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Trump
POLITIQUE
* USA – EU * US Is Seeking Exemption From a European Climate Law, Officials Say
Diplomats told E.U. officials that the bloc’s law on methane, a potent greenhouse gas, would hurt American oil and gas companies.
SCIENCES
* NCAR * Trump is breaking apart a scientific crown jewel
The National Center for Atmospheric Research is a treasure. The Trump administration wants to dismantle it.
SCIENCES
* NCAR * Major Climate Research Center, Targeted for Closure in Trump Dispute with Colorado
The president’s political feud and his budget chief’s drive to end climate research have put the National Center for Atmospheric Research at risk.
POLITIQUE
* 2025 REVIEW * The year the US gave up on climate, and the world gave up on us
While the U.S. sits in self-imposed isolation, the rest of the world, led by China, raced to build renewables and commit to climate action.
ANTI-CLIMAT
* USA * The Oilman Who Pushed Trump to Go All In on Fossil Fuels
Harold Hamm, an Oklahoma oil tycoon, has played a central role in reshaping energy policy by allying himself with President Trump.
POLITIQUE
* TRUMP’S AGGRESSIONS * Pirates of the Anthropocene
"I assume we're going to keep the oil."
ANTI-CLIMAT
* USA * EPA erases references to human-caused climate change from websites
The agency revamped its webpages to feature natural causes of rising temperatures such as the Earth’s orbit.
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
* TRUMP * Rare Win for Renewable Energy: Trump Administration Funds Geothermal Network Expansion
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved an $8.6 million grant that will allow the nation’s first utility-led geothermal heating and cooling network to double in size.
CAUSES
* TRUMP * Trump Vowed Fewer Regulations and Lots More Oil. He’s Delivered on One.
The president’s energy strategy is projected to generate more pollution, but so far production has not risen significantly and price drops have been modest, analysts say.
POLITIQUE
* COP30 | USA * Ohne die USA sind die Klimaverhandlungen demokratischer
Die USA sind aus den Klimaverhandlungen ausgestiegen und niemand glaubt, dass sie so bald zurückkommen. Wer nun die Lücke füllt, ist aber die falsche Frage.
POLITIQUE
* COP30 | OBSTRUCTION * Trump, war, absent media: five threats to climate progress that dogged Cop30
Did the talks succeed or fail? The verdict must take account of the geopolitical minefield they took place in
ANTI-CLIMAT
* TRUMP * In One Week, Trump Moves to Reshape U.S. Environmental Policy
The Trump administration this week moved to weaken the Clean Water Act and the Endangered Species Act, two bedrock laws, among other deregulatory moves.
POLITIQUE
* COP30 * The Global Climate Leadership Vacuum
The United States is largely absent from the United Nations climate negations in Brazil. So who is stepping up?
ANTI-CLIMAT
* TRUMP * Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally
Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
DROIT & LITIGE
* COP30 | ICJ OPINION | USA * Landmark Court Ruling Looms Over U.S. Absence at COP30
The historic climate change advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice suggests the United States is violating international law on climate, legal experts say.
POLITIQUE
* COP30 * Trump ist abwesend, Kalifornien setzt dennoch ein Zeichen
Die offizielle US-Regierung boykottiert die UNO-Klimakonferenz. Vertreter aus den USA handeln trotzdem.
POLITIQUE
* COP30 * Klimakonferenz beginnt in widrigem geopolitischem Umfeld
Die USA blockieren derzeit alle Umweltverhandlungen. Wenn der UN-Klimagipfel in Belém ein Erfolg werden soll, müssen sich die Staaten ohne sie neu sortieren.
POLITIQUE
* COP30 | USA * Tackling Climate Change Without the U.S.
This year’s U.N. climate talks are being held in Brazil. So far, they’ve been noteworthy for who isn’t attending.
CAUSES
ConocoPhillips Wants to Explore for Oil in an Arctic Wilderness
The oil company is proposing exploratory drilling and seismic testing beyond the borders of its Willow project, in areas home to caribou and other wildlife that provide sustenance for Alaska Natives.
POLITIQUE
* COP30 | USA * Climate Diplomacy and Hardball Tactics
With this year’s global climate summit opening in Brazil, we offer a glimpse of how the Trump administration sometimes operates behind closed doors.
ANTI-CLIMAT RECOMMANDÉ
Documentary explores how Republicans changed course on the climate
In The White House Effect, now available on Netflix, archival footage is used to show how the US right moved from believing to disputing the climate crisis
DROIT & LITIGE
* USA * Federal Courts Divided, So Far, on Trump’s Environmental Retreat
Judges curbed rollbacks during Trump’s first term. But the courts and the law have changed thanks to Trump’s own appointments. Those votes will be critical as his team seeks to erase the legal basis for climate action in his second term.
