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Climate

NOAA Climate Hubs, Databases to Go Dark
Climate

AM Briefing: NOAA Climate Hubs, Databases Go Dark

On NOAA’s disappearing websites, Penn Station plans, and PJM reforms

Climate

AM Briefing: Threats to California's Cap and Trade

On California’s cap-and-trade, Empire Wind, and a new Subaru

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Economy

AM Briefing: Permitting Goes Paperless

On modernizing permitting, IRA funds, and a revolt at BP

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Climate

NOAA Layoffs Have Hurricane Forecasters Worried

While they’re confident in the accuracy of this year’s predictions, the future looks a lot murkier.

IEA to Oil Markets: ‘Buckle Up’

AM Briefing: IEA Slashes Oil Outlook

On oil forecasts, DOE cuts, and the cost of coal

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China’s Minerals Pause All Pain, No Gain for U.S.

AM Briefing: China’s Pause All Pain, No Gain

On China’s export pause, BrightDrop demand, and fighting wildfires

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Climate

AM Briefing: EPA Gives a Pass to Polluters

On greenhouse gas data, the GOP’s budget plan, and tariffs

The EPA Wants to Drastically Scale Back America’s Emissions Reporting
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Current conditions: Unseasonably heavy rains killed at least 100 people in India and Nepal • Parts of Southern California could see triple-digit temperatures today as a heat wave peaks • This year’s La Nina is officially over.

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1. The Department of Energy is facing a bloodbath

The Trump administration is overseeing a chaotic set of changes at the U.S. Department of Energy that could gut its in-house bank and transform one of the government’s key scientific and technology development agencies, Heatmap’s Robinson Meyer reports. In the coming days, the department could see thousands of its employees — nearly one-fifth of its staff — resign in one of the largest headcount reductions in memory. At the same time, it could cancel billions of dollars in next-generation energy R&D projects in Ohio and other states.

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Climate

AM Briefing: Trump Targets Key Climate Report

On the National Climate Assessment, data centers, and tornadoes

A Key U.S. Climate Change Report Is At Risk Under Trump
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Current conditions: Californians who live near the site of January’s devastating Los Angeles wildfires are being urged to get tested for lead poisoning • The Ohio River in waterlogged Louisville, Kentucky, crested at 37 feet on Wednesday • It will be about 60 degrees Fahrenheit and sunny in Brussels today, where European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen announced that the EU is pausing its retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. for 90 days following a similar move from President Trump.

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1. Trump takes aim at national climate report

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