OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #241, JULY 28, 2025.

 

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #241, JULY 28, 2025. 

UCS.  Defend Science.
News from Inside Climate News Weekly 7-26-25.
Jennifer Clapp.  Titans of Industrial Agriculture. 

 

 

“…Take Action to Defend Science.“  Union of Concerned Scientists.   Dr. Gretchen Goldman action@ucs.org  7-72-25.

Dick,
Danger Season—the period between May and October when the United States and its Caribbean territories experience their worst climate impacts—is here in full force. In recent weeks, communities in Texas, North Carolina, and New Mexico have been ravaged by climate-accelerated extreme weather events. The devastation is truly heartbreaking. 

In the face of disasters like these, agencies like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Federal Emergency Management Agency are critical in saving lives. But the Trump administration's ongoing attacks on these very agencies, from forcing out Meteorologists-in-Charge to firing first responders, are leaving us more vulnerable than ever before.

The science is clear: climate change is accelerating rapidly, promising more frequent and intense extreme weather events. As the federal government [Trump Admin.] undermines our ability to forecast extreme weather, respond to disasters, and plan for future risks, UCS work is more vital than ever. Our team is fighting to uphold climate science, support frontline communities, and hold decisionmakers accountable.  . . .

Thank you for sticking with us.

In solidarity,   Gretchen Goldman, PhD, President
Union of Concerned ScientistsDONATE NOW

 

 News from Inside Climate News Weekly 7-26-25

The Trump administration’s “Build, Baby, Build!” approach to AI will increase reliance on fossil fuels to power the massive data centers Big Tech needs in its race to develop the most powerful forms of artificial intelligence.

In a landmark advisory opinion, the International Court of Justice said governments have the legal duty to “prevent significant harm to the environment.”

At a joint hearing of special legislative committees probing the deadly Hill Country floods, the Texas emergency management chief raised concerns about communication and warning systems.

C02 EMISSIONS, To save the environment, we must end the profit system.  Ecowatch.
Jennifer Clapp.  TITANS OF INDUSTRIAL AGRICULTURE:
How a Few Giant Corporations Came to Dominate the Farm Sector and Why It Matters.  MIT P, 2023.      ECOWATCH.
The products that farmers must buy—from seeds and fertilizers to tractors and combines and more—are controlled by a handful of giant corporations that utterly dominate the market. Clapp examines the forces that enabled this extreme concentration of power and the entrenchment of industrial agriculture, illuminating how corporate power has driven the “lock-in” of industrial agriculture, despite all its known social and ecological costs.

 

END OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #241, JULY 28, 2025.