Climate Change

By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | Commondreams.org | – – Fossil fuel industry hits paydirt as congress approves measure that gives “away a taxpayer-owned resource for free” The U.S. House of Representatives on Friday voted to repeal a rule curbing methane emissions on public lands, delivering a win, say environmental groups, to big oil and […]

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US Government Scientists Go ‘Rogue’ in Defiance of Trump

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TeleSur | – – Twitter accounts are being used as a tool of resistance to fight censorship and bring reliable scientific information to the public. Employees from more than a dozen U.S. government agencies have established a network of unofficial “rogue” Twitter feeds in defiance of what they see as attempts by President Donald Trump […]

Climate Change

Trump Signs Executive Orders Pushing Dakota, Keystone Pipelines

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TeleSur | – – The decision comes as a blow to environmentalists and Indigenous groups opposing the controversial projects. U.S. President Donald Trump signed executive orders Tuesday to revive the controversial Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines. Trump’s signature has left Indigenous groups and environmentalists fuming but determined to carry on their struggle against the […]

Climate Change

Climate Activists fear Tillerson, Call him Out for Lying About Warming During Hearing

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By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | – – ‘Listening to his hearing, it would be easier to conclude Tillerson is under criminal investigation than under consideration for secretary of state’ Joined by 15 T-Rex dinosaurs, more than 200 people demonstrated mass public opposition to the appointment of former ExxonMobil CEO Rex […]

Climate Change

Can Anti-Fracking Movement mount resistance to Trump?

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By Emilio Godoy | (Inter Press Service) | – – LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, USA , Jan 4 2017 (IPS) – Earl Hatley, a descendant of the Cherokee/Delaware tribe, has witnessed the consequences of using hydraulic fracturing or “fracking” on his native land to produce shale gas. “Fracking is harmful to water supplies, wildlife, and property […]

Climate Change

How Human Carbon emissions created Arctic’s balmy Frankenweather

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Andrew King | (The Conversation) | – – For the Arctic, like the globe as a whole, 2016 has been exceptionally warm. For much of the year, Arctic temperatures have been much higher than normal, and sea ice concentrations have been at record low levels. The Arctic’s seasonal cycle means that the lowest sea ice […]

Climate Change

EPA: Climate Impacts in the Northeast

Juan Cole

Mirrored from The EPA Overview The Northeast is home to historic cities and large rural areas that serve as important natural habitats and agricultural lands. Climate varies widely across the region and tends to be coldest in the north, at high elevations, and away from the coast. The Northeastern climate is experiencing noticeable changes that […]

Climate Change

Can Trump destroy the Environmental Protection Agency & the Environment . . . using the EPA?

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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

Sorry, Trump, you can’t bring back Coal when Solar costs half as Much

Juan Cole

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Bloomberg released a new report this week with some startling findings about solar energy. To wit: * Solar energy can now be generated for about half the cost of coal. Coal had been the cheapest energy source, but it has now been overtaken by solar. That […]