NYT: How Lee Zeldin Shifted the Message of the EPA – He emphasizes words like ‘energy dominance…red tape’ & downplays words like ‘global warming’ – Has ‘overseen a systematic unraveling of climate change protections’
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/04/12/climate/lee-zeldin-epa-mission-language.html If language is a window into policy priorities, Mr. Zeldin’s words speak loudly. More than any administrator since 1994, Mr. Zelin talks about fossil fuels in a positive light, routinely expounding upon “clean, beautiful coal,” a phrase that Mr. Trump has ordered officials to use. … Carolyn Holran, an E.P.A. spokeswoman, said in a […]
Wrong Again, Associated Press, Climate Change Isn’t Overrunning Evolution
Wrong Again, Associated Press, Climate Change Isn’t Overrunning Evolution By Anthony Watts The Associated Press (AP) claims in “Climate change is outpacing evolution. Scientists are using DNA to catch up” that climate change is moving so fast that species cannot adapt quickly enough, forcing scientists to intervene genetically. This is ridiculous and false. The dramatic […]
BBC Praise China As Green Superpower – ‘At the helm of a renewables revolution’
BBC Praise China As Green Superpower By Paul Homewood Since Trump’s election, there has been a concerted and clearly well organised attempt to portray China as stepping up to take the global lead in the fight against climate change. As public interest in Net Zero wanes, both here and in much of the Western world, to […]
NTY: ‘Northeast States Set Big Climate Goals. Now Those Plans Are in Trouble’ – ‘Many blue states are rethinking ambitious strategies to cut emissions as they struggle with rising electricity costs’
New York Times concedes futility of climate policies: “New York and New England together make up less than 1 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, so they have only a small direct influence over rising temperatures.”
NYT: ‘Climate Change Denial Sees a Resurgence in Trump’s Washington’ – ‘The mood was triumphant’
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/climate/climate-change-deniers-trump.html By Maxine Joselow – Reporting from Washington Excerpt: Climate change is a hoax perpetrated by “leftist politicians.” Fossil fuels are the greenest energy sources. More carbon dioxide in the atmosphere will be harmless. These were some of the false claims made at a conference on Wednesday held by groups that reject the overwhelming scientific […]
PBS: ‘Candy makers quietly change recipes as climate change hits cocoa industry’ – PBS touts itself as ‘journalism you trust’
PBS News Hour – Apr 3, 2026 Earlier this week, The Hershey Company announced that it is returning all of its classic brands to earlier milk and dark chocolate recipes. The move comes amid a growing backlash over the recipe changes and the use of chocolate alternatives in some of its candies. Deema Zein explores […]
NYT: EPA Chief Zeldin to Headline Event by Group That Says There’s No Climate Crisis! Heartland Institute forum in April will challenge the climate crisis ‘narrative’
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/climate/zeldin-epa-heartland-institute.html By Lisa Friedman Reporting from Washington Excerpt: Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, will be the opening speaker at a conference next month sponsored by the Heartland Institute, a group that rejects the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change, the organization has announced. The speech, critics said, risks bestowing the credibility […]
Time Mag: ‘New Study Finds Air Conditioners Will Exacerbate Climate Change As Planet Warms’ – ‘If all low‑income regions gained the same access to AC as rich regions, related global emissions would jump dramatically’
https://time.com/7381235/climate-change-air-conditioners/ By Simmone Shah As global temperatures rise, the very thing we turn to to keep ourselves cool could be a significant contributor to increased emissions and an even warmer planet. A new study published today in the journal Nature Communications estimates that, by 2050, air-conditioning use is expected to more than double as more […]
No, TIME Mag, the Planet Isn’t ‘Heating Faster Than Ever’
No, TIME, the Planet Isn’t ‘Heating Faster Than Ever’ By Anthony Watts TIME claims in a recent article, “The Planet is Heating Faster Than Ever Before,” that global warming has dramatically accelerated since 2015. This is demonstrably false. Observational satellite data disagree with that claim, showing short-term variability driven by natural, short-lived, events, with current temperatures […]
MAG: ‘Somali Immigrants Fled Climate Change’ – ‘Fled climate catastrophes that the U.S. has helped create’
https://newrepublic.com/article/207231/somali-immigrants-climate-trump By Elham Shirin – The New Repubic Somali immigrants in the U.S. haven’t just fled violence—they’ve fled climate catastrophes that the U.S. has helped create. Excerpt: But what Trump—and the political discourse focused on conflict-driven migration out of Somalia—misses is the pervasive role of climate change in people’s decisions to move both in and […]