by Amy Goodman | Feb 24, 2026 | Bomb Cyclone, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Endangerment Finding, Extreme Weather, funding cuts, Interview, scientific research, Trump Administration
As the Northeast United States contends with the aftermath of a historic bomb cyclone blizzard that blanketed the region, we speak to climate scientist Michael Mann about the causes and effects of increasingly intense weather events. “We expect to see that increase as long as we continue to warm up the planet by burning fossil fuels and putting carbon pollution into the atmosphere,” says Mann.
Source
by Martha Bebinger | Feb 3, 2026 | Breast Cancer, Federal Funding, News, NIH, scientific research, Trump Administration
Inside a cancer research laboratory on the campus of Harvard Medical School, two dozen small jars with pink plastic lids sat on a metal counter. Inside these humble-looking jars is the core of Joan Brugge’s current multiyear research project. Brugge lifted up one of the jars and gazed at it with reverence. Each jar holds samples of breast tissue donated by patients after they underwent a…
Source
by Sasha Abramsky | Dec 22, 2025 | anti-science, Climate Change, Extreme Weather, National Center for Atmospheric Research, News, scientific research, Trump Administration, Wildfires
On December 16, USA Today broke the news that the Trump administration was planning to eliminate the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). According to a tweet by Russell Vought, an architect of Project 2025 and current director of the Office of Management and Budget, the administration had determined that the Colorado-based center was a hub for “climate alarmism.
Source