With the U.N.'s COP29 climate conference underway in Baku, Azerbaijan, a flurry of unsettling news about global heating has emerged.
The summit — attended by diplomats from nearly 200 nations, and nearly 60,000 people in total — is intended to be a forum for discussion and adoption of solutions. But this year it's being roiled by even more controversy than usual. Meanwhile, with recent findings showing no easing of our climatic plight, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is preparing to take power in Washington. And he, of course, has committed himself to unwinding the transition to climate-friendly energy sources.
Some of the recent climate news has been provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — an agency slated to be "broken up and downsized" in the now-infamous Project 2025, a conservative policy blueprint intended to guide the new administration.
According to NOAA, last month was the second warmest October on ...