POLITIQUE
* USA | ELECTIONS * Green Groups’ Election Takeaway: Focus on Trump Energy Agenda Costs
Voters’ frustration with high power bills helped propel Democrats to victory in New Jersey, Virginia and Georgia. Climate advocates stressed how Trump’s rollbacks of clean energy add to the pain.
POLITIQUE
* USA | ELECTIONS * It was a very good election for the climate
In the first election of President Trump's second term, voters make it abundantly clear that they still care about climate action.
JUSTICE CLIM.
As aid dries up in Kenya, millions are threatened by the climate-driven disease kala-azar
Rising temperatures and erratic rainfall have supercharged the breeding of sandflies that spread the climate-driven disease kala-azar.
IMPACTS
* USA * Climate disasters in first half of 2025 costliest ever on record, research shows
LA wildfires and storms this year cost $101bn, new study by non-profit resurrecting work axed by Trump says
CAUSES
* USA * Trump Opens Pristine Alaska Wilderness to Drilling in Long-Running Feud
The Interior Department also said it would allow a contentious road to be built through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in southwestern Alaska.
ANTI-CLIMAT POLITIQUE
The entire world was ready to reduce shipping emissions. Then Trump stepped in.
After Trump threatened countries with tariffs and visa restrictions, a first-ever global carbon tax is left to an uncertain future.
POLITIQUE
Schifffahrt sollte CO2-neutral werden: Das wollten die Schweiz und viele Länder. Dann hörte Trump davon
Die Internationale Organisation für Schifffahrt wollte verbindliche Umweltregeln einführen. Auch die Schweiz war dafür. Doch die USA stoppten die Bemühungen – indem sie massiv politischen Druck aufsetzten.
POLITIQUE
Die Arktis erhitzt sich – politisch wie klimatisch
Russische Cybernangriffe, Trumps Grönland-Ambitionen und Sorgen um die transatlantische Meeresströmung: In Reykjavík berieten Arktis-Anrainer die aktuellen Bedrohungen.
POLITIQUE
Shipping emissions levy shelved as countries bow to US pressure
Long-planned charge on greenhouse gas emissions postponed as Trump officials accused of intimidation tactics
POLITIQUE
* USA * Why Democrats aren’t talking about climate change much anymore
As Democrats reflect on the 2024 election, talking about the "planetary emergency" is out, and "cheap energy" is in.
POLITIQUE
Klimaschutz als Glaubensfrage
Papst Leo sagt wie sein Vorgänger klare Worte zu Klimawandel und ökologischer Verantwortung. In den USA ruft er damit den Zorn der Maga-Bewegung hervor.
ANTI-CLIMAT
The strategy behind Trump’s climate catchphrase, the ‘Green New Scam’
The slogan may sound like a joke, but it’s part of a broader campaign to undermine public trust in climate action.
DROIT & LITIGE
Youth plaintiffs test out a new legal strategy to counter Trump’s support for fossil fuels
They lost their case for a constitutional right to climate protection. Now they’re suing the government again.
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
As Trump champions fossil fuels, the world is betting on renewable energy
Despite a U.S. retreat, solar and wind are overtaking fossil fuels globally, according to two new reports.
ANTI-CLIMAT
* USA * Les sciences du climat peuvent-elles encore être enseignées dans les écoles américaines ?
Pourtant considéré comme une référence dans le domaine des connaissances sur le réchauffement climatique, le site www.climate.gov a été fermé par l’administration Trump au début de l’été. De quoi compromettre sérieusement les cours sur le climat dans les écoles américaines mais les enseignants ne restent pas les bras croisés.
ÉCONOMIE
Banking industry’s net zero alliance shuts down amid faltering climate commitments
NZBA had nearly 150 members but banks began leaving when Trump was re-elected on promise to ‘drill, baby, drill’
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
* TRUMP * Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world
As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects
DROIT & LITIGE
Youth-led US climate activists widen focus to fight authoritarianism
Sunrise Movement, which led calls for a Green New Deal, will organize against Trump’s attacks on universities
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
* IEA RENEWABLES REPORT * Trump and China’s reforms dent renewables hopes
The IEA downgrades its forecast for renewables growth due to the US cutting renewable tax credits and China's electricity market reforms
ANTI-CLIMAT
* TRUMP * New Report Examines Fossil Fuel Ties of Dozens of Trump Administration Hires
Public Citizen and the Revolving Door Project found 42 former fossil fuel industry employees among nominees and appointees to agencies charged with enforcing energy and environmental policy.
