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The political dramas and policy choices that are shaping the global response to the existential threat of climate change.

The Year in Climate: Attacks on Science, the Start of Trump’s Second Term and Surging Electricity Demand Foreshadow a Future Filled with Uncertainty

Global inaction on fossil fuel and plastic treaties, the dismantling of federal agencies and regulations and the rapid rise of data centers were just a few of the consequential stories that Inside Climate News tracked in 2025.

By Dan Gearino, ICN Staff

 Demonstrators attend a Stand Up for Science rally to highlight the critical role of science in public health, environmental stewardship and education at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco on March 7. Credit: Gabrielle Lurie/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images
A view of the south branch of the Chicago River with downtown Chicago in the background. Credit: Raymond Boyd/Getty Images

After a Hard Year for Environmental Justice, Chicago Communities Are Picking Up the Pieces

By Amber X. Chen
Alabama Gov. George Wallace speaks during his 1963 inaugural address. Credit: Getty Images

How George Wallace and Bull Connor Set the Stage for Alabama’s Sky-High Electric Rates

By Dennis Pillion
A grizzly boar walks through the meadow near White Creek in Yellowstone National Park. Credit: Jacob W. Frank/NPS

Could Rescinding The Roadless Rule Make It Harder To Delist Yellowstone Grizzlies?

By Jake Bolster
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer speaks at a Ford Pro Accelerate event on Sept. 3 in Detroit. Credit: Bill Pugliano/Getty Images

As the Whitmer Administration Enters Its Final Year, Environmental Advocates Lament Wasted Opportunities

By Tom Perkins
New Jersey environmental activists protest in August against Transco’s 32,000-horsepower compressor station proposed for Somerset County’s Franklin Township, New Jersey, part of the Northeast Supply Enhancement pipeline. Courtesy Charlie Kratovil.

Will New Jersey’s Environmental Regulators Approve Transco’s NESE Pipeline After Rejecting it Twice?

By Raeanne Raccagno
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy speaks at a rally for Democratic gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill at Essex County College in Newark on Nov. 1. Credit: Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images

In Murphy’s Final Weeks, NJ Climate Advocates Race to Lock in 100 Percent Clean Power

By Rambo Talabong
The environmentalist is holding a sign that says, “Stop Trump’s Extinction Plan.”

How Proposed Changes to the Endangered Species Act Could Further Threaten the Country’s Imperiled Species

By Kiley Price
EPA civil servants from the Boston area participate in a demonstration at Angell Memorial Square on March 25, 2025. Credit: Brett Phelps/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

Trump’s EPA Focus: Delay, Rescind, Dismantle Environmental and Health Protections

By Liza Gross
Diane Wilson outside the Formosa Plastics plant in Point Comfort, Texas, in November 2021. Credit: Mark Felix/AFP ia Getty Images

Diane Wilson Takes on Another Plastics Plant in Texas

By Dylan Baddour
Early morning sunlight hits canyon walls on Lake Powell in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area on July 10, 2025 in Page, Arizona. Lake Powell, a critical Colorado River reservoir, is only at a third of its capacity as drought conditions in the Southwest worsen. Credit: Rebecca Noble via Getty Images

A River That Millions Rely on for Water Is on the Brink. A Deal to Save It Isn’t.

By Wyatt Myskow, Blanca Begert, Jake Bolster
Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) speaks during a news conference in the U.S. Capitol Visitor Center on Oct. 22. Credit: Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

SPEED Act Passes in House Despite Changes That Threaten Clean Power Projects

By Aidan Hughes, Carl David Goette-Luciak
In Washngton state, power lines carry electricity near Diablo Dam and the North Cascades National Park. The Trump administration says there is an emergency in the Pacific Northwest because of a shortage of electricity. Credit: David McNew/Newsmakers

Trump’s Energy Secretary Orders a Washington State Coal Plant to Remain Open

By Blaine Harden

A Long Wait for Flooding Help in Chicago May Be Nearing an End

By Leigh Giangreco
The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo. Credit: RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images

NCAR, Major Climate Research Center, Targeted for Closure in Trump Dispute with Colorado

By Marianne Lavelle
Rural Michigan residents rally this month against the $7 billion Stargate data center planned on southeast Michigan farm land in Saline. Credit: Jim West/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Michigan Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Repeal Data Center Tax Incentives

By Tom Perkins
Firefighters with the U.S. Forest Service prepare a hoselay on a hillside during the Park Fire in Tehama County, Calif., on July 27, 2024. Credit: Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

Hope—and Many Fears—Follow in the Wake of Trump’s Plan to Transform Wildland Firefighting

By Kiley Price
A view of FEMA headquarters in Washington, D.C. Credit: Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images

White House Abruptly Cancels Meeting on FEMA’s Future After Leaked Report Revealed Plan to Gut the Agency

By Carl David Goette-Luciak
A view of the Valero Houston Refinery in Houston on Aug. 29. Credit: Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP via Getty Images

A New Report Describes Deep Environmental Cuts, State by State

By Lisa Sorg

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