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Subha Das, a researcher, spoke at a crowded “Hands Off” rally in Pittsburgh on April 5, 2025. Credit: Christine Spolar/Inside Climate News “Stop Stealing Our Data!” At the main rally in ...

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In the discussion about combating climate change, "net zero" refers to the emissions target the world's nations must collectively achieve to curb the tide of global warming. When 196 countries ...

Democrat governors are pushing back as President Trump directed his Justice Department to target state climate laws. “The federal government cannot unilaterally strip states’ independent ...

President Donald Trump is throwing the weight of the Justice Department against the last bastion of U.S. climate action: states and cities. In a sweeping executive order signed late Tuesday ...

The Trump administration said Tuesday it would pull funding from Princeton University over climate-related programs that go “against” the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s ...

The president signed an executive order late Tuesday that aims to “stop the enforcement” of a broad swath of state climate regulations. President Donald Trump is throwing the weight of the ...

The Department of Commerce on Tuesday announced its decision to cut $4 million in funding related to climate research for Princeton University. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said in a news ...

Congress requires the federal government to produce the report, formally known as the National Climate Assessment, every four years. It analyzes the effects of rising temperatures on human health ...

President Donald Trump continued dismantling U.S. climate policy this week when he directed the Justice Department to challenge state laws aimed at addressing the crisis — a campaign legal ...