By Andy Rowell Never has the paradox been greater. While the most powerful politician in the world is a climate denier, scientists are now warning that we have just three years to start making radical reductions to greenhouse gases. Put it another way: that is the term of the Trump presidency. We have three and […]
By Karen Perry Stillerman Summer is almost here, and you know what that means. Sun, sand and … a watery wasteland devoid of all life? Yep, this is the time each year when a team of federal and university scientists predicts the size of the so-called dead zone that will develop in the Gulf of […]
More than one dozen U.S. cities have banded together to post deleted climate change information and research from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) website that was notoriously scrubbed by the Trump administration. In May, Chicago became the first city to host the deleted pages, and now other mayors are following in Rahm Emanuel’s footsteps […]
French President Emmanuel Macron is inviting U.S. climate scientists and researchers to move to France with a new website that takes direct aim at Donald Trump. The Make Our Planet Great Again site, managed by French government agency Business France, provides specific instructions for researchers, teachers and students to apply to open positions in France […]
By Alex Kirby President Donald Trump abandoned science with his decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris agreement on climate change, saying, “I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris”—a wonderfully clear statement of his inability to recognize that the earth shares one atmosphere. Chris Rapley, professor of climate science at […]
The Department of Interior edited a news release on a study coauthored by government scientists to remove a mention of climate change, the Washington Post reported. The DOI deleted a sentence linking climate change to sea level rise from the press release on the study, which found that the risk of flooding to coastal communities […]
It’s an honor to address this group of distinguished faculty, proud parents, supportive family members and friends. We’re gathered here in this idyllic location to celebrate the accomplishments of these young adults as they successfully complete one great challenge and prepare for others to come. So please join me in congratulating Green Mountain College’s (GMC) […]
President Trump is set to nominate Sam Clovis, a former economics professor and conservative talk show radio host, to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s top scientific position, according to reports. Clovis, an early advisor to the Trump campaign, has a master’s in business administration and a doctoral degree in public administration, and appears to have […]
As reported by POLITICO Pro, scientists resigned Friday from an U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) advisory panel in protest of Administrator Scott Pruitt’s recent decision not to reappoint nine members of the Board of Scientific Counselors, a panel of outside experts that advise EPA on research and development issues. The New York Times reported these […]
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