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How climate science is sneakily getting funded under Trump

The context you need, when you need it When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission...

06.04.2026 5

Vox

Kate Yoder

The US Government Is Trying To Make Coal Cute. It Isn’t.

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Can a lump of coal ever be…cute?...

03.02.2026 10

Mother Jones

Kate Yoder

Get a Rake: Dispatch From Suburban America’s Forever War

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The push to ban gas-powered leaf...

07.12.2025 10

Mother Jones

Kate Yoder

Democratic Politicians Have Largely Abandoned Climate Talk

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Nearly a year after the 2024...

23.10.2025 9

Mother Jones

Kate Yoder

Trump Administration Hopes to Revive the Climate Change “Debate”

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Should you be worried about climate...

04.09.2025 10

Mother Jones

Kate Yoder

Inside the federal government’s purge of climate data

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For 25 years, a group of the...

21.07.2025 10

Vox

Kate Yoder

Climate Erasure Replaces Climate Denial Under Trump Administration

The days of loudly debating the science have mostly given way to an effort to withhold the raw information itself.

14.07.2025 10

Truthout

Kate Yoder

DOGE Has Gutted AmeriCorps. What Happens When the Next Disaster Strikes?

The loss of staffing and programs is one more blow to the US’s ability to respond to and recover from disasters.

18.05.2025 6

Truthout

Kate Yoder

The climate movement is talking about carbon all wrong, a new book argues

Carbon isn’t an enemy to “combat” or “tackle,” environmentalist Paul Hawken writes, but the animating force of life

24.03.2025 7

Salon

Kate Yoder

The Tragedy—and Tyranny—of Donald Trump’s War on “Woke”

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In his first hours back in the...

17.03.2025 7

Mother Jones

Kate Yoder

The "weather whiplash" fueling the Los Angeles fires is becoming more common

Around the world, dramatic swings between heavy rain and drought are increasing exponentially, new research finds

14.01.2025 10

Salon

Kate Yoder

“Weather Whiplash” Fueled by Climate Change Produced Catastrophic Fires in LA

Climate change is heightening the swings between very wet and very dry weather, creating prime conditions for wildfires.

10.01.2025 9

Truthout

Kate Yoder