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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
COP28 in Dubai unfolded amid spectacle and conspicuous wealth in 2023, as fossil-fuel power dominated the setting of the world’s largest climate summit and global emissions continued to rise.

Scenes From an Unfolding Climate Drama

Story and photos by Bob Berwyn
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
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 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
Donald Moncayo, president of the Union of Peoples Affected by Chevron-Texaco, walks toward a gas flare in the Ecuadorian Amazon region. Credit: Katie Surma/Inside Climate News

Latest Twist in Chevron’s Amazon Pollution Saga: Ecuador Ordered to Pay the Oil Company $220 Million

By Katie Surma
Emergency crews respond to a pipeline fire in La Porte, Texas, on Sept. 17, 2024. Credit: Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images

Greenpeace Scrutinizes the Environmental Record of the Company That Sued the Group

By Martha Pskowski
A natural gas well site is seen under construction behind a farm in Washington County, Pa., on Sept. 6, 2024. Credit: Rebecca Droke/AFP via Getty Images

Pennsylvania Will Study a Plan to Keep New Natural Gas Pads Farther From Homes, Schools and Hospitals

By Jon Hurdle
Trucks carry wood from a deforested area of the Amazon rainforest on Nov. 12 near Belem, Brazil. Credit: Mauro Pimentel/AFP via Getty Images

Days After COP30, Brazil Weakened Amazon Safeguards

By Bob Berwyn
A view of the Shawnee National Forest from the Garden of the Gods observation trail near Herod, Ill. Credit: Patrick Gorski/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Bill Ensuring Active Management of Shawnee National Forest Clears Senate Committee

By Sarah Mattalian
A jogger makes their way across a snowy street after a winter storm hit Seattle on Feb. 13, 2021. Credit: David Ryder/Getty Images

Homeowners Sue Oil Companies as Climate Damage Drives up Insurance Rates

By Dana Drugmand
Vehicles move along Interstate 210 on Wednesday in Pasadena, Calif. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Trump Administration Terminates Fuel Economy Standards

By Arcelia Martin
Tawanda Majoni, an investigative journalist and founder of Information for Development Trust, stands outside his office in Harare, Zimbabwe. Credit: Katie Surma/Inside Climate News

How China Silences Environmental Reporters Beyond Its Borders

By Katie Surma
A layer of smog lingers above the downtown Los Angeles skyline on Dec. 6, 2024, as the region faces an air quality alert issued by the National Weather Service. Credit: Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images

Growing Tensions with Air Regulator Lead Top California Environmental Justice Advisor to Resign

By Blanca Begert
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference at the COP30 climate conference on Thursday in Belém, Brazil. Credit: Pablo Porciuncula/AFP via Getty Images

US Is (Officially) Gone, But Not Forgotten, at COP30

By Bob Berwyn
Local resident Bobby Amerson walks past sections of steel pipe to be used for the Mountain Valley Pipeline in Callaway, Va., on Aug. 30, 2022. Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images

Gas Pipeline Proposals in Virginia Multiply Through the South—and Worry Community Activists

By Charles Paullin
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey speaks during a press conference at the State House on Nov. 10 in Boston. Credit: Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

One Key State Remains in Limbo on Climate and Clean Energy Policies As Several Others Retreat

By Dan Gearino
A part of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System runs through boreal forest near Delta Junction, Alaska. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Congress Axes Biden-Era Protections That Shielded Alaskan Wetlands From Drilling

By Carl David Goette-Luciak

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