Photo-Illustration by TIME (Source Image: Ed Jones—AFP/Getty Images) Meera Subramanian is the co-author of "A Better World Is Possible: Global Youth Confront the Climate Crisis." Apr 25, 2026 11:00 AM CUT It is not a great time for anyone concerned with the climate. On Feb. 12, the Trump Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency swept away its endangerment finding , wishing away the scientific understanding that burning fossil fuels is harmful to human health and eliminating the mechanism to limit the emissions that are transforming earth systems.  Winter storms walloped North America as the Arctic, which has warmed four times faster than the global average, is no longer able to contain the frigid air of its polar vortex. Yet the Western United States also had the hottest winter on record, leaving little snowpack behind that might buffer the chance of megafires in the summer.…