By Chris Mooney and Steven Mufson 1 February 2018 (The Washington Post) – The Trump administration is poised to ask Congress for deep budget cuts to the Energy Department’s renewable energy and energy efficiency programs, slashing them by 72 percent overall in fiscal 2019, according to draft budget documents obtained by The Washington Post. Many […]
By Nathan Vanderklippe 26 January 2018 (The Globe and Mail) – The sight of sharp horizons and cerulean skies in the Chinese capital was, not so long ago, rare enough that it merited special designation. There was “APEC Blue,” around the time Beijing hosted world leaders in 2014. There was “Parade Blue” for a 2015 […]
By Juliet Eilperin 16 January 2018 (The Washington Post) – Three-quarters of the members of a federally chartered board advising the National Park Service abruptly quit Monday night out of frustration that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke had refused to meet with them or convene a single meeting last year.The resignation of nine out of 12 […]
30 December 2017 (IndiaSpend) – A bumper harvest crashing prices, pollution worsening in Delhi and other north Indian cities due to crop stubble burning and power plants, and the lack of infrastructure and manpower in public health centres leading to deaths of children across the country. These were the key points of worry for India […]
By Aruna Chandrasekhar 29 December 2017 (The Wire) – In 2017, weather reports were bumped up to the front page because the impact of climate change was becoming more visible than ever. Devastating cyclones, thousands lost to floods and drought in South Asia, thousands more displaced, infernal heat-waves sweeping cities, air pollution stealing hundreds of […]
By Annie Moore 19 December 2017 LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) – More than 500 employees in Kentucky’s coal sector will be impacted by the latest round of layoffs and terminations. The Office for Employment and Training announced two Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notices. Beginning February 18, Armstrong Coal in Madisonville anticipates laying off all […]
By Benjamin Elgin and Zachary Mider 16 November 2017 (Bloomberg Businessweek) – James Short, a retired deputy fire chief, is the founder of an organization called Protect Our Pensions. At least that’s what it says on the group’s website.But ask Short about his role at Protect Our Pensions, formed last year to oppose efforts to […]
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 Lisa Friedman and Brad Plumer 13 November 2017 BONN, Germany (The New York Times) – The Trump administration made its debut at a United Nations conference on climate change on Monday by giving a full-throated defense of fossil fuels and nuclear energy as answers to driving down global greenhouse gas emissions. The forum — […]
By Pep Canadell, Corinne Le Quéré, Glen Peters, Robbie Andrew, Rob Jackson, and Vanessa Haverd 13 November 2017 (The Conversation) – Global greenhouse emissions from fossil fuels and industry are on track to grow by 2% in 2017, reaching a new record high of 37 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide, according to the 2017 Global […]
