By Chris Mooney 24 May 2017 (The Washington Post) – In a sign of growing tensions between scientists and the Trump administration, researchers published a scientific paper Wednesday that was conceived and written as an explicit refutation to an assertion by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt about climate change.The study, in the journal Nature […]
By Derek Thompson 6 June 2017 (The Atlantic) – On Sunday’s “Meet the Press,” Scott Pruitt, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, claimed that the U.S. has created 50,000 jobs in the coal sector since the fourth quarter of 2016. The statistic carries an important message for the White House. Trump has brought extraordinary […]
By Matt Novak 2 June 2017 (Gizmodo) – President Donald Trump stood up in front of the world yesterday and withdrew the United States from the Paris Accord, a global agreement to combat climate change. The agreement had nearly universal support, but Trump said withdrawing is good for American business. But American business leaders disagree.CEOs […]
By Jeff Tollefson and Quirin Schiermeier 2 June 2017 (Nature) – Nature rounds up reaction from researchers around the world to US President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement.Jane Lubchenco, marine ecologist at Oregon State University in Corvallis and former administrator of the US National Oceanic and […]
By Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 1 June 2017 (Mongabay) – “The first five months of 2017 have been the most violent this century,” says Cândido Neto da Cunha, a specialist in agrarian affairs at the National Institute of Colonization and Agrarian Reform (INCRA) in Santarém, Brazil. According to the Catholic Church’s Pastoral Land Commission […]
By Timothy Mclaughlin 3 June 2017 (Reuters) – Evangelical Christian environmental groups on Friday panned President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from a global climate change pact, with leaders saying the political left does not have a monopoly on this issue. Trump’s decision, announced on Thursday, “was an affront to our faith […]
By Michael Biesecker 2 June 2017 WASHINGTON (Associated Press) – While other world leaders have strongly condemned President Donald Trump’s decision to abandon the Paris climate accord, Russian President Vladimir Putin said Friday he won’t judge.”Don’t worry, be happy!” Putin quipped after being asked for his reaction at an economic forum in St. Petersburg, Russia. […]
By Dino Grandoni 22 May 2017 (The Washington Post) – On Thursday, a group of scientists, including three working for the U.S. Geological Survey, published a paper that highlighted the link between sea-level rise and global climate change, arguing that previously studies may have underestimated the risk flooding poses to coastal communities.However, three of the […]
By Greg Allen 1 June 2017 (NPR) – Forecasters say the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins Thursday, could bring “above-normal” storm activity. Residents along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are making sure they have supplies and plans in place if a storm hits.But this year there are concerns that the federal agencies in charge […]
By Tom McCarthy and Lauren Gambino 1 June 2017 (The Guardian) – A withdrawal by Donald Trump from the Paris climate accord would go down as a hallmark of his presidency. It would be unilateral, reckless and splashy – trademark Trump. The president [announced his decision to withdraw] at 3pm ET (8pm BST) on Thursday.But […]
