The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been ordered to freeze all its grants and contracts, including programs for climate research, environmental justice and pollution prevention, according to internal communications leaked anonymously to several outlets Monday evening. MUST READ: #Trump's #EPA Pick Hides Pro-Polluter Record Behind Process Jargon https://t.co/CtBOTg3B6G @climatehawk1 @ErinBrockovich @350 — EcoWatch (@EcoWatch) […]
Despite the numerous race-related skeletons in Sen. Jeff Sessions‘s closet, some time was spent at his confirmation hearings discussing his various financial ties to the fossil fuel industry and how that might affect his approach to environmental and energy issues as attorney general. Trump's Pick for Attorney General Could Be Big Boost to Monsanto via […]
Curbing global greenhouse gas emissions is the “single most important” action needed to protect polar bears, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) urged Monday. No safe haven for polar bears in warming Arctic. via @EcoWatch https://t.co/TlLyTv6MLr ACT NOW to #SaveTheArctic: https://t.co/G3PwrlgHFw pic.twitter.com/UFmd4C2IFJ — Money For Change (@moneyforchange_) October 4, 2016 Writing in a conservation […]
New research has confirmed that there was no global warming “pause” in the mid-2000s, validating the work of government scientists and squashing a favorite argument of climate change deniers. Ocean buoy (green) and satellite data (orange) measuring sea surface temperatures compared to updated NOAA predictions concluded in 2015 (red) after adjusting for a cold bias […]
The House passed a new provision Tuesday that would change the cost calculation of transferring federal land, making it easier to give state and local regulators more control. The official GOP platform advocates for state control of federal public lands and Tuesday’s vote may signify an initial move in how the GOP plans to manage […]
Senate Democrats on Friday called for a federal investigation into the Trump transition team’s questionnaire sent to the Department of Energy. https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr/statuses/809069641796567040 expand=1] In a letter to the U.S. Office of Special Counsel, nine senators expressed concerns that the questionnaire violated regulations protecting civil employees from partisan coercion and asked that the Special Counsel “take […]
Global warming exacerbated two dozen extreme weather events in 2015, finds a report on extreme events and climate published by the American Meteorological Society Thursday. American Meteorological Society The findings, which examined 30 weather events in total, linked man-made climate change to incidents like “sunny day” flooding in Florida, Alaskan wildfires, heavy rains in China […]
The Arctic broke multiple climate records and saw its highest temperatures ever recorded this year, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) annual Arctic Report Card released Tuesday. Map: Temperatures across the Arctic from October 2015-September 2016 compared to the 1981-2010 average. Graph: Yearly temperatures since 1900 compared to the 1981-2010 average for […]
In a move that surprised many on the Hill, Donald Trump tapped freshman Rep. Ryan Zinke, R-MT, for the top Interior position Tuesday, passing over previously reported favorite Cathy McMorris Rodgers. Zinke’s track record in Congress includes pushing pro-fossil fuel legislation—the lobby backed his campaign generously—and his positions on climate change aren’t clear. However, Zinke’s […]
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