Ocean warming made major hurricanes like Helene (Category 4) and Milton (Category 5), which killed at least 260 people, were made 16 mph and 24 mph stronger, respectively.

Former congressman #LeeZeldin was picked to lead the #EPA. During his time in Congress between 2015 and 2023, Zeldin opposed most pieces of environmental legislation, including Biden's IRA, clean water and clean air protections, the EPA's methane pollution safeguards and a ban on petrol cars in NY.

#ChrisWright was picked to lead the US Department of Energy. A staunch defender of fossil fuel use and vocal critic of climate alarmism, Wright is expected to fulfil Trump's campaign promise to "drill, baby, drill" and undo many of his predecessor's biggest clean energy achievements.

#Trump picked Republican governor #DougBurgum as the interior secretary and “energy czar.” The new position was created to carry out the administration’s sweeping plans to scale back Biden's energy and climate rules and boost oil and gas production on millions of acres of federal lands nationwide.