The main purpose of this ongoing blog will be to track planetary extreme, or record temperatures related to climate change. Any reports I see of ETs will be listed below the main topic of the day. I’ll refer to extreme or record temperatures as ETs (not extraterrestrials).😉
Main Topic: All Out on Earth Day
Dear Diary. This year Earth Day will be on Tuesday April 22nd. On this Easter Sunday weekend environmentalists are hopping mad (pun intended) because of Trump’s policies, so we have an all hands in deck situation when it comes to Earth Day. We are facing the stark reality that one man can upend decades of environmental policy, so Earth Day celebrations and protests should be massive early this week.
The first Earth Day occurred in 1970 when Nixon, another crooked president, was in charge. Pollution was so bad that Nixon took steps to clean up trash and waterways across the U.S. Now an even worse president in Trump wants to burn progress since 1970 down. Here are details from Common Dreams:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/all-out-on-earth-day
Climate and environmental defenders take part in an Earth Day rally outside the White House in Washington, D.C. on April 22, 2023. (Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)
Green Groups Organizing ‘All Out on Earth Day’ Protests Against Trump Authoritarianism
“Trump is dismantling critical environmental safeguards, putting lives at risk, and leaving working people to suffer the devastating consequences,” said one campaigner.
Apr 14, 2025
A coalition of green groups on Monday promoted plans for nationwide “All Out on Earth Day” rallies “to confront rising authoritarianism and defend our environment, democracy, and future” against the Trump administration’s gutting of government agencies and programs tasked with environmental protection and combating the climate emergency.
Organizers of the protests—which are set to take place from April 18-30—are coalescing opposition to President Donald Trump’s attacks on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other agencies, which include efforts to rescind or severely curtail regulations aimed at protecting the public from pollution, oil spills, and other environmental and climate harms.
“This Earth Day, we fight for everything: for our communities, our democracy, and the future our children deserve.”
The Green New Deal Network, one of the event’s organizers, decried Trump’s “massive rollbacks” to the EPA and noted that funds “for critical programs have been frozen and federal workers have been unjustly fired” as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, takes a wrecking ball to government agencies.
“This Earth Day, we fight for everything: for our communities, our democracy, and the future our children deserve,” Green New Deal Network national director Kaniela Ing said in a statement.
“Trump, Musk, and their billionaire allies are waging an all-out assault on the agencies that keep our air clean, our water safe, and our families healthy,” Ing continued. “They’re gutting the programs and projects we fought hard to win—programs that bring down energy costs and create good-paying jobs in towns across America, especially in red states.”
“So, we need to make sure the pressure continues and our protests aren’t just a flash in the pan,” Ing added. “When we stand together—workers, environmentalists, everyday folks—we can not only stop them, but we can build the world we deserve.”
All Out on Earth Day participants include Sunrise Movement, Climate Power, Third Act, Popular Democracy, Climate Defenders, the Democratic National Committee Council on Environment and Climate, Unitarian Universalists, NAACP, Dayenu, Evergreen, United to End Polluter Handouts Coalition, Climate Hawks Vote, and the Center of Biological Diversity (CBD).
Last month, CBD sued five Cabinet-level agencies in a bid to ensure that DOGE teams tasked with finding ways to cut costs—including via workforce reductions—fully comply with federal transparency law. This, after DOGE advised the termination of thousands of probationary staffers at the EPA, Department of the Interior, and other agencies.
Although a federal judge last month ordered the Trump administration to reinstate thousands of government workers fired from half a dozen agencies based on the “lie” that their performance warranted termination, the right-wing U.S. Supreme Court subsequently sided with the White House, finding that plaintiffs in the case lacked the legal standing to sue.
Bill McKibben, co-founder of 350.org and founder of the elder-led Third Act, harkened back to the historic first Earth Day in 1970.
“Fifty-five years ago, a massive turnout on the first Earth Day forced a corrupt Republican administration to pass the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act, and create the EPA,” he said on Monday, referring to the presidency of Richard Nixon. “Let’s do it again!”
Aru Shiney-Ajay, executive director of the youth-led Sunrise Movement, highlighted the need for action now, noting that Trump “is giving oil and gas billionaires the green light to wreck our planet and put millions of lives at risk, all so they can pad their bottom line.”
“Just three months into the Trump presidency, the damage has already been catastrophic,” she added. “Trump is dismantling critical environmental safeguards, putting lives at risk, and leaving working people to suffer the devastating consequences. “This Earth Day, we stand united in defiance of their greed and fight for a future that prioritizes people and the planet over profits.”
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Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.
Here are more “ET’s” recorded from around the planet the last couple of days, their consequences, and some extreme temperature outlooks, as well as any extreme precipitation reports:
Here is More Climate News from Sunday:
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