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Here's the global playbook being used to crack down on climate protest
A new study finds that repression of environmental protest is rising worldwide and Indigenous land defenders face the greatest risk.
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Efforts to repress climate protests are spreading globally and Indigenous populations are prime targets. They come through legal procedures, police actions, vilification of groups,
violence and killings. These are attempts to intimidate and criminalize activists. #resist
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violence and killings. These are attempts to intimidate and criminalize activists. #resist
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At least 3 are dead from the storm that's been battering SoCal since Christmas Eve. Rainfall amounts reached 11 in locally. Nearly 103000 customers were out of power throughout CA. The system will move out early tomorrow, 12/27. #climatecosts
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Southern California sees third death from atmospheric river storm drenching region
Some parts of LA saw more than 11in of rain, with flooding, road closures and debris flows reported across the region
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December 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
At least 3 are dead from the storm that's been battering SoCal since Christmas Eve. Rainfall amounts reached 11 in locally. Nearly 103000 customers were out of power throughout CA. The system will move out early tomorrow, 12/27. #climatecosts
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In '24, NYC's greenhouse emissions dropped to levels not seen since '20, during the COVID pandemic. The declines were due to higher energy efficiency, including in cars; phase-out of fuel oil in buildings; and EV growth. Buildings' emissions have fallen 27% since '05.
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December 25, 2025 at 11:49 PM
In '24, NYC's greenhouse emissions dropped to levels not seen since '20, during the COVID pandemic. The declines were due to higher energy efficiency, including in cars; phase-out of fuel oil in buildings; and EV growth. Buildings' emissions have fallen 27% since '05.
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A fed judge’s ruling allows HI to include cruise ship passengers in a new tourist tax pursuant to managing climate change. Gov Green signed legislation in May '25 that raises revenue for wildfires among other climate impacts. It's expected to generate nearly $100mn/yr.
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Federal judge upholds Hawaii's new climate change tax on cruise passengers
A federal judge's ruling allows Hawaii's new tourist tax, which includes a levy on cruise ship passengers, to take effect in 2026
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December 25, 2025 at 9:14 PM
A fed judge’s ruling allows HI to include cruise ship passengers in a new tourist tax pursuant to managing climate change. Gov Green signed legislation in May '25 that raises revenue for wildfires among other climate impacts. It's expected to generate nearly $100mn/yr.
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NJ’s Blue Acres program has spent over $234mn in fed and state funds to pay fmv to homeowners in flood-prone areas who grew weary of the inundation. Since 1995 it has stood as a nat'l model for mitigating climate disaster, moving faster than fed buyout programs.
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A New Jersey Buyout Program for Flood-Prone Homes Is a National Model - Inside Climate News
In a state beset by sea level rise and flooding, the Blue Acres program has bought out and demolished 1,200 properties that were repeatedly inundated, turning the properties into buffer zones and open...
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December 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
NJ’s Blue Acres program has spent over $234mn in fed and state funds to pay fmv to homeowners in flood-prone areas who grew weary of the inundation. Since 1995 it has stood as a nat'l model for mitigating climate disaster, moving faster than fed buyout programs.
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Researchers found inhaling air by a busy road can introduce pollution particles into the blood. Traffic-derived particulate air pollution can lead to blood clots, heart attacks, lung cancer and Alzheimer's disease. But FFP2 and KN95 masks offer strong protection.
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Researchers issue warning about invisible health hazard with serious implications: 'A range of diseases'
Air pollution from auto traffic can adhere to human red blood cells and circulate throughout the body.
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December 25, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Researchers found inhaling air by a busy road can introduce pollution particles into the blood. Traffic-derived particulate air pollution can lead to blood clots, heart attacks, lung cancer and Alzheimer's disease. But FFP2 and KN95 masks offer strong protection.
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Despite setbacks, '25 saw climate wins. Clean-energy stocks are up 50% while battery prices continue to decline. NYC's Congestion Pricing lowered air pollution by 22%. The High Seas Treaty—starting Jan '26—will mandate impact assessments for activity in int'l waters.
