auto companies a massive win after months of heavy lobbying. @jordyndahl.bsky.social @gerardofortuna.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/euro...

Victory for Big Oil and China! Gas-loving Trump cedes electric car market to China. Donald Trump is pushing gas guzzlers over EVs — in spite of climate and cost concerns. China is now set to race further ahead into an electrified automotive future. Stuart Braun www.dw.com/en/us-ev-rol...

Trumponomics: Demand is low so let's expand supply! Oil bosses are watching oil and gasoline prices rise and fall like the tide. But they're buoyed, for now, by political wins — hatcheting environmental rules, pushing new drilling. @mikesoraghan.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

4 huge problems with nuclear: waste, cost, proliferation, accidents! As we’ve seen from the disasters at Three Mile Island, Fukushima and Chernobyl, there’s no such thing as a fail-safe nuclear plant, but these profit-making companies are prepared to take the gamble. therevelator.org/nuclear-power/

Electricity demand for a single AI data center is 1 gigawatt-- more electricity than the entire state of Wyoming consumes. Hundreds of AI facilities are in development. A carbon-intensive data center buildout would make a risky global climate even riskier. www.circleofblue.org/2025/water-c...

Hey MAHA, is it fine with you to ignore soot and smog worsening lung disease and kids' asthma and CO2 pollution roasting the climate! MAHA moms blast Trump prioritizing the interests of chemical manufacturers over the well-being of American children. @HirokoTabuchi www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/c...

So sad: it's front page news that a Trump appointee hasn't totally screwed up! The former TV doctor running the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Washington’s wonky health agency, has garnered positive reviews — even from some Democrats. @pw_cunningham www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

Day’s end!

Not their type! The font Calibri has joined Harvard and the Smithsonian on the Trump administration list of targets in its war against DEI. Marco Rubio called the use of the font in official department paperwork a "wasteful" example of DEI. By Jason Lalljee www.axios.com/2025/12/10/t...

Oil man Hamm gave Trump more than $2 million in campaign contributions — earning him outsize influence. He and Trump have remade federal policy to benefit oil and gas companies, and put off the transition to solar power and batteries. @ericlipton.nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/12/12/b...

Coalition of the Unwilling! US sided with Russia, Saudi Arabia and Iran to weaken UN Environment report language on fossils fuels, biodiversity and plastics. It’s the latest step by the Trump administration to undermine global climate policy. @eniiler.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/12/11/c...

Young children who experience long-term exposure to severe heat are more likely to show developmental delays, scientists have discovered. It’s the latest finding in a growing body of evidence that points to the dangers that high temperatures pose to kids. subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

It will be up the the Senate to stop more air pollution and sicker kids from this Republican bill! “it would be more difficult for EPA to protect Americans from environmental health threats and enforce the rules against polluters.” @seanreillyy.bsky.social subscriber.politicopro.com/article/eene...

Like Trump! German automakers and the European Auto lobby are pushing for weak rules. The EU Commission should stick to its 2035 zero-emission target for new cars, since any retreat would undermine investment and widen the EU's gap with China. @mariemannes.bsky.social www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Our take: The High Cost of Trump's Terrible Policy Making: "In one stroke," Dan Becker told AP, "Trump is worsening three of our nation’s most vexing problems: the thirst for oil, high gas pump costs and global warming." @CenterForBioDiv www.dailykos.com/stories/2025...

Trump is afraid of climate truth! EPA's "website is now completely incorrect regarding the changes in climate that we’re seeing today and their causes. It’s clearly a deliberate effort to misinform.” [email protected] By @shannonosaka.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Our take: “The biggest single step any nation has ever taken to cut global warming pollution, gas consumption and save consumers money at the pump are the CAFE and EPA standards and that’s what Trump is gutting today." @biologicaldiversity.org

The result of all of these interpretive shenanigans is a rollback of standards that are much lower even than the standards Trump I adopted. When Trump’s 2d term guts the standards set by Trump's first term you know the proposal is crazy. Fmr agency head Anne Carlson legal-planet.org/2025/12/05/t...

Our take:“Trump’s action will feed America’s destructive use of oil, while hamstringing us in the green tech race against Chinese carmakers. We’ve seen this movie before: Carmakers will use Trump's rule to drive into a familiar ditch, failing to compete.” www.wardsauto.com/news/trump-a...