US House Votes To Curtail EPA’s Use Of Science
The Hill reports: The House voted Wednesday to restrict the kind of scientific studies and data that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) can use to justify new regulations. The Honest and Open...
View ArticleFLORIDA: Manatees Removed From Endangered List
Hey! Actual good news! The Miami Herald reports: The manatee — for decades the poster mammal of environmental decline in Florida — is officially no longer an endangered species. The U.S. Fish and...
View ArticleLIVE VIDEO: The DC March For Science
The Washington Post reports: Earth Day has arrived, and so has the March for Science — a global event on six continents (and cheered on by scientists on a seventh, Antarctica). Tens of thousands of...
View ArticleTrump To Sign Executive Order Which May Undo Obama And Clinton’s National...
The Salt Lake Tribune reports: President Donald Trump this week will order a review of national monument designations — including southern Utah’s Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante — as part of a...
View ArticleFederal Court Caves To Trump Administration, Suspends Ruling On Challenge To...
The Associated Press reports: At the Trump administration’s request, a federal appeals court agreed Friday to postpone a ruling on lawsuits challenging Obama-era restrictions on carbon emissions. The...
View ArticleLETTER: Dozens Of Right Wing Groups Pressure Trump To Abandon The Paris...
The Washington Examiner reports: More than three dozen conservative and free-market groups pressed President Trump on Monday to exit from the Paris climate change agreement and not renege on the...
View ArticleNoted Scientist Ivanka Trump To Head Review Of US Participation In Paris...
The Associated Press reports: Ivanka Trump will head a review of US climate change policy even as President Donald Trump considers pulling the US out of a global emissions-cutting deal. The United...
View ArticleBREAKING: Trump To Pull Out Of Paris Climate Accord
Reuters reports: U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to withdraw from the Paris climate accord, Axios news outlet reported on Wednesday, citing two unidentified sources with direct knowledge of the...
View ArticleLIVE VIDEO: Trump Unveils Climate Accord Decision
Starting any minute. USA Today reports: President Trump said he would announce his decision on whether to pull out of the Paris climate agreement in a Thursday afternoon event in the White House Rose...
View ArticleTrump Announces Withdrawal From Climate Accord
The New York Times reports: President Trump announced Thursday that he will withdraw the United States from participation in the Paris climate accord, weakening global efforts to combat climate change...
View ArticleJohn Oliver Blast Trump On Climate Change [VIDEO]
HuffPost recaps: John Oliver railed against President Donald Trump for delivering a “flamboyantly deceptive” speech during his announcement about the U.S. withdrawing from the Paris Agreement to combat...
View ArticleWorld Population To Hit Nearly 10 Billion By 2050
Via press release from the United Nations: The world population is now at least 7.6 billion, up from 7.4 billion last year, spurred by the relatively high levels of fertility in developing countries –...
View ArticleTrump Seeks Repeal Of Obama’s Anti-Fracking Regs
The Hill reports: The Trump administration is proposing to repeal completely Obama-era standards governing hydraulic fracturing on federal land. The proposal from the Interior Department’s Bureau of...
View ArticleTrump Disbands Federal Climate Change Advisory Group
The Washington Post reports: The Trump administration has decided to disband the federal advisory panel for the National Climate Assessment, a group aimed at helping policymakers and private-sector...
View ArticleSec. Ryan Zinke Recommends Shrinking Four National Monuments To Make Way For...
The Associated Press reports: Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is recommending that four large national monuments in the West be reduced in size, potentially opening up hundreds of thousands of acres of...
View ArticleEPA To Repeal Obama’s Greenhouse Gas Regulations
The New York Times reports: The Trump administration announced Monday that it would take formal steps to repeal President Barack Obama’s signature policy to curb greenhouse gas emissions from power...
View ArticleEPA Scrubs “Climate Change” Mentions From Website
The New York Times reports: The Environmental Protection Agency has removed dozens of online resources dedicated to helping local governments address climate change, part of an apparent effort by the...
View ArticleTrump Seeks To Re-Open Grand Canyon To Mining
EcoWatch reports: The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service released a recommendation Wednesday to lift former President Obama’s uranium mining ban in the watershed of the Grand Canyon. The...
View ArticleLIVE VIDEO: Trump Speaks In Salt Lake City About His Massive Reductions In...
USA Today reports: President Trump departed for Utah on Monday to announce what could be the largest rollback of federally protected lands in history. Trump’s decision on the Bears Ears and Grand...
View ArticleOutdoor Retailer To Sue Over Shrinking Monuments
Ad Age reports: Outdoor retailer Patagonia has been vocal about its efforts to keep protected federal land protected. That effort reached a new level on Monday following President Trump’s announcement...
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