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Despite the setbacks, there was plenty of good climate news in 2025
Clean energy investment reached a record $2.2 trillion globally in 2025, with renewables meeting all new electricity demand in the first three quarters.
www.latimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Despite setbacks, '25 saw climate wins. Clean-energy stocks are up 50% while battery prices continue to decline. NYC's Congestion Pricing lowered air pollution by 22%. The High Seas Treaty—starting Jan '26—will mandate impact assessments for activity in int'l waters.
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Climate change is threatening Christmas and winter tradition. Warmer winters and longer growing seasons in the US are leading to stunted trees. Unusually wet and dry weather in west Africa decimated cocoa yields. Nevertheless, make it a good one. Merry Christmas🎄🔔
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Climate Change is coming for Christmas
Stunted trees, pricey chocolate, threatened reindeer, scant snow—warming is taking a toll.
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December 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Climate change is threatening Christmas and winter tradition. Warmer winters and longer growing seasons in the US are leading to stunted trees. Unusually wet and dry weather in west Africa decimated cocoa yields. Nevertheless, make it a good one. Merry Christmas🎄🔔
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$116mn has been invested in the geoengineering sector that's striving to limit the amount of sunlight reaching Earth. Investors have given $75mn to Stardust for stratospheric reflective particles. Weather patterns, food supplies and global politics may be disrupted.
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Betting on climate failure, these investors could earn billions
Investment firms have put over $100 million into developing risky technologies that could cool the planet with unknown side effects.
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December 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
$116mn has been invested in the geoengineering sector that's striving to limit the amount of sunlight reaching Earth. Investors have given $75mn to Stardust for stratospheric reflective particles. Weather patterns, food supplies and global politics may be disrupted.
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www.eenews.net/articles/bet...
IL's Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability (CRGA) Act aims to add 3 gigawatts (GW) of battery-energy storage to systems in the grid by 2030. It'll also create Storage for All that offers incentives for battery procurement. Residents will save up to $240/yr.
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Illinois Is Going All In on Battery Storage. What Will That Mean? - Inside Climate News
As power-guzzling data centers proliferate across the country and drive electricity prices up, batteries could be a part of the solution.
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December 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
IL's Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability (CRGA) Act aims to add 3 gigawatts (GW) of battery-energy storage to systems in the grid by 2030. It'll also create Storage for All that offers incentives for battery procurement. Residents will save up to $240/yr.
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Lawyers for the Karankawa and Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribes of TX asked the Army Corps of Engineers to revoke an unused permit for construction of an oil terminal at Donnel Pt Corpus Christi Bay. Records say the tribes went extinct. Descendants prove their survival.
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Indigenous Groups Fight to Save Rediscovered Settlement Site on an Industrial Waterfront in Texas - Inside Climate News
Flanked by a chemical plant and an oil rig construction yard, the site at Donnel Point may be the last of its kind on this stretch of coastline, now occupied by petrochemical industries.
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December 24, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Lawyers for the Karankawa and Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribes of TX asked the Army Corps of Engineers to revoke an unused permit for construction of an oil terminal at Donnel Pt Corpus Christi Bay. Records say the tribes went extinct. Descendants prove their survival.
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Evacuation warnings are active as LA, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside and Ventura counties prepare for heavy rainfall, strong winds and possible mudslides through Christmas. Areas north of LA including Altadena, Burbank and Glendale are at high risk today, Christmas Eve.
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SoCal weather updates: Storm expected to bring heavy rain, 'high risk' of flash flooding for some
Evacuation warnings are now in effect as Southern California prepares for several inches of rainfall, strong winds and possible mudslides through Christmas.
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December 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Evacuation warnings are active as LA, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside and Ventura counties prepare for heavy rainfall, strong winds and possible mudslides through Christmas. Areas north of LA including Altadena, Burbank and Glendale are at high risk today, Christmas Eve.
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Pennsylvania opened its 1st federally funded EV-charging station on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, Exit 202W. Another site, at Exit 77W, will open the week of 12/28. They're funded through the NEVI program, which enables installation of fast-charging stations along highways.
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Pennsylvania Turnpike opens its first federally funded EV chargers
Pennsylvania opened its first NEVI-funded EV charging station on the Turnpike, with another service plaza site set to open next week.
electrek.co
December 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Pennsylvania opened its 1st federally funded EV-charging station on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, Exit 202W. Another site, at Exit 77W, will open the week of 12/28. They're funded through the NEVI program, which enables installation of fast-charging stations along highways.
