Steve Milloy reported on X: President Trump deports “climate change” from the Department of Homeland Security: “Top officials at the US Department of Homeland Security received a memo on Friday ordering an immediate stop to work connected to climate change and the elimination of climate-related terms across the agency. The memo instructs senior office heads to “eliminate all climate change activities and the use of climate change terminology in DHS policies and programs, to the maximum extent permitted by the law,” according to the document seen by Bloomberg News. The changes are meant to bring “alignment” with Trump’s executive orders that reverse multiple climate-related orders by former President Joe Biden, it said.”
Comment:
A good place to start is the DHS webpage Climate Literacy at DHS which was updated January 27, 2025, probably only adding a disclaimer “In an effort to keep DHS.gov current, the archive contains outdated information that may not reflect current policy or programs.”
Table of Contents
Climate Science Overview
The DHS Mission and Climate Change
Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation, and Resilience
Climate Security
Climate Change and Fragility
Further Resources
Further Resources Include:
DHS Resources
- DHS Actions: Climate Change
- DHS Climate Action Plan
- DHS Strategic Framework for Addressing Climate Change
- DHS Climate Change Action Group
- DHS Climate Literacy Strategy
- DHS Resilience Framework
- DHS Sustainability and Environmental Programs
Component Resources
- Climate Change | FEMA
- CBP Green Trade Strategy | U.S. Customs and Border Protection
- Assessing Risk to the National Critical Functions as a Result of Climate Change | Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency
- United States Coast Guard Arctic Strategic Outlook | U.S. Coast Guard
- United States Coast Guard Climate Framework | U.S. Coast Guard
External Resources
- Fourth National Climate Assessment | U.S. Global Change Research Program
- Sixth Assessment Report | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
- U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
- Department of Defense Climate Risk Analysis | U.S. Department of Defense
- Climate Change | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Climate Action and Sustainability | U.S. General Services Administration
- National Intelligence Estimate: Climate Change and International Responses Increasing Challenges to US National Security Through 2040 | National Intelligence Council
- Climate Change | U.S. National Park Service
- Climate | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Report on the Impact of Climate Change on Migration | The White House
- Executive Order 13990: Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis
- Executive Order 14008: Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad
- Executive Order 14030: Climate-Related Financial Risk
- Executive Order 14057: Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability
Climate Tools
- Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST) | The White House
- Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation Assessment Tool | The White House
- Climate Risk & Resilience Portal (ClimRR) | Argonne National Laboratory
- Coastal Flood Exposure Mapper | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Community Resilience Estimates (CRE) | U.S. Census Bureau
- Hazus | FEMA
- Low-Income Energy Affordability Data (LEAD) Tool | U.S. Department of Energy
- National Risk Index for Natural Hazards | FEMA
- Resilience Analysis & Planning Tool | FEMA
- Sea Level Rise Viewer | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
- Wildfire Risk to Communities | U.S. Department of Agriculture
Conclusion
DHS still thinks it’s very much in the “Climate Change Business” and rooting it out will be an extensive process met with unwelcome resistance.
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