Official Climate Change Thread

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White House Proposal Could Gut Climate Modeling the World Depends On

Potential funding cuts for NOAA and its research partners threaten irreparable harm not only to climate research but to American safety, competitiveness, and national security.

www.propublica.org

 

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Maybe they shouldn’t be cutting funding??

 

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https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/top-un-court-says-treaties-compel-wealthy-nations-curb-global-warming-2025-07-23/

 

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Scientists stunned after finding one of Earth's most remote places blanketed in dangerous material: 'Is it snowing plastic … ?'

Microplastics are tiny, sometimes imperceptible pieces of plastic that are no bigger than 5 millimeters, or the size of a pencil eraser.

www.yahoo.com

We’re so fukked

 

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Volkswagen kept a dark secret in the Amazon. Then a priest made a call. — The Washington Post

Poor laborers were lured to the automaker’s cattle ranch in the Amazon and promised a better life. Brazilian prosecutors say many were enslaved.

apple.news

 

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/31/weather/rain-flash-flooding-warning-northeast-mid-atlantic.html

 

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Sri Lankan court orders owners of container ship to pay $1 billion in marine pollution compensation

Sri Lanka’s top court has ordered the owners of a Singapore-flagged container ship that sank in 2021 to pay $1 billion in compensation for causing the most severe marine environment catastrophe in the country's history.

apnews.com

 

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Monarch butterflies’ mass die-off in 2024 caused by pesticide exposure – study

New peer-reviewed research found an average of seven pesticides in each of 10 butterflies tested

www.theguardian.com

 

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https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/climate/charleston-climate-lawsuit-oil-companies.html

Dismissed

 

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Krill fishery in Antarctica shut down after record catch triggers unprecedented early closure

Officials have shut down the krill fishery near Antarctica early after exceeding the seasonal catch limit for the first time.

apnews.com

 

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First-of-a-kind US class-action lawsuit would force EPA to reinstate $3bn climate program

Coalition of non-profits, tribes and local governments sued EPA chief for halting climate justice grants

www.theguardian.com

 

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Scientists slam Trump administration climate report as a ‘farce’ full of misinformation

Experts say the report being used to justify the mass rollback of climate regulations has many claims based on long-debunked research

www.theguardian.com

 

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https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/01/politics/us-government-epa-climate-change