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The National Climate Assessment (NCA) has long been touted as the cornerstone of the federal government’s climate agenda, a huge property designed to guide policies and inform the public of the dangers of warming the world. But, according to climate scientist Patrick Brown of the Breakthrough Institute, the NCA is not a beacon of scientific rigor, but a megaphone for partisan alerts. In recent articles Breakthrough Magazine (Spring 2024, Issue 20), Brown made five practical suggestions for a comprehensive overhaul aimed at making it a tool of real understanding, rather than a politically mobilized Kudger. For our readers, his criticism…

The Trump administration is reviewing California's high-speed rail project, which is a decade late and is expected to exceed the budget by more than $100 billion without linking San Francisco and Los Angeles to initial expectations. [emphasis, links added] As Breitbart News reported, President Donald Trump warned that the federal government could spend more than $4 billion on the project, just as he locked down $1 billion for the sick project during his first administration. this San Francisco Chronicles The report said Transport Secretary Sean Duffy made an appearance in Los Angeles to announce the audit: U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean…

Entering the new Trump administration for a month, the firing of scientists and the freezing of research funds to the United States have led to unprecedented scientific expertise in the federal government. Proposed and ongoing cuts, such as the National Weather Service and the Federal Emergency Administration or FEMA, may ensure Americans’ safety during and after the disaster. Meanwhile, scientists warn that funding for climate research has the potential to blindfold the eyes as the dangers of climate change escalate in the years and decades. Large-scale layoffs FEMA When Hurricanes Helene and Milton were more devastating due to climate change,…

Eric Worrall's paper The clock is lowered to 2030 and we are obviously doomed to fail. Residents split into Australia Commission establishes $18,000 in countdown to the “apocalypse” deadline It shrinks for days, hours and minutes until a critical moment in our battle with climate change. But not everyone likes this message. Joe AttanasioSenior ReporterFriday, February 21, 2025 at 8:06 am In a major downtown public garden, thought-provoking art installations continue to spark mixed reactions, while locals seemingly divided by controversial work. The $18,000 piece features a countdown clock that tracks the days, hours and minutes until 2030, a key…

It is recommended that owners of some type of vehicle expect that they will soon need to pay £195 ($247) to stay on the road. April will be an unpleasant month for many motorists, with DVLA changing the rules surrounding vehicles exempt from vehicle excise tax (VED), called road tax, and how much drivers need to be paid. [emphasis, links added] On their website, The government notes that electric vehicle owners will be charged for the first time, paying the same amount as gasoline or diesel drivers starting the second year. They explained: “Starting from April 1, 2025 The guardian…

The Trump administration has stopped U.S. scientists from participating in important UN climate change assessments, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters that it is part of its wider withdrawal from climate change mitigation efforts and multilateral cooperation. [emphasis, links added] The stop order will affect staff of the U.S. Global Change Research Program and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), who interact with key working groups of the Intergovernmental Group on Climate Change (IPCC). One of the sources said this means the U.S. will not be held next week in the IPCC plenary meeting in Hangzhou, China…

Elon Musk's governor crew continues to shed light on how our federal government works, and it's more and more climate than the most cynical of us imagine. The latest involves EPA giving failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams $2 billion to expand “scaling clean energy by prioritizing housing, equity and resilience.” Her organization Power Forward Community said it will install heat pumps, solar panels, EV chargers and other “green” technologies. Does Abrams have any expertise in this field? no. In fact, her organization included her own bank in $100, and it only took a few months to get our $2…

The Swedish Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that Greta Thunberg and hundreds of other young activists could not sue the state in the Swedish court because what they said was not enough to resist climate change. [emphasis, links added] The activists filed a class action lawsuit in the district court in 2022, claiming that the state violated rights set forth in the European Convention on Human Rights because they were not enough to limit climate change or mitigate its impact. In 2023, the District Court asked the Supreme Court to clarify whether such lawsuits could be effectively heard in a…

Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it began implementing Trump's executive order to “end radial and wasteful government DEI programs and favor”. [emphasis, links added] The agency will appoint 171 employees and the Office of Environmental Justice during the leave. The Washington Post reported that the EPA intends to close the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights. The Trump appointees of the Justice Department announced that they will reorganize the Justice Department's Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Shortly after confirmation, Attorney General Pam Bondi canceled any “memorandum, guidance or similar directive” to implement the…

via cfact Post now: WASHINGTON, D.C., February 12 – The constructive Tomorrow Commission, along with 10 other “Stop Sea Wind” organizations and more than 50 individuals from the beach community, united to urge the office’s interior director Douglas Burgum today He immediately stopped everyone in construction projects that planned to move forward despite President Trump's executive orders halting offshore winds. CFACT President Craig Rucker noted: “Trump EO has almost put about 22 projects in stagnation, but about 9 or so sites are still putting pedals on metal trying to go on them I looked at their construction work before completing…