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Yale Climate Connections

U.S. center-left, pro-climate-action

Owned byOperated as an initiative of the Yale Center for Environmental Communication, part of Yale University's School of the Environment; editorially independent from Yale's core budget
FundingFoundation grants (Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, Heising-Simons Foundation, Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, 11th Hour Project, others), plus donations from Yale alumni and readers; receives no direct funding from Yale University itself
On the administrationbroadly critical

Background

Yale Climate Connections launched in October 2007 as 'The Yale Forum on Climate Change & The Media,' an online publication aimed at bridging climate scientists, journalists, and policymakers. It was renamed Yale Climate Connections in June 2014, broadening its focus to reach general audiences and cover how climate change affects everyday life. The outlet operates under the Yale Center for Environmental Communication, directed by climate researcher Anthony Leiserowitz, though it functions editorially as an independent news service. Funding has come from major environmental foundations rather than Yale's institutional budget. Over the years it expanded to include a syndicated radio program airing on more than 700 stations nationwide and a YouTube channel. It has consistently advocated for treating climate change as a serious, urgent public concern, publishing science-based reporting that aligns with the scientific consensus on human-caused climate change. Since the start of Trump's second term in January 2025, its coverage has been sharply critical of administration actions including withdrawal from climate agreements, cancellation of federal climate research programs, and rollbacks of EPA regulations.

Sources

  1. About us — Yale Climate Connections
  2. Yale Climate Connections (Yale Center for Environmental Communication)
  3. We've changed our name — Yale Climate Connections
  4. Trump's climate research cuts are unpopular, even with Republican voters
  5. Trump just torched the basis for federal climate regulations
  6. Despite Trump, renewable energy keeps surging
  7. The government canceled this nature study. Scientists kept going anyway.

Profile compiled 2026-08-10; refreshed when ownership, funding, or the administration changes.

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