ANTI-CLIMAT
* TRUMP * Energy Dept. Cancels $7.5 Billion for Hundreds of Projects, Mostly in Blue States
The cuts largely affect Democratic-led states as the two parties fight over the shutdown of the federal government.
ANTI-CLIMAT CAUSES
* TRUMP * Administration Moves to Relax Rules on Climate Super Pollutants
The E.P.A. plan would allow grocery stores, air-conditioning manufacturers and others to phase out hydrofluorocarbons in cooling equipment more slowly.
ANTI-CLIMAT CAUSES
* TRUMP * Why Trump Wants to Revive the Coal Industry
The burning of coal is the largest contributor to climate change worldwide. But the Trump administration sees United States coal as crucial.
RECOMMANDÉ POLITIQUE
Extreme weather and extreme politics go hand in hand
Rabble-rousing of far-right demagogues is a reminder that the battle for a fair and habitable planet cannot be fought alone
ANTI-CLIMAT
* UN SUMMIT | TRUMP * Trump Says Green Energy Is a Scam and Attacks Climate Science
In a remarkable United Nations address, the president lashed out at wind turbines, environmentalists and allies around the world while dismissing the dangers of climate change.
ANTI-CLIMAT POLITIQUE
* UN SUMMIT | TRUMP * U.S. Stands Alone
On Wednesday in New York, countries lined up to say they would accelerate their efforts to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. In staying away, the U.S. was all but alone.
ANTI-CLIMAT
* UN SUMMIT | TRUMP * Trump Takes His ‘Green Energy Scam’ Talk to the UN
The U.S. president promoted himself and criticized a wide variety of targets, including renewable energy.
DROIT & LITIGE
Can the Latest Youth Climate Case Win Where Others Have Failed?
In Lighthiser v. Trump, 22 young people are asking a federal court to declare executive orders that “unleash” fossil fuels unconstitutional. They face some of the same challenges that led to the dismissal of another famous climate case.
ANTI-CLIMAT
* USA * A Trump Administration Playbook: No Data, No Problem
A pattern of getting rid of statistics has emerged that echoes the president’s first term, when he suggested if the nation stopped testing for Covid, it would have few cases.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
The Pragmatic Climate Reset Part II: A Provocation
The election of Donald Trump to a second term as President marked a turning point in the politics of climate action – not just in the US, but around the world. The airwaves are suddenly awash with commentators, claiming that the transition has failed, that it was always a fool’s errand, and that we must resign ourselves to a fossil-based future forever.
POLITIQUE
US senator calls on big oil to disclose lobbying that led Trump to axe key climate rule
Senate committee investigates suspected push that led administration to overturn EPA’s endangerment finding
DROIT & LITIGE
Young climate activists in court aim to stop Trump’s pro-fossil fuel executive orders
Group of activists, who range in age from seven to 25, include plaintiffs who won landmark climate case in Montana two years ago
ANTI-CLIMAT
US environment agency could end reporting of greenhouse gas emissions
The mandatory program, which required 8,000 facilities to report their release, will be ended to reduce ‘bureaucratic red tape’
ANTI-CLIMAT DROIT & LITIGE
* TRUMP * Politik gegen Physik: Trumps Klima-Feldzug geht weiter
Die Trump-Regierung will die rechtliche Basis für Klimaschutz in den USA kippen. Ein Regierungsbericht stellt die Wissenschaft infrage, Fachleute protestieren.
RECOMMANDÉ CAUSES
* TRUMP * Jump in US greenhouse gas pollution pushed global emissions higher
‘Abrupt shift’ in policy since Trump took office will have major consequences for climate crisis, forecast says
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
The US stopped showing up to disasters. The results are horrifying.
Emergency response’s newfound sluggishness, explained by earthquakes and landslides.
ANTI-CLIMAT DROIT & LITIGE
* USA * Inside Trump’s Unorthodox Climate Attacks in Courts Nationwide
The administration is cranking up efforts to kill state laws and legal cases that would force fossil-fuel companies to pay for climate damage.
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
* TRUMP * Can offshore wind survive the Trump administration?
Regardless of what happens with Revolution Wind, the government’s pause may set the industry back decades.
MITIGATION & ADAPT.
* 20 YEARS AFTER KATRINA * New Orleans Is ‘at a Tipping Point’
The city has taken pride in its ability to endure. But many residents, fed up with dysfunction and soaring costs, want it to strive for more.
SCIENCES
* TRUMP * Scientists breathe new life into climate website after shutdown under Trump
Climate.gov, which went dark this summer, to be revived by volunteers as climate.us with expanded mission
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
* USA * Can offshore wind survive the Trump administration?
