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The first Earth Day was organized in 1970 to address public concerns about the environment. Many of these questions are completely reasonable. [emphasis, links added] For example, in 1969, oil slime along the industrialized coast of Ohio’s Cuyahoga River drew criticism, which drew national awareness of the need to reduce water pollution. Similarly, in California’s coastal city, most notably in Los Angeles, the exhaust of unleaded gasoline causes air pollution, so you can’t see a few miles away from the hills. We have come a long way in 51 years. This month, as Americans celebrate Earth Day on April 22,…

In 1990, Congress passed the Global Change Research Act, which created the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP). The program aims to study environmental changes and their impact on society. [emphasis, links added] USGCRP involves 15 government departments and agencies, with a budget of US$4.95 billion as of 2025. The purpose of the USGCRP is to provide a “scientific foundation for climate change to support informed decision-making across the United States.” Now, for the past three decades, USGCRP today’s equivalent of government contractors pushing climate shock funds under the guise of nonpartisan “science.” For example, the latest report released by…

Transcript: As a member of the non-profit in the climate, Max Joshua helps host events where LGBTQ+ people working in climate and sustainability can build communities and connect with each other. Joshua: “It’s great to create space where people can be themselves.” Joshua said she has been surrounded by many supportive colleagues throughout her career in climate technology, but sometimes transgender people in the workplace can be difficult. Joshua: “It can be challenging. Sometimes there is some uncomfortable interaction with people in some companies. … And you may not see anyone like you in your field of expertise. … So…

The top House panel overseeing public land policy is investigating five green groups that have established reconciliation with federal officials in the era of the Biden administration’s decline, forcing family-owned ranches to withdraw their environmental issues on federal property, Washington Free Beacon Learned. [emphasis, links added] In January 2025 reconciliation between green groups, owners of 11 multi-generation ranches and the National Park Service, In early 2026, 12 of the 14 existing organic dairy and cattle ranches on the Reyes National Coast in Northern California will be abandoned. The agreement was proposed by Virginia-based Nature Conservancy, which funded the agreement and…

NOAA's National Center for Environmental Information (NASA) reportedly rated NASA and European European Copernicus Climate Change Services as March 2025 as the second and second third round of record. Data from the Japan Meteorological Service and Berkeley Earth were not obtained at the time of writing. Global temperatures so far in 2024 and 2025 are significantly higher than in any year before 2015. According to NOAA, the global land region has a second-place parade in 2025. The warmest parades recorded in Europe and Oceania. Africa, the third helper; South America, the sixth reward; North America, the seventh reward; and Asia,…

California legislation will allow state fair plans, with individuals and insurers suing oil and gas companies for natural disasters, formally failing to advance on the California Senate Judiciary Committee last night. [emphasis, links added] SB 222, sponsored by San Francisco Senators Scott Wiener and Rockefeller-backed Center for Climate Integrity, has only five out of five of the 5 committee votes. The legislation is a flash point in the ongoing debate on homeowners insurance in California as climate law activists hope to capitalize on the recent devastating wildfires across the state. Democrats vote on SB 222 due to cost and feasibility…

We hear again and again: Greenland's melting will soon cause the Gulfstream system to collapse due to global warming, and it will be difficult to restart as a result. [emphasis, links added] Then we see the huge disaster portrayed as the one depicted in the dramatic climate film “After Tomorrow.” The salinity of seawater in the north is crucial because higher salt content is high, and salt-rich tropical water will cool and sink. First, this is the pump that makes circulation possible. It can transport a very large amount of heat to the North Atlantic Ocean, keeping Europe on a…

On April 7, 2025, the title is Heavier rains are becoming more common in AtlantaAxios Atlanta claims that “climate change is causing downpours in Atlanta” and quotes data provided by Climate Central (CC). [emphasis, links added] This attribution is wrong. There is evidence that localized urban factors (rather than global carbon dioxide levels) are modest increases in rainfall intensity in cities such as Atlanta. In its Axios articles, writers Kristal Dixon and Alex Fitzpatrick Climate Realism Title Misleading urban rainfall requirements in climate centers are wet. Good journalists would have studied the evidence independently rather than simply echoing CC's claims.…

Transcript: Climate scientists don't have crystal balls. However, they do have climate models that can provide significantly accurate predictions for global warming, and have been doing so for decades. Zeke Hausfather is a research scientist at Berkeley Earth. He studied climate models dating back to the 1970s and evaluated their predictions on how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere affects how global temperatures increase. Hausfather: “Many of the early models ultimately proved the foresight of predicting what actually happened in the years since publication. … Of the 17 we’ve seen, 14 of them were almost blobs.” Today’s climate model is much…

The huge push from New York's all-around grid has run out of gasoline. [emphasis, links added] Or, more precisely, it collided with New Yorkers who refused to allow their farms, forests and communities, paved with oceans of solar panels and planted with 600-foot-tall wind turbines. A new report commissioned by the New York Affordable Cleaning Capacity Alliance, which represents solar, wind and independent electricity producers, concluded, Empire State's grid faces “barriers to maintain reliability”, largely due to failure to achieve the “ambitious renewable energy goals”. The state “lacks” these eco-friendly goals due to “challenges” such as “local opposition” and “lack…