Posted on 4 May 2025 by BaerbelW, Doug Bostrom, John Hartz

A listing of 23 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, April 27, 2025 thru Sat, May 3, 2025.

This week's roundup is again published by category and sorted by number of articles included in each. The formatting is a bit different compared to previous weeks, though. We are still interested in feedback to hone the categorization, so if you spot any clear misses and/or have suggestions for additional categories, please let us know in the comments. Thanks!

Stories we promoted this week, by category:

Climate Policy and Politics (8 articles)

• Scientist Who Helped Prove Humans Changed the Climate Watches Evidence Being Erased Livermore Lab’s Ben Santer spent decades tracing humanity’s imprint on the atmosphere. Now, the data behind his work is under attack. San Francisco Public Press, Michael Stoll, Apr 23, 2025.
• Why Australia’s most prominent climate change deniers have stopped talking about the climate Global heating sceptics now argue it is more palatable with the electorate to pivot from climate denialism to anti-renewable energy scepticism Australia News, The Guardian, Ben Smee & Graham Readfearn, Apr 26, 2025.
• Trump administration dismisses all authors of major climate report, throwing US assessment into limbo Climate, CNN, Andrew Freedman, Apr 29, 2025.
• White House dismisses authors of major climate report The White House has dismissed approximately 400 scientists and other climate experts who were working on a major report about how climate change affects the U.S. ... a move that threatens to curtail climate science and make information about global warming less available to the public. NPR, Rebecca Hersher, Apr 29, 2025.
• Skeptical Science New Research for Week #18 2025 Skeptical Science's weekly digest of newly published research on human-caused climate change. Skeptical Science, Doug Bostrom & Marc Kodack, May 01, 2025.
• Scientific societies say they'll do national climate assessment after Trump dismissed report authors Two major scientific societies say they will fill the void from the Trump administration’s dismissal of scientists writing a cornerstone federal report on what climate change is doing to the United States The Independent News, Seth Borenstein, May 02, 2025.
• Revealed: Forecasts of greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels soar in Trump`s first 100 days Tariff chaos hampers Trump’s pledge to ‘drill, baby, drill’, but analysis still shows surge in planet-heating emissions The Guardian, Oliver Milman and Will Craft, May 02, 2025.
• How Massive Cuts to NOAA Could Impact Everything From Weather Apps to Agriculture to National Security How Massive Cuts to NOAA Could Impact Everything From Weather Apps to Agriculture to National Security Inside Climate News, Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth, May 03, 2025.

Climate Education and Communication (5 articles)

• What Do Different Levels of Climate Change Mean For Our Future? Frontiers for Young Minds, Wan Ting Katty Huang, Lincoln M. Alves & Sonia I. Seneviratne,, Apr 28, 2025.
• EGU2025 - Presentation about our collaborations Our team member Bärbel Winkler will give a short oral presentation about our various collaborations at this year’s General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). Skeptical Science, Bärbel Winkler, Apr 28, 2025.
• Climate apathy: People are adjusting to global warming too quickly News, Earth.com, Andrei Ionescu, Apr 28, 2025.
• Visualizing daily global temperature - part 2 Spirals and vortexes, oh my! The Climate Brink, Zeke Hausfather, Apr 30, 2025.
• EGU2025 - How the week in Vienna unfolded This year's General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) started on Monday April 28 both on premises in Vienna and online as a fully hybrid conference. Skeptical Science, Bärbel Winkler, May 02, 2025.

International Climate Conferences and Agreements (3 articles)

• At energy security talks, US pushes gas and derides renewables The US envoy to the IEA’s energy security summit criticised renewables, arguing that they cause power cuts and increase reliance on China Energy, Climate Home News, Joe Lo, Apr 24, 2025.
• Pacific island states urge rich countries to expedite plans to cut emissions Developed countries pressed to submit national plans well before Cop30 as time runs out to avoid 1.5C temperature rise Environment, The Guardian, Fiona Harvey, Apr 26, 2025.
• UN climate talks will be ‘uphill battle’ amid Trump rollbacks, says Cop30 chair Tariffs and environmental cuts will make meeting challenging, says summit president André Corrêa do Lago US News, The Guardian, Oliver Milman, Apr 29, 2025.

Climate Law and Justice (2 articles)

• 100 Days of Trump 2.0: Laying the Groundwork for Future Climate Litigation Battles This post is part of a new Climate Law Blog series, 100 Days of Trump 2.0, in which the Sabin Center offers reflections on the first 100 days of President Trump’s second term across a variety of climate-related topics. Climate Law Blog, Margaret Barry, Apr 29, 2025.
• Youth-led lawsuit on climate change wins another round in court A lawsuit to win provincial action on climate change is expected to proceed after the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal in the case. Ottawa Citizen, Andrew Duffy, May 01, 2025.

Climate Change Impacts (1 article)

• How a Changing Climate Is Reshaping the Spread of Infectious Diseases “You have this convergence of crises,” says Dr. Angelle Desiree LaBeaud. Here’s what that means and how she and others are trying to address it.Inside Climate News, Bhabna Banerjee, Apr 26, 2025.

Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation (1 article)

• The good news about global warming. Future Perfect, Vox, Bryan Walsh, Apr 26, 2025.

Climate Science and Research (1 article)

• Climate tipping points: How close are we to irreversible change? News, Earth.com, Andrei Ionescu, Apr 28, 2025.

Health Aspects of Climate Change (1 article)

• Communicating the climate crisis: the scientists contending with disinformation and climate anxiety Newsroom, WHO Europe, Staff, Apr 25, 2025.

Miscellaneous (1 article)

• 2025 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #17 A listing of 30 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, April 20, 2025 thru Sat, April 26, 2025. Skeptical Science, Bärbel Winkler, Doug Bostrom & John Hartz, Apr 27, 2025.

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