Climate Change News Digest for April 16, 2025

This digest provides a selection of recent news articles relating to climate change and other environmental issues. Click on the title to read the full article from its original source.

What do climate protests actually achieve? More than you think.

The evidence is in: Protests can persuade people, and maybe even change how they vote.

By Kate Yoder (Grist)

Ann Arbor Wants to Build Its Own Renewable-Energy Grid

Ann Arbor, Mich., moved forward with an ambitious plan to build its own utility that aims provide clean power outside the grid.

By Allison Prang (New York Times)

Trump’s tariff tantrum won’t stop the global energy transition

The US’s share of the global cleantech trade is too marginal to dictate its terms – but the trade tariffs will harm American workers and developing countries

By Andreas Sieber (Climate Home News)

Why Trump’s executive order targeting state climate laws is probably illegal

President Trump continues dismantling climate policy with a move of questionable legality that benefits fossil fuels. States are sure to sue.

By Lois Parshley (Grist)

Climate Change Could Become a Global Economic Disaster

New warnings from financial firms and insurers point to a future defined by profound risks to the global economy from heat, storms and other disasters.

By David Gelles (New York Times)

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