Climate Change

"How a ‘Pro-Climate’ Charity Channelled Cash to a Koch-Funded Think Tank"

"A UK charity that portrays itself as a climate leader facilitated a £830,000 donation to the Mercatus Center, a conservative think tank heavily funded by U.S. oil billionaire Charles Koch, DeSmog can reveal."

Source: DeSmog, 10/17/2025

"Calif.'s Incarcerated Firefighters Just Got A Nearly 700% Raise"

"More than 1,100 incarcerated firefighters were sent to Southern California in January to fight four different wildfires. As the Palisades Fire ran up a hillside, one strike team saved the life of a resident who was still at his home."

Source: SFGate, 10/16/2025

"Texas County Sues Trump Admin Over Canceled Solar Grants"

"A Texas county is suing EPA over the agency’s cancellation of nearly $250 million in solar energy grants." "The lawsuit says the Trump administration unlawfully revoked funding for low-income communities to access clean, affordable energy."

Source: E&E News, 10/16/2025

"Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant"

"Five months before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, tearing many houses off their foundations, the Trump administration canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from such extreme flooding."

Source: NYTimes, 10/16/2025
October 22, 2025

CCNow Webinar: Climate Blueprint — Myths & Disinformation

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Booming Data Centers Pose Big Energy And Environmental Risks

"Google recently courted the township of Franklin, Ind., so that it could construct a giant campus to house the computer hardware that powers its internet business. But the company needed to rezone more than 450 acres in the Indianapolis suburb, and residents weren't having it."

Source: NPR, 10/15/2025

"‘Dismal’ Health Of World’s Forests Is Threat To Humanity, Report Warns"

"Global forest health has plunged to “dismal” levels and threatens the wellbeing of humanity, warns a damning report that highlights how financial systems are pouring money into land clearance and undermining efforts to reduce destruction."

Source: Guardian, 10/15/2025

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