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Sierra Club Endorses Hillary Clinton

Sierra Club Endorses Hillary Clinton

Today, the Sierra Club endorsed Hillary Clinton for President of the United State. Now, we will work our hearts out to make sure she wins the White House in November and defeats climate science denier and all-around bigot Donald Trump. Our decision is the result of a grassroots-driven process that started with our 2.4 million […]

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    Trump Building Wall in Ireland to Keep Climate Change Out

    Trump Building Wall in Ireland to Keep Climate Change Out

    Donald Trump has said numerous times in various places that he does not consider climate change to be a significant problem warranting corrective action. From calling it pseudoscience to a Chinese conspiracy to an elaborate hoax, he’s made it a point to take the Koch-approved stance, even as he disavows such big-money influence in politics. But as Politico’s Ben Schreckinger has uncovered, when it […]

    Trump Cannot Derail Paris Climate Deal

    Trump Cannot Derail Paris Climate Deal

    Donald Trump‘s statement that he would want to renegotiate the Paris agreement on climate change if he is elected U.S. president is “meaningless” one seasoned British climate expert said. “Donald Trump doesn’t appear to know much about anything except headlines,” Tom Burke told the Climate News Network. “He knows less than most of the political […]

    If President, Trump Would ‘Renegotiate’ Climate Deal

    If President, Trump Would ‘Renegotiate’ Climate Deal

    Republican presumptive presidential nominee and climate change denier Donald Trump said in an interview he would renegotiate U.S.’ role in the Paris agreement. Photo credit: a katz / Shutterstock “I will be looking at that very, very seriously and at a minimum I will be renegotiating those agreements, at a minimum. And at a maximum […]

    Trump Chooses Climate Skeptic as New Energy Adviser

    Trump Chooses Climate Skeptic as New Energy Adviser

    Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump picked Rep. Kevin Cramer (R) of North Dakota as his energy adviser. Cramer is widely known as a strong supporter of oil and gas drilling as well as a climate change skeptic. Republican presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump picked Rep. Kevin Cramer (R) of North Dakota as his energy adviser. Photo […]

    Big Ag Fights to the Bitter End to Keep Pesticide From Being Banned

    Big Ag Fights to the Bitter End to Keep Pesticide From Being Banned

    After years of debate, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finally poised to revoke all uses of the pesticide chlorpyrifos, which first came online as a pest control technology in 1965. That action, which could come this year, follows years of accumulating evidence that the organophosphate pesticide poses significant risks to people’s health and […]