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New EPA Climate Change Website Doesn’t Mention ‘Climate Change’

New EPA Climate Change Website Doesn’t Mention ‘Climate Change’

In the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to pretend that climate change doesn’t exist, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made dramatic changes to a website catered to helping states, local and tribal governments learn about global warming and how prepare and respond to the impacts of our hot new world, according to a new […]

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    New EPA Climate Change Website Doesn’t Mention ‘Climate Change’

    New EPA Climate Change Website Doesn’t Mention ‘Climate Change’

    In the Trump administration’s ongoing efforts to pretend that climate change doesn’t exist, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made dramatic changes to a website catered to helping states, local and tribal governments learn about global warming and how prepare and respond to the impacts of our hot new world, according to a new […]

    FEMA Scrubs Data About Puerto Rico’s Lack of Water and Electricity

    FEMA Scrubs Data About Puerto Rico’s Lack of Water and Electricity

    On Wednesday, roughly two weeks after Hurricane Maria struck, just 50 percent of Puerto Rico had access to drinking water and only 5.4 percent had electricity. That information was clearly displayed on Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) website on disaster relief efforts in the U.S. territory. But the next day, as first noticed by the […]

    ‘Climate Change’ Removed From National Institutes of Health Website

    ‘Climate Change’ Removed From National Institutes of Health Website

    The effects of climate change are inextricably linked to human health. The burning of fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that traps heat in the atmosphere, causing global temperatures to spike, air quality to worsen, all while fueling droughts, floods and storms that impact food and water security. Climate change is making […]

    Energy.gov Gets Altered, Removes Climate Benefits of Renewables

    Energy.gov Gets Altered, Removes Climate Benefits of Renewables

    By now it shouldn’t be a surprise that the Trump administration is wiping Obama-era climate initiatives off the Internet. This time, the Department of Energy (DOE) has significantly altered its websites on renewable energy, removing references on how clean energy technologies can reduce the nation’s reliance on fossil fuels and help lower climate-changing emissions. The […]