By Dino Grandoni 17 November 2017 (The Washington Post) – Despite the drumbeat of opposition to President Trump’s political nominees, Senate Democrats haven’t been able to do much to stop Congress from confirming them.Fourteen Trump picks to executive branch jobs have withdrawn their names after being selected, according to the nonpartisan Partnership for Public Service. […]
By Irene Ying; Editing by Karl Hille 13 November 2017 (NASA) – A new study by researchers at NASA and the University of Maryland indicates that India may be the world’s top sulfur dioxide emitter. Sulfur dioxide is an air pollutant that causes acid rain, haze and many health-related problems. It is produced predominantly when […]
By Chris Mooney 15 November 2017 (The Washington Post) – New York City has plenty to worry about from sea level rise. But according to a new study by NASA researchers, it should worry specifically about two major glacier systems in Greenland’s northeast and northwest — but not so much about other parts of the […]
By Lev Facher 13 November 2017 WASHINGTON (STAT) – President Trump, breaking a tradition that stretches back nearly two decades, will not personally greet the eight American Nobel laureates this year before they travel to Sweden in December to receive their prizes. Not all the honorees are disappointed.Two American Nobel Prize winners, when contacted by […]
By Christopher Ingraham 17 November 2017 (The Washington Post) – Supporters of trophy hunting say that permit fees from the practice, which can run into the tens of thousands of dollars in the case of large game like elephants, can be put toward conservation efforts that help bolster the populations of endangered animals.In part, that’s […]
By Jessica Resnick-Ault and Nick Brown 17 November 2017 NEW YORK (Reuters) – The head of Puerto Rico’s indebted utility has resigned following criticism of the slow restoration of power to the island after Hurricane Maria, the U.S. territory’s governor said.Ricardo Ramos, who was named head of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) in […]
By Jennifer Chu 13 November 2017 (MIT News) – As the city of Houston continues to recover and rebuild following the historic flooding unleashed by Hurricane Harvey, the region will also have to prepare for a future in which storms of Harvey’s magnitude are more likely to occur.A new MIT study, published online this week […]
By Nick Perry, with additional writing by Muneeza Naqvi 15 November 2017 NEW DELHI (Associated Press) – Hundreds of students marched Wednesday in India’s capital to demand action to improve the city’s toxic air.New Delhi has been wrapped in a choking haze for much of the past week. The smog did lift a little in […]
17 October 2017 (UFZ) – Every year, millions of tonnes of plastic debris ends up in the sea – a global environmental problem with unforeseeable ecological consequences. The path taken by plastic to reach the sea must be elucidated before it will be possible to reduce the volume of plastic input. To date, there was […]
By Sarah Kaplan 13 November 2017 (The Washington Post) – In late 1992, 1,700 scientists from around the world issued a dire “warning to humanity.” They said humans had pushed Earth’s ecosystems to their breaking point and were well on the way to ruining the planet. The letter listed environmental impacts like they were biblical […]
