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The spacecraft, MethaneSAT, was just a year into its mission to provide a clearer picture of planet-warming emissions from oil and gas sites.

The former president bet that the economic benefits of his policies would protect them over time. Trump and the GOP-controlled Congress have upended that wager.

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The startup Gigablue announced with fanfare this year that it reached a historic milestone: selling 200,000 carbon credits to fund what it describes as a groundbreaking technology in the fight against climate change.

the company says it has designed particles that when released in the ocean will trap carbon at the bottom of the sea.

Gigablue expects the carbon to be trapped there for hundreds to thousands of years.

While Gigablue has made several commercial deals, it has not yet revealed what its particles are made of. (...) "It's proprietary,"

The success of the company's method, they said, will depend on how much algae grows on the particles, and the amount that sinks to the deep ocean. So far, Gigablue has not released any studies demonstrating those rates.

"What we've got is a situation of a company, a startup, upfront selling large quantities of credits for a technology that is unproven,"

Reminder for people living in hurricane-prone locations: forecasting will not be great moving forward. Get prepared now, and expect even less help from the govt (if any) if the worst happens

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In recent years, China has been grappling with severe flood crises that have displaced millions, caused heavy economic losses, and exposed vulnerabilities in its infrastructure and disaster management systems. The China flood crisis is not just a national emergency—it is a reflection of global climate patterns that are becoming increasingly unpredictable and devastating. With torrential rains now an annual occurrence during the summer monsoon, especially in provinces like Henan, Sichuan, and Guangdong, the nation faces a daunting environmental challenge. This article explores the roots, repercussions, and remedies of China’s ongoing flood dilemma.

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Floods in China are not new; the country has a long history of river-based civilizations, particularly along the Yangtze, Yellow, and Pearl Rivers. However, climate change has intensified the severity and frequency of floods, turning seasonal rains into life-threatening disasters.

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At the start of July 2025, China's north and west is again on alert after sweeping rains trigger deadly floods.

China's north and west braced for more flash floods and landslides on Thursday as annual 'Plum Rains' left a trail of destruction and prompted the mobilisation of thousands of rescue workers to pull people from floodwaters.

Red alerts were issued tracing the rains as they moved from the southwestern province of Sichuan through the northwestern province of Gansu, and up to the northeastern province of Liaoning [...]

Extreme rainfall and severe flooding, which meteorologists link to climate change, increasingly pose major challenges for policymakers as they threaten to overwhelm ageing flood defences, displace millions and wreak havoc on China's $2.8 trillion agricultural sector.

Economic losses from natural disasters exceeded $10 billion last July, when the 'Plum Rains' - named for their timing coinciding with plums ripening along China's Yangtze River during the East Asia monsoon - typically reach their peak.

[...] According to Climate Analytics, a global climate science and policy institute engaged around the world in driving and supporting climate action, China not on track for a 1.5°C-aligned pathway to align with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal.

Increased natural gas production could inadvertently slow investment in clean energy and lead to higher carbon emissions, a new paper finds.

In The imperative of defossilizing our economies report, Morgera argues that the United States, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom and other rich fossil fuel countries are legally bound by international law to phase out gas, oil and coal by the end of the decade, in addition to compensating communities for the harms caused.

Emmanuel Macron has suggested the 2040 target could be delayed

When the Trump administration began taking down federal resources on climate change, I started pre-emptively archiving reports and data sets in the event that they're no longer accessible. That proved to be a smart move, as the NCA5 website just went dark this week. That's a huge blow to the layperson, as that was one of the most comprehensive resources on climate change for our nation. Thankfully I had the data backed up on multiple hard drives and cloud servers, so we can continue to provide this information to those who need it.

So far I've archived the following resources (which are no longer available from their official websites):

• CDC Environmental Justice Index | Google Drive | Proton Drive
• CDC Social Vulnerability Index | Google Drive | Proton Drive
• FEMA Future Risk Index | Google Drive | Proton Drive
• NCA5 Reports | Google Drive | Proton Drive
• NCA5 Data Atlas | Google Drive | Proton Drive

The following resources are still live, but I've archived them pre-emptively for safety:

• CDC Effects of Climate Change on Health
• EPA Climate Resilience Screening Index
• EPA Cumulative Resilience Screening Index
• FEMA National Risk Index
• NCICS State Climate Summaries

What other US government resources might be on the chopping block? I'm primarily looking for reports and data related to climate change, resilience, and adaptation, and ideally in a downloadable format (PDF, Excel, CSV, etc.).

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — For the first time ever, parts of Alaska will be under a heat advisory — but you can put an asterisk at the end of that term.

It’s not the first instance of unusually high temperatures in what many consider the nation’s coldest state, but the National Weather Service only recently allowed for heat advisories to be issued there. Information on similarly warm weather conditions previously came in the form of “special weather statements.”

Using the heat advisory label could help people better understand the weather’s severity and potential danger, something a nondescript “special weather statement” didn’t convey.

The first advisory is for Sunday in Fairbanks, where temperatures are expected to top 85 degrees Fahrenheit (29 degrees Celsius). Fairbanks has has been warmer in the past, but this is unusual for June, officials said.

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