Denialism

By Robert Percival | (The Conversation) | – – Donald Trump’s election has jolted environmentalists and voters who care about conservation. Trump has called for abolishing or greatly shrinking the Environmental Protection Agency; declared climate change a Chinese hoax; and promised to “cancel” the Paris climate agreement. Though Trump appears to have backed off his […]

Climate Change

Fearful of Trump Climate Conspiracy nuts, Scientists Fervently Copy Data

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TeleSur | – – “People have felt a call to arms. We need to be outspoken,” said Adam Campbell, a researcher at Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica. High on the list of threats posed by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump have to do with his outright denial of climate change. In the wake of his election, […]

Authoritarianism

Climate Scientist Enemies List: Internal Trump Memo Sparks Fears of Witch Hunt

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By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – Trump transition team reportedly asking for names of career employees at Department of Energy who worked on Obama’s climate policies President-elect Donald Trump’s Energy Department transition team has reportedly been asking for the names of civil servants that have worked on environmental policies […]

Climate Change

Denialist GOP House “Science Committee” Retweets Fake News Breitbart

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Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – Committee’s tweet comes during hottest year on record. Displaying a troubling disregard for science, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on Thursday tweeted a misleading article from right-wing, white nationalist website Breitbart News—one written by a climate denier and debunked by actual […]

Climate Change

The Catastrophic Downstream Effects of Trump Anti-Climatism

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By Tharanga Yakupitiyage | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS, Nov 24 2016 (IPS) – Although U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has hinted he may be softening his stance on climate change, many are still uncertain of what lies ahead concerning climate action within and beyond the United States. A demonstration against the XL […]

Climate Change

DAPL: This Thanksgiving, Time to Listen to Native Americans again on Climate & Survival

Juan Cole

Revised and updated. By Juan Cole | — The popular story about Thanksgiving is an environmental parable that we would do well to remember today. It was a harvest festival in 1621, participated in by the 50 (out of 100) survivors at Plymouth Plantation and 90 Native Americans. Some of these latter, such as Squanto, […]

Climate Change

16-Year-Old Sues Federal Government On Climate Change

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AJ+ | (Video Report) | – – “Indigenous climate activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is one of 21 young plaintiffs suing the federal government to demand action on climate change.” AJ+: “16-Year-Old Sues Federal Government On Climate Change”

Climate Change

Four years of Trump could really sink the planet

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – I argued that President Obama’s carbon-reduction plan wasn’t anything to write home about. He wanted to reduce our annual emissions from 5.4 billion metric tons of CO2 annually from the US to 4.7 billion metric tons by 2030. It isn’t an insignificant reduction, but it doesn’t […]

Corruption

‘Smoking Gun’ Shows GOP-Oil Industry Climate Denial Collusion

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By TeleSur | – – Republican attorneys general are accused of helping shield ExxonMobil over climate change fabrications. Environmental groups have called allegations of Republican attorneys generals colluding with lobbyists from the fossil fuel industry “a smoking gun when it comes to fossil fuel industry corruption.” These Republican officials are accused of protecting oil giant […]