Regardless of what happens with Revolution Wind, the government’s pause may set the industry back decades.
SCIENCES
Europe is breaking its reliance on American science
European governments are taking steps to break their dependence on critical scientific data the United States historically made freely available to the world, and are ramping up their own data collection systems to monitor climate change and weather extremes, according to Reuters interviews.
SCIENCES
* TRUMP * Blackout am Himmel
Die Trump-USA wollen zwei der weltweit wichtigste Klimasatelliten abschalten. US-Forschergruppen versuchen derweil, Wissen vor der Löschung zu bewahren.
ANTI-CLIMAT
* TRUMP * Administration Issues Stop Work Order for Offshore Wind Project, Citing National Security Concerns
The project was already 80 percent complete and slated to provide enough energy to power more than 350,000 homes.
SCIENCES
* TRUMP * Leading US economists urge peers to fight Trump’s attack on environment
Experts say undermining green protections and research funding is against the principles of economics
ACTIVISME
Don’t let Donald Trump undermine your faith in the climate fight
The president’s fossil-fuel obsession can’t stop global progress, writes the former Environmental Protection Agency head
ANTI-CLIMAT
* TRUMP * With Little Explanation, Trump Throws Wind Industry Into Chaos
The Trump administration is halting wind projects that had been approved, financed and underway — while providing little to no justification.
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
* TRUMP | INDIA * A Casualty of Trump’s Tariffs: India’s Nascent Solar Industry
The full weight of a 50 percent tariff on Indian goods took effect this week, undercutting one of the country’s most promising markets for solar exports.
ANTI-CLIMAT RECOMMANDÉ POLITIQUE
* TRUMP * Trump, With Tariffs and Threats, Tries to Strong-Arm Nations to Retreat on Climate Goals
The president has made no secret of his distaste for wind and solar in America. Now he’s taking his fossil fuel agenda overseas.
ANTI-CLIMAT
Why the US government is trying to revive the climate change ‘debate’
The Department of Energy is calling for "honest dialogue." It looks a lot like a playbook from the past.
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
Will Oil Demand Peak Soon? Trump Administration Doesn’t Want to Hear It.
It is lashing out at the world’s leading energy organization for saying oil and gas use could start declining as the world pivots to cleaner alternatives.
ANTI-CLIMAT
* TRUMP * Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims
A “critical assessment” report commissioned by the Trump administration to justify a rollback of US climate regulations contains at least 100 false or misleading statements, according to a Carbon Brief factcheck involving dozens of leading climate scientists.
ANTI-CLIMAT
* USA * Trump’s latest attempt to save coal
Frank Rambo joins me to discuss the multi-billion-dollar utility practice of running expensive coal plants and the Trump administration's efforts to prop them up.
ANTI-CLIMAT
* USA * Environmental Groups Sue Over D.O.E. Report Downplaying Climate Change
The lawsuit seeks to block the Trump administration from repealing the legal foundation for regulating climate pollution.
MÉDIA & OPINION PUBL.
Sprachmodelle als Spielball geopolitischer Machtkämpfe
Die aggressive KI-Strategie der Trump-Regierung zielt auf Dominanz. Ihre Vorgaben für Sprachmodelle sind widersprüchlich.
POLITIQUE
Eine Handelsroute und ein Öl-Deal für ein grosses Versprechen
Trump lässt sich als Friedensstifter feiern. Und zielt auf mehr Einfluss im Südkaukasus – auf Kosten Russlands.
SCIENCES
National Academies Will Review Endangerment Finding Science – Inside Climate News
With the Trump administration raising doubts on climate science, the country’s premier science advisory group will fast-track a consensus document.
POLITIQUE
*Schweiz-USA-«DEAL»* Zollhammer: Bundesrat will Import von US-Gas – und so Donald Trump umstimmen
Die EU sicherte sich einen entsprechenden Deal mit dem US-Präsidenten. Auch die Schweiz könnte mehr amerikanisches Gas oder Kernbrennstoffe importieren – aber nicht im grossen Stil.
DROIT & LITIGE
*ICJ ADVISORY OPINION* ICJ ruling expected to shape US climate lawsuits
Trump's attack on climate policies go against the top court's opinion, which could be used by lawyers to fight back
SCIENCES
* DoE CLIMATE DENIAL * Contrarian climate assessment from U.S. government draws swift pushback
Researchers say DOE report cherry-picks data to downplay threat of greenhouse gases
POLITIQUE
* EU-USA-« DEAL » * Krone der Absurdität
Viermal so viel Kohle, Öl und Gas soll Europa künftig von den USA kaufen, mehr als es überhaupt braucht. Das sind schlechte Nachrichten für das EU-Klimaziel.
