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The Guardian: Will global climate action be a casualty of Trump’s tariffs?
Reuters: “Trump says he will unleash American fossil fuels, halt climate cooperation”
Voice of America: Record-Breaking heat likely to continue in 2025, accelerating climate change. & Related story: ABC News: Trump names Kari Lake director of Voice of America.
Newsweek: Nasa Images Reveal ‘Ghost Forests’ in Forida.
CBS News: Climate change could virtually disappear in Florida, at least according to state law
Anthroposphere-The Oxford Climate Review: Apocalyptic Species by Robert Walker
The Guardian: University of Florida Student Senate passes “Green New Deal.”
Archive.today: Can $500 Million Save This Glacier?
Phys.org: Pioneering scientist says global warming is accelerating. Some experts call his claims overheated.
C-Span: United States Vice President Harris Remarks in London on Artificial Intelligence
Scientific American: “What AI can do for Climate Change and what Climate Change can do for AI.”
The Jakarta Post: Government shuts down Suralaya Power-Plant in bid to reduce air pollution
Euronews.green: “Hereare all the positive environmental stories from 2023 so far.”
Reuters: “El Nino will brew up potent new economic storm.”
From the Washington Post by way of US Today: The accidental beauty of our smoldering world
The Jakarta Post: Next five years set to be hottest period ever: UN
The Nature Conservancy: The Latest IPCC Report: What is it and why does it matter?
They grow America’s strawberries. A vicious flood made them climate migrants
From the Buenos Aires Herald: Parts of Buenos Aires could be underwater by 2050
From the Japan Times: “Can urban farming play a key role in food security?”
The Next Frontier in Farming: The Ocean
Beyond Catastrophe: A New Climate Reality is Coming Into View
The World has a Choice: Work together or Fall Apart
HOW PENN’S “DR. POLDERGEIST” IS TRYING TO HELP THE DUTCH CONFRONT ACCELERATED SEA LEVEL
RISEPOSTCARDS FROM A WORLD ON FIRE
A 20-FOOT SEA WALL? MIAMI FACES THE HARD CHOICES OF CLIMATE CHANGE
JAPAN’S KYOTO CHERRY BLOSSOMS PEAK ON EARLIEST DATE IN 1200 YEARS, A SIGN OF CLIMATE CHANGE
THE BATTLE LINES ARE FORMING IN BIDEN’S CLIMATE PUSH
WESTERN WILDFIRES: BLAZES FUELED BY CLIMATE CHANGE ENGULF VAST REGION IN CRISIS
RACISM, POLICE VIOLENCE, AND THE CLIMATE ARE NOT SEPARATE ISSUES
ECONOMIC GIANTS ARE RESTARTING. HERE’S WHAT IT MEANS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE
ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE IS A BIG-ENOUGH IDEA TO REVIVE THE ECONOMY
THE END OF AUSTRALIA AS WE KNOW IT
LIVES ADRIFT IN A WARMING WORLD
FLORIDA KEYS DELIVER A HARD MESSAGE: AS SEAS RISE, SOME PLACES CAN’T BE SAVED
CENTRAL AMERICAN FARMERS HEAD TO THE U.S., FLEEING CLIMATE CHANGE
SPRING BRINGS SURGE OF MIGRANTS, STRETCHING BORDER FACILITIES FAR BEYOND CAPACITY
WHY EUROPE COULD MELT DOWN OVER A SIMPLE QUESTION OF BORDERS
SUSTAINABLE MIGRATION: HOW EUROPE CAN RECONCILE DEMOCRACY AND MOBILITY
GÜNTER VERHEUGEN ON CONFLICT ZONE
FORTIFIED BUT STILL IN PERIL, NEW ORLEANS BRACES FOR ITS FUTURE