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International

"Mass Layoffs Begin at NOAA, With Hundreds Said to Be Fired in One Day"

"The Trump administration has begun firing employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, one of the world’s premier centers for climate science."

Source: NYTimes, 02/28/2025

"EPA Urges White House To Strike Down Landmark Climate Finding"

"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged the White House to strike down a scientific finding underpinning much of the federal government’s push to combat climate change, according to three people briefed on the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly."

Source: Washington Post, 02/27/2025

"How Trump Could Be Derailing A Major Global Climate Report"

"The Trump administration has blocked work that is central to major international climate change research, and barred federal scientists and diplomats from attending a key global climate event in China this week, according to three officials close to the situation who spoke to The Washington Post on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly."

Source: Washington Post, 02/25/2025

Talks To Protect Earth’s Biodiversity Resume In Rome With Money Atop Agenda

"An annual United Nations conference on biodiversity that ran out of time last year will resume its work Tuesday in Rome with money at the top of the agenda. That is, how to spend what’s been pledged so far — and how to raise a lot more to help preserve plant and animal life on Earth."

Source: AP, 02/25/2025

Environmental Policies Upended, Climate Plans a Casualty As Trump Takes Power

In the overview summary for our “2025 Journalists’ Guide to Environment + Energy” special report, we foresee the very real prospect that environmental protection and energy policies in place, in some cases, for decades could swiftly be swept aside by the Trump administration and a GOP-controlled Congress. Read our analysis, plus look back at more than three dozen stories gathered together in our ninth annual guide.

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