Category «Climate Change»

Censor, purge, defund: how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science and universities

Christina Pagel – Diving into Data & Decision making: “The attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new. This isn’t chaos—it’s a deliberate war on science and academic freedom. In just six weeks, the Trump administration has slashed research budgets, purged health and scientific agencies, censored research, and threatened universities. Making a list …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Economy, Education, Environmental Law, Financial System, Free Speech, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

Photos are disappearing, one archive at a time

Washington Post – no paywall: “Kira Pollack, a former editor at Time and Vanity Fair, is a distinguished fellow at the Starling Lab for Data Integrity, a research lab co-anchored by Stanford University’s School of Engineering and USC Libraries. When Hurricane Milton threatened Tampa last October, photojournalist Christopher Morris faced a familiar challenge: protecting his …

Subjects: Climate Change, Education, Environmental Law, Knowledge Management, Libraries

National Parks Staff Purged – Impact to National Capital Area

Axios: “More than 750 national park workers have been fired amid the Trump administration’s purge of federal employees, per an unofficial tally shared with Axios by a park ranger. Why it matters: Our region is home to over 70 national parks that draw millions of visitors each year, from the National Mall to Shenandoah — …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Education, Environmental Law, Government Documents

Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms

The Guardian: “Half of the world’s climate-heating carbon emissions come from the fossil fuels produced by just 36 companies, analysis has revealed…The Carbon Majors report calculates the emissions released by the burning of the coal, oil and gas produced by 169 major companies in 2023. The database also includes emissions from the production of cement, …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law

The Biodiversity Collections Crisis

The Biodiversity Collections Crisis – “You might be familiar with the concept of the present “biodiversity crisis“. There is an increasing consensus in the ecological research community that the current loss of species this planet is experiencing is not sustainable, in the sense that the loss of some species may precipitate the loss of more, in …

Subjects: Climate Change, Education, Environmental Law, Knowledge Management

New Articles and Columns – LLRX February 2025 Issue

Climate and DEI Deleted From Government Websites, Federal Workers Fired, Colleges Erase Programs and Research – “Colleges have been a conservative target for years. Under President Trump, it’s total warfare on all aspects of higher education — from student life to hiring to athletics.” This March 2, 2025 update by Sabrina I. Pacifici chronicles Trump’s …

Subjects: AI, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Government, Economy, Education, Environmental Law, Financial System, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

DOGE eliminates critical federal employees, cancels leases on government office buildings across America

TMP Looting Watch by Josh Marshall – In case you didn’t hear the GSA today announced it’s going to sell off many if not all of the central buildings making up the headquarters of the American republic. Those buildings include FBI Headquarters in Washington, DC, the buildings which are the headquarters of the DOJ, HHS, …

Subjects: Climate Change, Courts, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Economy, Environmental Law, Financial System, Government Documents, Legal Research

Why Techdirt Is Now A Democracy Blog (Whether We Like It Or Not)

TechDirt: “While political reporters are still doing their view-from-nowhere “Democrats say this, Republicans say that” dance, tech and legal journalists have been watching an unfortunately recognizable plan unfold — a playbook we’re all too familiar with. We’ve seen how technology can be wielded to consolidate power, how institutional guardrails can be circumvented through technical and …

Subjects: Censorship, Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Congress, Economy, Financial System, Government Documents, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Trump Moves to Increase Logging in National Forests

“A rarely used amendment to the Endangered Species Act allows for the creation of a committee nicknamed “the God Squad” to take unprecedented action during emergencies like hurricanes and wildfires. Trump wants to convene this committee to bypass endangered species protections and other environmental regulations to ramp up timber production across 280 million acres of …

Subjects: Climate Change, Economy, Energy, Environmental Law, Government Documents, Legal Research, Legislation