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The NM Environment Department released a Climate Action Plan to meet Gov Lujan Grisham's goal of reaching net-zero by 2050. Some are cutting emissions 50% from '05 levels; decarbonizing electric grids; and having a food-waste diversion program to slash methane emissions.
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NM Environment Department unveils ‘Climate Action Plan’ to reach net-zero emissions by 2050 • Source New Mexico
The New Mexico Environment Department published a plan with 45 steps to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
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December 23, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The NM Environment Department released a Climate Action Plan to meet Gov Lujan Grisham's goal of reaching net-zero by 2050. Some are cutting emissions 50% from '05 levels; decarbonizing electric grids; and having a food-waste diversion program to slash methane emissions.
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The Finnish government issued its Truth and Reconciliation report, detailing harms inflicted on Indigenous Sámi people. Climate change emerged as the focal point. The report asserts that Finnish leaders must coordinate with the Sámi to confront these threats decisively.
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Report: Climate is central to truth and reconciliation for the Sámi in Finland
As Finland reckons with its historic mistreatment of the Indigenous Sámi people, climate change complicates the path forward.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Finnish government issued its Truth and Reconciliation report, detailing harms inflicted on Indigenous Sámi people. Climate change emerged as the focal point. The report asserts that Finnish leaders must coordinate with the Sámi to confront these threats decisively.
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Dozens of temp records could be broken on Christmas. The South will reach the 70s with parts of TX hitting the 80s. This heatwave is made at least 2x as likely due to climate change. Another atmospheric river is bringing heavy downpours and flooding across CA this week.
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Christmas heat wave could break dozens of temperature records
Temperatures will hit the 70s and even 80s in parts of the U.S.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Dozens of temp records could be broken on Christmas. The South will reach the 70s with parts of TX hitting the 80s. This heatwave is made at least 2x as likely due to climate change. Another atmospheric river is bringing heavy downpours and flooding across CA this week.
www.axios.com/2025/12/23/c...
www.axios.com/2025/12/23/c...
A defunct coal mine is now a solar farm in western MD. CPV Backbone Solar is generating 160 megawatts (MW) through 324000 solar panels. The solar farm will power 30000 homes. It's adding new in‑state generation while reinventing former fossil-fuel land.
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Maryland’s largest solar farm is now online on a former coal mine
Maryland’s largest solar farm is now online, turning a reclaimed coal mine in Garrett County into a 160 MW source of clean power.
electrek.co
December 23, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A defunct coal mine is now a solar farm in western MD. CPV Backbone Solar is generating 160 megawatts (MW) through 324000 solar panels. The solar farm will power 30000 homes. It's adding new in‑state generation while reinventing former fossil-fuel land.
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A Swiss court said on 12/22 it would admit a legal complaint against Swiss cement maker Holcim, which alleges the company isn't doing enough to cut emissions. Residents of the low-lying, flood-prone Indonesian island of Pari submitted the complaint in '23.
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Swiss court admits Indonesian islanders climate case against Holcim
A court in Switzerland said on Monday it would admit a legal complaint against Swiss cement maker Holcim which alleges the company is doing too little to cut carbon emissions and hence contributing to...
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December 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
A Swiss court said on 12/22 it would admit a legal complaint against Swiss cement maker Holcim, which alleges the company isn't doing enough to cut emissions. Residents of the low-lying, flood-prone Indonesian island of Pari submitted the complaint in '23.
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The Interior Department ordered a halt today, 12/22, on construction of all 5 offshore wind projects currently underway in the US—effective immediately. Vineyard Wind 1, Revolution Wind, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Sunrise Wind and Empire Wind 1 are affected.
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Interior pauses construction of all offshore wind projects, citing national security concerns
The halts of five projects is a major ramp up of the administration's hostility toward the industry in the United States.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The Interior Department ordered a halt today, 12/22, on construction of all 5 offshore wind projects currently underway in the US—effective immediately. Vineyard Wind 1, Revolution Wind, Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind, Sunrise Wind and Empire Wind 1 are affected.
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The Senate confirmed Douglas Troutman—a chemical lobbyist and insider—as the asst administrator for the EPA's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) on 12/18. MAHA advocates had called for Zeldin's removal, but they relented after a 12/10 call.
