‘Set up for failure’: Trump’s cuts bring climate and energy agencies to a standstill, workers say Federal workers say taxpayers are now getting far less from the government because of the DOGE-led effort to cut the workforce. Zack Colman Politico

Cuts and freezes are jamming up some of the basic functions of government at agencies targeted in President Donald Trump’s rollbacks of his predecessors’ energy and environmental policies, more than a dozen federal employees told POLITICO.

Nasa data reveals dramatic rise in intensity of weather events Extreme events such as floods and droughts are becoming more frequent, longer-lasting and more severe, study says The Guardian

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US CDC official in charge of COVID, RSV data resigns ahead of vaccine meeting

As summer and peak travel season begins, a highly transmissible new COVID-19 variant called NB.1.8.1, or "Nimbus," is spreading in the United States. The mutated omicron subvariant, which caused surges in parts of Asia this spring, now accounts for more than one-third of cases in the U.S., new data show. ...

Although NB.1.8.1 is causing a rapidly increasing proportion of cases in the U.S., COVID trends — including test positivity and hospitalizations — remain stable. As of June 6, the level of COVID viral activity in wastewater is “low” nationally, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Goal to end AIDS by 2030 'more off-track' after Trump cuts, UNAIDS head says