Science isn’t everything. But it is crucial to governing, decision-making, protecting human health and the environment and resolving questions and challenges around our existence. Those determined to advance industrial interests over all else often attack science. We’ve seen it in Canada, with a decade of cuts to research funding and scientific programs, muzzling of government […]
The recent declassification of tens of thousands of images from Cold War spy satellites is helping climate scientists compare Siberian terrain between then and now, and they’re showing some obvious signs of climate change. It was common practice during the Cold War for the U.S. and Soviet Union to spy on each other using any […]
By Roz Pidcock The buildup of heat-trapping greenhouse gases is warming the upper ocean four times faster than during the period 1960-1990, according to new research. [facebook https://facebook.com/EcoWatch/videos/1482563161756616/ expand=1] The paper, published March 10 in the journal Science Advances, is the latest effort to piece together current and historical measurements from ships, self-propelled floats, satellites […]
By Jamie Henn It’s not yet halfway through Trump’s first 100 days in office and his administration has already shown they’ll go to any length to dismantle the laws and regulations that protect our air, water and climate. Trump’s team has already started to dismantle some of the nation’s most important environmental laws, from the […]
By Terri Hansen It wasn’t long after President Trump took office that chaos took hold at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Throughout his campaign, Trump had promised to get rid of the agency, leaving just “little tidbits left.” He wasted little time. https://www.facebook.com/EcoWatch/videos/1460041177342148/ Out of the gate, Trump’s transition team was set to remove […]
Last year, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson feuded with rapper B.o.B. over his belief that the world is flat. About a year later, Tyson’s friend and science educator Bill Nye is contesting professional basketball player Kyrie Irving’s own “Flat Earth” claims. Neil deGrasse Tyson Schools Rapper B.o.B. Who Believes the Earth Is Flat https://t.co/82TxQ8g4e0 @bbcscitech @DiscoverMag […]
The Trump administration is expected to begin attacks on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and climate science at the executive level now that the administration has a leader in place at the agency. [facebook https://facebook.com/EcoWatch/videos/1460041177342148/ expand=1] Multiple outlets have reported that President Trump may be planning a visit to EPA headquarters as early as […]
By Brian Palmer “Restoring nature to its natural state is a cause beyond party and beyond factions,” said Richard Nixon, the founder of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in his 1970 State of the Union speech. [facebook https://www.facebook.com/EcoWatch/videos/10158252716670301/ expand=1] If only. While there was clearly a time when support for environmental regulations transcended politics, […]
By Scott Weaver As a climate scientist I’ve been trained to base my conclusions strictly on scientific evidence and not on politics. This is why I find it so troubling that President Trump’s pick for the top job at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) openly misrepresented scientific data during his confirmation process. Trump's EPA […]
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