March 2025 – Climate Desk

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Mother Jones

Farmers in Trump country banked on clean energy grants. Then things changed.

They remain in limbo as USDA demands grant rewrites favoring fossil fuels over renewables.

Mario Alejandro Ariza Ames Alexander Joe Engleman · March 31, 2025
Slate

Crypto: The currency of the (uninhabitable) future

The crypto booster’s agenda for government is going to cook the planet.

Nitish Pahwa · March 30, 2025
Mother Jones

Greenland’s elections this month weren’t about Trump. They were mostly about fish.

Still, Greenlanders overwhelmingly reject the notion of joining the United States.

Alexander C. Kaufman · March 28, 2025
Grist

Can cities ban natural gas in new buildings? A federal judge just said yes.

After a string of discouraging rulings for other cities, a court upheld NYC's efforts to decarbonize its buildings.

Akielly Hu · March 27, 2025
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Maine senator grills intelligence director Gabbard on omission of climate change from annual threat report

“Has global climate change been solved?”

Jessica McKenzie · March 25, 2025
Wired

What is EV maker BYD and can its batteries really charge in five minutes?

The Chinese carmaker’s shares have jumped as investors speculated it could outdo Elon Musk’s Tesla

Jasper Jolly · March 20, 2025
Wired

DOGE’s cuts at the USDA could cause US grocery prices to rise and invasive species to spread

DOGE’s Cuts at the USDA Could Cause US Grocery Prices to Rise and Invasive Species to Spread

Kate Knibbs · March 19, 2025
In Trump’s new purge of climate language, even ‘resilience’ isn’t safe

"You really cannot address a problem that you can’t identify."

Kate Yoder · March 18, 2025
Mother Jones

Storm deaths mount, exacerbated by DOGE and Trump’s climate chaos

At least 35 people have died in a devastating combination of tornadoes, wildfires, and floods.

Henry Carnell · March 17, 2025
Mother Jones

Colorado has become a battleground for disputes over hunting and trapping

Activists and conservationists are taking aim at practices the precede the nation.

Roque Planas · March 16, 2025
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Hurricane Elon

DOGE cuts could cause meteorologists to miss the next ‘nightmare’ storm

John Morales · March 15, 2025
Guardian

Environmental groups sound new alarm as fossil fuel lobby pushes for immunity

Nearly 200 groups urge Congress to reject fossil fuel industry immunity efforts, fearing long-term damage to climate lawsuits

Dharna Noor · March 14, 2025