Climatologist Judith Curry Declares Climate Alarmism Dead, Retires Landmark Blog

As media outlets shut down their climate desks, corporations retreat from climate targets, and polls of voters show they rate climate change lowest on their priorities, critics of the “climate crisis” narrative are saying it may be time to move on. [some emphasis, links added]

American climatologist Dr. Judith Curry on Tuesday announced that she would no longer maintain her influential blog, “Climate Etc.”

“It’s time to declare victory against climate stupidity and move on,” she said in her final post. The reelection of President Donald Trump came with an overall shift in the political landscape regarding climate and energy issues.

Since then, major media outlets shut down their climate desks, corporations are easing back on emission-reduction targets, and polls consistently show the public rates climate change low on their list of priorities.

Some figures like Curry, who disputed the “climate crisis” narrative — often in the face of vitriol from those who support it — are now saying their efforts paid off and an era of climate hysteria is coming to an end.

End of an Era

Curry became a controversial figure in the climate debate early on when her research conclusions failed to align with the alarmist narrative.

She was labeled a “climate denier,” a slur critics direct at those who don’t support the belief that climate change is not just a risk to be managed but an existential crisis demanding the rapid elimination of fossil fuels.

Curry eventually left what she called the “craziness” of academia to go to work in the private sector. She started her blog in 2010, and it’s been a resource for research and perspectives disputing the dominant narrative ever since. 

She explained on Tuesday that she was shutting it down over the high cost of maintaining it — she spent $16,000 over the last four years — but also because the political landscape has changed.

She said while the leaders of climate alarmism haven’t conceded defeat, there are many signs that the world isn’t buying into it anymore.

“The whole issue has lost its political relevance,” Curry wrote.

Research Shows Less Climate Coverage

Media outlets are spending less time trumpeting stories about climate change, and multiple analyses are finding that outlets are responding to a shift in audience interest.

In February, a report from the University of Colorado-Boulder’s Media and Climate Change Observatory found that global media coverage of climate change decreased 14% in 2025 over the previous year.

The lead author of the report attributed the drop in coverage to financial changes in the media business and the Trump administration commanding too much attention. 

“Ongoing political economic headwinds and newsroom consolidation and reductions have contributed to this diminished coverage. Moreover, there is finite news space for competing stories, with the Trump administration flooding the public sphere with news stories across several domains,” University of Colorado professor Max Boykoff said.

An analysis by the liberal advocacy group, Media Matters, found that television coverage of climate change and global warming is dropping precipitously. Combined, ABC, CBS, and NBC had a drop in coverage of 35% in 2025 over the previous year, based on segment hours.

Another analysis by progressive media watchdog Fairness and Accuracy in Media found that there was nearly 32% less coverage of climate change in 2025 than there was in 2024, based on searches of online outlets. The study also found that the trend was continuing this year, with a 42% decrease in the first three months of 2026 over the same period in 2021.

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