A Dutch appeals court upheld a historic climate liability ruling Tuesday, affirming that the Dutch government has to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent by 2020 compared with 1990 levels, The Associated Press reported. The original ruling, decided in June 2015, was the first time a court found that governments had a legal obligation […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reshuffling its science offices, the agency confirmed to The Hill Thursday, in a move that environmental advocates and career staffers fear will minimize the impact of science on policy. The shifts are occurring within the EPA’s Office of Research and Development (ORD), and involve combining the Office of […]
Last year, after President Trump announced he was pulling the U.S. out of the Paris agreement, thousands of mayors, governors, college presidents, companies and other leaders across the country banded together to declare “We Are Still In,” an initiative that stands by and commits to the emissions-reductions goals of the global climate accord. On Thursday, […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) placed the head of the Office of Children’s Health Protection on administrative leave Tuesday in a move that those close to the agency suspect is intended to sideline the office’s work, The New York Times reported Wednesday. Dr. Ruth Etzel, a pediatrician and epidemiologist who joined the EPA in […]
During a recent interview in Norway, former president Barack Obama answered an interesting question: What would you do if you had one more day as president? In response, Obama said there was “a lot of unfinished business” when he left office, but if he had more time, he would urge a higher global focus on […]
By Jessica Corbett In a move that outraged environmentalists and increased the chances of deadly and destructive accidents, the Trump administration’s Department of Transportation (DOT) has repealed an Obama-era rule that mandated safety upgrades for “dangerous” oil tanker trains to reduce the possibility of derailments, explosions and spills. “This commonsense rule was put in place […]
French President Emmanuel Macron pledged on Tuesday that his country would not make trade deals with any country not signed on to the Paris agreement to limit global warming to “well below” two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, The Hill reported. “We will no longer sign commercial agreements with powers that do not respect the […]
With the U.S. midterm elections just six weeks away, the Sierra Club launched a campaign Tuesday to boot ten leading “Fossil Fools” from office and replace them with more environmentally friendly alternatives. The “Fossil Fools 2018” campaign, spearheaded by the group’s Political Committee, targets Congressional Republicans running for reelection in November who have consistently voted […]
The Trump administration is appealing a federal court ruling that ordered the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban chlorpyrifos, a widely used pesticide tied to brain damage and other health problems in children. In August, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled the EPA must ban the pesticide within 60 days based on strong […]
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