1/ El Niño has officially developed in the eastern Pacific, according to NOAA. Per the Climate Prediction Ctr, there’s a 63% chance of this El Niño becoming very strong, or “super.”
📢 AGU and partners are urging Congress to fully fund NSF in FY27 and to protect the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) directorate🧪
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The President’s budget request for FY27 is part of the Trump Administration’s ongoing assault on science and has ramifications far beyond harming federal programs and their workforce. Science Network’s Frank Schwing breaks it down in his blog:
Prolonged period of above-average temperatures in the equatorial Pacific expected to peak this winter
If President Trump stopped blocking solar and wind projects nationwide, we'd see:
✅ Lower energy bills
💡 An electricity system designed to last
🌞 Cleaner, healthier communities
In this moment, people need leaders to provide real solutions to real challenges. This reckless, costly coal bailout, which will enrich a handful of coal executives at the expense of everyone else, unequivocally isn’t it.
Taxpayers are on the hook for propping up ready-to-retire coal plants while the Trump administration slashes safeguards around harmful coal plant pollution.
That means more mercury, toxic wastewater, coal ash, and carbon dioxide coming to a community near you—all at a higher cost than renewables.
