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How Important Is NASA’s Earth Science Program That Trump Wants to Abolish?

How Important Is NASA’s Earth Science Program That Trump Wants to Abolish?

By Brenda Ekwurzel Word has it that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Science program is on the chopping block with the upcoming Trump Administration. Bad decision! Alaska’s Susitna GlacierNASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS and U.S./Japan ASTER Science The NASA Earth Science program provides information about the Earth that plays a vital role in our scientific advancement, […]

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    EcoWatch Launches TrumpWatch

    EcoWatch Launches TrumpWatch

    With nearly two weeks since the presidential election, the shock has worn off and reality has set in. Donald Trump will take office at Noon of Jan. 20, 2017, and become the 45th president of the United States. Once in office, Trump will have the dubious distinction as the only national leader in the world […]

    Trump’s Cabinet Picks Have One Thing in Common: Climate Denial

    Trump’s Cabinet Picks Have One Thing in Common: Climate Denial

    One similarity between the three Trump cabinet picks announced on Friday: they are all climate change deniers. 1. Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the choice for attorney general, has refused to accept the 97 percent consensus on climate change and believes carbon dioxide is simply “plant food.” According to the Washington Watch via Right Wing Watch, […]

    196 Countries Reaffirm Commitment to Paris Climate Deal, Isolating Trump Even More

    196 Countries Reaffirm Commitment to Paris Climate Deal, Isolating Trump Even More

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    Even Bill O’Reilly Thinks Trump ‘Should Accept the Paris Treaty on Climate’

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    On the Nov. 16 edition of Fox News’ The O’Reilly Factor, host Bill O’Reilly said that President-elect Donald Trump “should accept the Paris treaty on climate to buy some goodwill overseas.” O’Reilly partially based this conclusion on the premise that the Paris agreement “doesn’t really amount to much,” but that view is contradicted by 376 […]

    China to Trump: No, We Didn’t Invent Climate Change

    China to Trump: No, We Didn’t Invent Climate Change

    In a briefing with reporters, China’s Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin noted that Donald Trump‘s now-infamous Tweet that global warming is a hoax created by the Chinese could not possibly be true. “If you look at the history of climate change negotiations, actually it was initiated by the IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] with […]

    365+ Businesses Call on Trump to Support Paris Climate Agreement

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    People Power Stalls Corporate Power Grab

    People Power Stalls Corporate Power Grab

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