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How the planet fared in 2025 — the good, the bad, and the ugly

From winter wildfires in Los Angeles to the unchecked growth of data centers, here are the big climate stories we covered in 2025.

Matt Simon · December 27, 2025
Inside Climate News

Climate change is coming for Christmas

Stunted trees, pricey chocolate, threatened reindeer, scant snow—warming is taking a toll.

Kiley Price · December 22, 2025
Grist

We’re all at risk if Trump dismantles this legendary lab

Breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research would be a "genuinely shocking self-inflicted wound."

Matt Simon · December 18, 2025
Inside Climate News

Gaza faces a catastrophic winter: “an ecological collapse”

While Israel restricts lifesaving aid and multiple reports show it violating the ceasefire, Gazans suffer flooded tents, starvation, pollution and disease.

Keerti Gopal · December 16, 2025

Guardian

This green queen raised a million bucks for charity by hiking 100 miles in drag

Pattie Gonia’s effort supports nonprofits working to make the outdoors more equitable.

Dani Anguiano · December 11, 2025
Wired

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is detaining people for ICE

Louisiana’s hunting and wildlife authority is one of more than 1,000 state and local agencies that have partnered with US immigration authorities this year alone.

Caroline Haskins · December 9, 2025
Guardian

‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival

Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away

Nina Lakhani · December 7, 2025
Inside Climate News

Team Trump strips “renewable energy” from the name of an iconic national lab

A key driver of renewables research is now the National Laboratory of the Rockies.

Dan Gearino · December 4, 2025

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How urban farms can make cities more livable and help feed America

Metropolitan gardens and farms are extraordinarily powerful tools that can improve food security, lower temperatures, and create invaluable gathering spaces.

Matt Simon · November 25, 2025
Wired

The data center resistance has arrived

A new report finds that local opposition to data centers skyrocketed in the second quarter of this year.

Molly Taft · November 20, 2025
Inside Climate News

A landmark court ruling looms over U.S. absence at COP30

The historic climate change advisory opinion from the International Court of Justice suggests the United States is violating international law on climate, legal experts say.

Dana Drugmand · November 18, 2025