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• Grp. 1: The Biggest Climate Headlines of 2025
By EARTH.ORG -

1. 2025 on Track to Be
Second Warmest Year Ever

2. No Mention of Planet-Warming Fossil Fuels in COP30 Agreement

3. Global Plastic Treaty Negotiations End Without Deal Again

4. World’s Top Court Lays Out
Historic Protections For Climate

5. Scientists Confirm Largest Coral Bleaching Event on Record Affecting Nearly 84% of World’s Reefs

• Grp. 2: More Climate Headlines of 2025
By EARTH.ORG -

6. Climate Change ‘Supercharged’ Deadly Asian Storms That Killed More Than 1,800

7. Trump Signs Executive Orders to Blow to US Emissions Reduction Efforts

8. ‘Historic’ UN-Led High Seas Treaty to Take Effect in 2026

9. Green Sea Turtles No Longer Endangered Species in Major Conservation Win

10. Fossil Fuel Companies Intensified Hundreds of Heatwaves Worldwide This Century

From The Seattle Times	From Reuters	From Tne Guardian
• UW Prof in Political Storm as Trump Targets National Weather Lab What Is Trump's Next Target? Apr. 20, 2026 -Shuyi Chen has flown into Category 5 hurricanes to conduct meteorological experiments, so she knows about turbulence. But those missions didn’t wholly prepare the University of Washington professor for her latest challenge: navigating an intense political storm. An expert on extreme weather, Chen currently chairs the academic nonprofit that manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research. That means she and like-minded scientists are now in a battle with President Donald Trump.	• Fire in Malaysia's Sabah Destroys 1,000 Homes, Thousands Displaced The Fire Broke Out in One of Sabah's Water Villages, Which Feature Wooden Houses Built On Stilts ?and Are Home to Some of the Country's Poorest Communities Apr. 19, 2026 - Thousands of people have been displaced after a fire destroyed around 1,000 homes in a coastal village in Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo island on Sunday, the fire department said. Authorities were notified of the fire in Sandakan district at ?around 1.32 a.m. (1732 GMT), the district's fire ?and rescue chief Jimmy Lagung said in a statement. “Strong winds and the close proximity of the houses caused the fire to spread rapidly, while low tide conditions also made it difficult to obtain an open water source,” Lagung said.	• Burning Wood For Power Worse For Climate Than Gas Equivalent Research Casts Doubt On Plans By UK Government to Offer Subsidies For Carbon Capture Attached to the Power Source Apr. 20, 2026 -Burning wood for power worse for climate than gas equivalent, report finds Burning wood for power generation can be worse for the climate than burning gas, even when the resulting carbon dioxide emissions are captured and stored, new research has shown. The findings cast doubt on plans by several governments, including the UK, to offer subsidies or other financial support for carbon capture attached to wood-burning power.

From The Seattle Times

From Reuters

From Tne Guardian

• UW Prof in Political Storm as
Trump Targets National Weather Lab

What Is Trump's Next Target?

Apr. 20, 2026 -Shuyi Chen has flown into Category 5 hurricanes to conduct meteorological experiments, so she knows about turbulence.

But those missions didn’t wholly prepare the University of Washington professor for her latest challenge: navigating an intense political storm.

An expert on extreme weather, Chen currently chairs the academic nonprofit that manages the National Center for Atmospheric Research. That means she and like-minded scientists are now in a battle with President Donald Trump.

• Fire in Malaysia's Sabah Destroys
1,000 Homes, Thousands Displaced

The Fire Broke Out in One of Sabah's Water Villages, Which Feature Wooden Houses Built On Stilts ?and Are Home to Some of the Country's Poorest Communities

Apr. 19, 2026 - Thousands of people have been displaced after a fire destroyed around 1,000 homes in a coastal village in Malaysia's Sabah state on Borneo island on Sunday, the fire department said.

Authorities were notified of the fire in Sandakan district at ?around 1.32 a.m. (1732 GMT), the district's fire ?and rescue chief Jimmy Lagung said in a statement.

“Strong winds and the close proximity of the houses caused the fire to spread rapidly, while low tide conditions also made it difficult to obtain an open water source,” Lagung said.

• Burning Wood For Power Worse
For Climate Than Gas Equivalent

Research Casts Doubt On Plans By UK Government to Offer Subsidies For Carbon Capture Attached to the Power Source

Apr. 20, 2026 -Burning wood for power worse for climate than gas equivalent, report finds Burning wood for power generation can be worse for the climate than burning gas, even when the resulting carbon dioxide emissions are captured and stored, new research has shown.

The findings cast doubt on plans by several governments, including the UK, to offer subsidies or other financial support for carbon capture attached to wood-burning power.