Climate Change News Digest for August 20, 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.

Holland Michigan ‘community carbon fund’ promises hyper-local carbon reduction

The carbon fund accepts donations from residents and uses those donations to fund local conservation efforts such as tree plantings that sequester carbon from the air.

by Emilio Perez Ibarguen (Bridge Magazine)

Factcheck: Trump’s climate report includes more than 100 false or misleading claims

A “critical assessment” report commissioned by the U.S. Department of Energy to justify a rollback of US climate regulations contains at least 100 false or misleading statements.

By Ayesha Tandon,  Leo Hickman,  Cecilia Keating and Robert McSweeney (Carbon Brief)

Environmental Groups Sue Over D.O.E. Report Downplaying Climate Change

The lawsuit seeks to block the Trump administration from repealing the legal foundation for regulating climate pollution.

By Lisa Friedman (New York Times)

Quick! Get the Wind and Solar Discounts Before It’s Too Late!

Tax credits for large clean energy projects are now set to abruptly end after 2027, while similar credits for smaller projects on households and businesses disappear at the end of 2025.

By Bill Ritter and Mike O’Boyle (New York Times)

Temperatures and Carbon Emissions Continue to Rise

An acceleration of warming that started in 2023 continued through 2024, according to the latest annual climate assessment by the American Meteorological Society, as atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases continue to increase at a quickening rate.

By Dylan Baddour (Inside Climate News)

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