An absolute clown show.

Avoiding chaos like this is one of the many reasons a for *not* having EOs be the normal method of legislating or regulating. You really want more careful review than “Steve Miller doodled it on a napkin and Trump signed it with a sharpie.”

www.politico.com/news/2025/09...

Our 400+ page comment on the DOE climate working group report is now out.

Our conclusion: The merchants of doubt are back, and they're coming for climate science.

My latest: The Trump administration is not waiting for the next fiscal year -- or Congress -- to cut climate science at NOAA. A new document details the money it won't spend *this* year on climate research.

NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

Breaking: Judge vacates NSF's suspension of ~300 UCLA grants on the grounds that they are covered by a preexisting TRO.

"The suspensions have the same effect, and are based on the same type of deficient explanations, as the original terminations."

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Historic heatwave unfolding in France.

Bordeaux just observed its hottest day on record with a provisional 41.6°C (107°F) — data since 1920. Red level extreme heat warnings are in force for the south of the country.

Sadly, this heatwave is far from over...

California’s main wildfire season is starting earlier this year, and human-caused climate change is a major reason, new research finds. Here's what to know. nyti.ms/3J60QdI

“In his second administration, President Donald Trump is not just approaching climate science with skepticism. Instead, his administration is moving to destroy the methods by which his or any future administration can respond to climate change.“

NEW: i spoke to nine (!) scientists across several disciplines whose work was cited in the new Department of Energy report that downplays the severity of climate change. all of them say their work was misrepresented, cherry picked, and/or lacked context —

Here it is. Looks like 280 grants, since a number were already expired. Total for $189 million, with about half of it spent and half yet to be spent. grant-witness.us/nsf-data.html

Breaking: NSF is suspending roughly 300 grants with UCLA, following a DOJ finding on Tuesday that the university violated Title VI by "creating a hostile educational environment for Jewish and Israeli students."

Multiple scientists cited in the DOE report downplaying the severity of climate change said their work was misrepresented. @mollytaft.com has the scoop on just how exactly data from nine of them was cherrypicked and twisted

The Trump administration's climate science report is riddled with cherry-picked data, sweeping claims easily contradicted by a vast body of research and long-debunked climate denial tropes. @chelseaeharvey.bsky.social and I fact-check some claims here: www.eenews.net/articles/epa...

Why is the EPA administrator saying CO2 is "essential for life?" @eroston.bsky.social and I put together a glossary of the administration's climate language and the strategies behind the words

Well tonight’s Friday government news dump is horribly depressing- EPA to eliminate their entire research branch (ORD). I’ve been on ORD’s science advisory board the last few years and they do amazing work across climate, air, water and other issue. This sucks www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...

Stumbled across this textbook from 1980 today. It’s remarkable how accurate the first sentence remains today.

NOAA's network of climate monitoring stations and sample collectors is the backbone of tracking global climate change.

Trump's proposed budget would shut it down.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/c...

Now that NOAA is no longer tracking billion-dollar weather disasters, rely on insurance broker Gallagher Re, who just released their list for the first half of 2025. So far, we are near the 10-year average. The CA wildfires ($65 billion) were the 8th-costliest weather disaster in world history.

Today NASA backtracked on its statement earlier this month that the National Climate Assessments would be hosted on their website.

“NASA has no legal obligations to host globalchange.gov’s data,” a spokeswoman said today. “We never did and will not host the data.”www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/c...re

The Senate Committee on Appropriations gave the first signs Congress will push back on Trump's proposed budget cuts to science and instead keep funding flat, though an unrelated issue (the location of the FBI headquarters) stalled any vote today.

@alexwitze.bsky.social and I report:

As of today, all current NOAA Climate and Global Change postdoctoral fellows have been furloughed due to the Dept of Commerce not releasing the funding for the program. In addition no new Fellows were awarded this year. cpaess.ucar.edu/cgc

“Everyone wants more warning time, and that’s why we’re working to upgrade the technology that’s been neglected for far too long to make sure families have as much advance notice as possible,” Noem said. The reality: Closing NOAA labs like NSSL, critical for flash flood forecasts & research.

It's been a bit since I've done a meteorological deep dive, but the devastating flash #flood in central Texas this July 4th/5th deserve a closer look. #TXwx

Yes remnants of #Barry were involved helping enhance moisture. A remnant MCV from Mexico on 3 July also played a role.

Full evolution below ⤵️

At least 13 people were killed after flooding in Central Texas, and 20 girls from a summer camp are missing, the authorities said. Follow live updates. https://trib.al/467OvF5