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MAHA Leaders Back Chemical Industry Exec for Position at EPA
The endorsement comes after direct talks between the agency and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s supporters.
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December 22, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The Senate confirmed Douglas Troutman—a chemical lobbyist and insider—as the asst administrator for the EPA's Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) on 12/18. MAHA advocates had called for Zeldin's removal, but they relented after a 12/10 call.
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Amid historic flooding, WA has been awaiting approval of $31mn in disaster-prevention grants—for months—from DHS Secty Noem. Earlier in '25 the Administration tried to cancel about $182 million in FEMA funding for WA disaster-mitigation projects, prompting litigation.
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Federal grants for flood mitigation work sat on hold as storms inundated Washington state
State officials say the recent deluge highlighted the need for projects to protect communities from floods. The Trump administration has attempted to cut funding for some of them.
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December 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Amid historic flooding, WA has been awaiting approval of $31mn in disaster-prevention grants—for months—from DHS Secty Noem. Earlier in '25 the Administration tried to cancel about $182 million in FEMA funding for WA disaster-mitigation projects, prompting litigation.
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After a 5th yr of extreme drought Iran’s water crisis reached perilous levels in Nov. The capital will move from Tehran to wetter coastal regions, which will take decades and $100bn. But, it's unchecked dam construction that stemmed river flows and dried water reserves.
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After Ruining a Treasured Water Resource, Iran Is Drying Up
Iran is looking to relocate the nation’s capital because of severe water shortages that make Tehran unsustainable. Experts say the crisis was caused by years of ill-conceived dam projects and overpump...
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December 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
After a 5th yr of extreme drought Iran’s water crisis reached perilous levels in Nov. The capital will move from Tehran to wetter coastal regions, which will take decades and $100bn. But, it's unchecked dam construction that stemmed river flows and dried water reserves.
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Hundreds of protesters—including Sen. Hickenlooper (D-CO)—gathered in Boulder on 12/20 in support of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), which the Administration vows to dismantle. The administration has also laid off dozens at Boulder’s NOAA offices.
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Hundreds protest Trump’s move to dismantle NCAR, a premier climate and weather hub
The Saturday protest comes as Colorado senators are holding up a government spending bill in an attempt to ensure NCAR gets funded.
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December 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Hundreds of protesters—including Sen. Hickenlooper (D-CO)—gathered in Boulder on 12/20 in support of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), which the Administration vows to dismantle. The administration has also laid off dozens at Boulder’s NOAA offices.
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www.cpr.org/2025/12/20/n...
Hydrogen is touted as a clean alternative, but it's complicated. It helps methane—a potent greenhouse gas—stay longer in the atmosphere. H emissions rose between 1990 and 2020 contributing .02C to the nearly 1.5C increase in avg temps since preindustrialization.
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Hydrogen Isn't as Climate-Friendly as We Thought, Concerning Study Finds
Hydrogen has long been touted as a possible solution to the climate crisis, but it could also be a small part of the problem, a study warned on Wednesday.
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December 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Hydrogen is touted as a clean alternative, but it's complicated. It helps methane—a potent greenhouse gas—stay longer in the atmosphere. H emissions rose between 1990 and 2020 contributing .02C to the nearly 1.5C increase in avg temps since preindustrialization.
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The Administration announced the Dakota Access pipeline will continue operating on 12/19. The pipeline carries oil from ND to IL. But, Dakota Access must establish other water sources for nearby communities, install better leak-detection systems and check water 2x yearly.
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December 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
The Administration announced the Dakota Access pipeline will continue operating on 12/19. The pipeline carries oil from ND to IL. But, Dakota Access must establish other water sources for nearby communities, install better leak-detection systems and check water 2x yearly.
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Global heating is making insects like aphids and stem borers thrive farther from the equator, while devastating crops. Pests and diseases destroy 40% of global crop production. Wheat, rice and maize yields are likely to fall 6-10% for every 1C of global heating.
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‘Borrowed time’: crop pests and food losses supercharged by climate crisis
Heating means pests breeding and spreading faster, warn scientists, with simplified current food system already vulnerable
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December 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Global heating is making insects like aphids and stem borers thrive farther from the equator, while devastating crops. Pests and diseases destroy 40% of global crop production. Wheat, rice and maize yields are likely to fall 6-10% for every 1C of global heating.
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