Blogging the End of the World™
By Michael Tutton 27 October 2017 HALIFAX (The Canadian Press) – A new federal study says climate change in the Maritimes may lead to a gradual reduction in the growth of softwood trees, which are crucial to the region’s pulp industry. Using computer models, the Natural Resources Canada study marks the first regionwide assessment of […]
By Casey Michel 31 October 2017 (The Washington Post) – Off all the information contained in yesterday’s bombshell indictment of Paul Manafort, one significant fact has gone unremarked. According to the indictment, Manafort was linked to nearly a dozen limited liability companies (LLCs) that helped to funnel cash from accounts in places like Cyprus and […]
Geneva, 31 October 2017 (UN Environment News) – Governments and non-state actors need to deliver an urgent increase in ambition to ensure the Paris Agreement goals can still be met, according to a new UN assessment.The eighth edition of UN Environment’s Emissions Gap report, released ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, finds […]
4 November 2017 (BBC News) – The White House has sought to downplay a major climate change report, which was compiled by 13 US federal agencies.The study is at odds with assertions from President Donald Trump and several members of his administration.It says it is “extremely likely” human activity is the “dominant cause” of global […]
3 November 2017 (Thomson Reuters) – The United Nations human rights office called on Australia on Friday to restore food, water, and health services to about 600 interned refugees and asylum seekers in Papua New Guinea, which Canberra cut off three days ago. The detainees in the Manus Island Centre have defied attempts by the […]
By Zahra Hirji 31 October 2017 (BuzzFeed News) – The Environmental Protection Agency announced on Tuesday afternoon sweeping changes to who can advise the agency on its research and regulatory priorities, opening the door to more industry participation.Effective immediately, scientists who receive EPA funding cannot serve on the agency’s three major advisory groups. Some Republican […]
By Valerie Volcovici 1 November 2017 WAYNESBURG, Pennsylvania (Reuters) – When Mike Sylvester entered a career training center earlier this year in southwestern Pennsylvania, he found more than one hundred federally funded courses covering everything from computer programming to nursing.He settled instead on something familiar: a coal mining course.”I think there is a coal comeback,” […]
By Joshua Emerson Smith 1 November 2017 (Los Angeles Times) – Officials in Imperial Beach said Wednesday that sewage flowing up the coast from Tijuana fouled miles of shoreline over the weekend, severely sickening surfers and other beachgoers.Mayor Serge Dedina, who also fell ill, said he received no advance notice from officials in Mexico about […]
SAN FRANCISCO, 3 November 2017 (Associated Press) – California Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers asked the U.S. government Friday for $7.4 billion to help rebuild after a cluster of fires tore through the heart of wine country, killing more than 40 people and leaving thousands without housing.In a letter to the White House, Brown joined […]
31 October 2017 (Save EPA) – The draft EPA strategic plan released by Trump/Pruitt earlier this month is woefully inadequate on all accounts. Save EPA’s Comments on the FY 2018-2022 EPA Strategic Plan Dear Administrator Pruitt:Save EPA is a volunteer organization made up of retired and former employees of the Environmental Protection Agency. We […]
