Climate News 12.25 The EPA has long been a trusted source for climate change information. Much of that information is now gone. Early in December of 2025, at least 80 EPA web pages about climate change were deleted from the website. Some material was replaced with false information that climate change is caused by Earth's orbit and "variations in solar activity" . Many signs and effects of climate change were also deleted, from r

In the final days of December last year, the state of New York approved their new “Climate Change Superfund Act”, a measure that will make Big Oil companies pay more to help clean up the damage they have done. The act will force the biggest oil companies to pay a total of $75 billion over the next 25 years.               Costs for repairing damage caused by climate change have continued to add up for the state, and a new act is supposed to help with this significantly. As est

This month, I have written about three climate-related, youth-led lawsuits against various governments. These lawsuits, among others, are examples of youth holding their governments accountable for providing them with a livable future. We should all be inspired by these young people and the work they are doing through the legal system.  I.  Hawaii  Just a couple weeks ago, on June 20th, the government of Hawaii settled a lawsuit with young people who had sued the Department o

This month I wrote a letter to President Biden concerning the Willow oil drilling project in Alaska that his administration approved in March. This project would potentially produce 180,000 new barrels of oil a day, an astonishing 1.5% of the U.S.’s total oil production. I encourage you to do some research and write to him as well. Dear President Biden, My name is Forest Olson I am an 11 year old environmentalist from Telluride Colorado. I am writing to ask you to put a stop

This month, given the theme of gratitude, I have been thinking about how grateful I am to live in a place where the elected leaders and local citizens care about the environment and put in the effort to protect it. For example, recently the town of Telluride has announced that in 2024 there will be a ban on single use plastics. Back in 1993 the Colorado State Legislature passed a bill that banned municipalities from banning single use plastics. Last year the law was finally r