POLITIQUE
* USA * Is Decarbonization Dead? Video 1 h 20 min
Trump just shredded America’s most ambitious climate policy. Jane Flegal and Jesse Jenkins discuss what this means for the future of renewable energy in the U.S.
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
Trump Promised a Drilling Boom. The New Rigs Haven’t Showed Up Yet
With clean energy more cost-competitive than it once was, the White House’s oil-first strategy is faltering in a changing energy landscape.
ANTI-CLIMAT RECOMMANDÉ
* DoE CLIMATE DENIAL * EPA Rescinds Finding That Greenhouse Gas Emissions Harm Human Health, Hobbling U.S. Climate Action
The Trump administration Tuesday announced plans to revoke the agency’s “endangerment finding” on greenhouse gases, setting the stage for the federal government to cease regulating climate-warming emissions.
SCIENCES
* DoE CLIMATE DENIAL * Climate Scientists Look to Fight Back Against DOE’s ‘Antiscientific,’ ‘Deceptive’ Climate Report
Climate scientist Michael Mann called the report “a deeply misleading antiscientific narrative, built on deceptive arguments, misrepresented datasets, and distortion of actual scientific understanding.”
POLITIQUE
* « DEAL » USA-EU * DIW-Expertin Kemfert: EU-Energiedeal mit Trump eine »absolute Vollkatastrophe«
Deutschlandfunk-Interview – 25 Minuten.
RECOMMANDÉ POLITIQUE
* « DEAL » USA-EU * Handelsdeal von EU und USA: Gefahr für europäische Klimaziele
US-Präsident Donald Trump geht es darum, die Klimapolitik der EU sowie den Ausbau erneuerbarer Energien scheitern zu lassen, um Europa abhängig zu machen
POLITIQUE
* « DEAL » USA-EU * 750 Milliarden für Gas & Öl kaum erfüllbar
Der EU-USA-Handelsdeal beinhaltet ein Versprechen der EU-Kommission, bis zum Ende von Trumps Amtszeit Energie im Wert von 250 Milliarden Dollar pro Jahr aus den USA zu kaufen. Laut Fachleuten ist das kaum realistisch und schadet dem Klimaschutz.
CAUSES
* TRUMP * Trump and the energy industry are eager to power AI with fossil fuels
At a Pittsburgh summit, the Trump administration, energy executives, and tech barons joined as one to promote AI as the future of fossil fuels.
ANTI-CLIMAT RECOMMANDÉ
* TRUMP * EPA Is Said to Draft a Plan to End Its Ability to Fight Climate Change
According to two people familiar with the draft, it would eliminate the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse-gas emissions threaten human life by dangerously warming the planet.
ANTI-CLIMAT
* TRUMP * Why the federal government is making climate data disappear
Under Trump, climate denial has given way to something even more dangerous: climate erasure.
ANTI-CLIMAT
* TRUMP * Trump is fast-tracking new coal mines – even when they don’t make economic sense
The Trump administration is approving coal mines under the guise of an "energy emergency," but it will do little to save a declining industry.
TECH. & ÉNERGIE
U.S. Proposes Steep Tariffs on Critical E.V. Battery Material
The Commerce Department plans to impose a 93.5 percent levy on Chinese graphite, an essential ingredient in the batteries that power electric vehicles.
ANTI-CLIMAT RECOMMANDÉ SCIENCES
Mauna Loa Observatory Is One NOAA Site That Could Close Because of Budget Cuts
Closing Mauna Loa and three other U.S. sites that track greenhouse gases would disrupt a decades-long record of the planet’s changing atmosphere.
CAUSES
* USA * Trump’s $1tn for Pentagon to add huge planet-heating emissions, study shows
Exclusive: 17% increase in military spending will add emissions equivalent to those of some entire countries
CAUSES
* USA * Chart: Trump’s ‘big beautiful bill’ blows US emissions goal by 7bn tonnes
Donald Trump’s dismantling of climate policy means the US will add an extra 7bn tonnes of emissions to the atmosphere from now until 2030.
ANTI-CLIMAT
* TRUMP * Trump Hires Scientists Who Doubt the Consensus on Climate Change
The three scientists joined the administration after it dismissed hundreds of experts who were assessing how global warming is affecting the country.
ANTI-CLIMAT
* FLOODS TEXAS * Ted Cruz ensured Trump spending bill slashed weather forecasting funding
Senator on vacation abroad while Texas was hit by deadly floods, a disaster worsened by forecasting cuts, critics say