February 19, 2025

Over 200 Michiganders joined the “Climate Can’t Wait” rally in Detroit to voice their opposition to the Trump administration’s cuts to environmental government agencies and programs. (Isabelle Tavares/Planet Detroit)

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The Federal Highway Administration (FHA) ordered states to halt the $5 billion program to build fast EV chargers on highways nationwide. (Shannon Osaka, Jake Spring/The Washington Post)

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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - one of the world’s leading climate science agencies - officials claim the Trump administration is cutting their workforce in half. (Scott Waldman/E&E News)

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San Francisco State University will be the first major public university to require all students to complete climate justice coursework in order to graduate. (Ezra David Romero/KQED)

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)’s chief financial officer was fired after Elon Musk misleadingly claimed the agency used disaster relief funds for migrant services. (Luis Ferre-Sadurni/The New York Times)

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A new study finds rat populations have spiked in cities with warming temperatures resulting from climate change. (Tracy Wholf, Cara Tabachnick/CBS News)

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Scientists explain declining cloud cover could be fueling the record setting global heat waves in recent years. (Shannon Osaka/The Washington Post)

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The world’s largest iceberg is on a collision course with the island of South Georgia putting seal and penguin populations at risk. (Rosa Rahimi/CNN)

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Michigan residents are petitioning for more in-depth environmental reviews of the Palisades nuclear power plant ahead of its official reopening. (Carrie Klein/Inside Climate News)

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A new report finds global clean power costs could fall between two and eleven percent this year despite new tariffs. (Paige Bennett/EcoWatch)

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Then there’s this…

A whale song? A team of scientists found that humpback whales' intricate songs follow a pattern of language similar to that of humans. (Emily Anthes/The New York Times)