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The president targets EPA’s authority to address climate change – will he succeed?

It would be an uphill battle to convince federal judges in 2025, even conservative ones, that the scientific record on climate change is wrong.
Law & Policy
Tue, Jan 28, 2025

How exposure to wildfire smoke impacts human health now, soon, and later

The unprecedented Los Angeles fires threaten the health of millions of residents. Two leading biostatisticians unpack the risks in the short- and long-term.
Health
Tue, Jan 21, 2025
A view of the white house

What Trump’s expected exit from the Paris Agreement will mean

Environmental economist Robert Stavins discusses what a second U.S. exit from the Paris Agreement could mean for global climate leadership and more.
Law & Policy
Mon, Jan 13, 2025

How future heat may kill millions of healthy people

Even healthy people cannot survive the extreme heat beginning to afflict large regions of the world, writes climate scientist Kaighin McColl, explaining his new research into uncompensable heat stress.
Health
Thu, Dec 12, 2024
Sign on EPA building reads: United States Environmental Protection Agency

Fossil power and carbon capture: A looming legal showdown

Can the federal government require power plants to capture carbon emissions and other pollutants? Andrew Mergen, a former appellate attorney at the Justice Department’s environmental division, unpacks what will be a landmark ruling.
Energy Law & Policy
Tue, Dec 3, 2024

All perspectives expressed in the Harvard Climate Brief are those of the authors and not of Harvard University or the Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability. Any errors are the authors’ own. The Harvard Climate Brief is edited by an interdisciplinary team of Harvard faculty.