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Biden Blisters Republicans And Vows To Act Alone On Climate Change
President Biden called out Republicans for not supporting his climate change proposal and vowed to use his executive powers to act.
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Obama: “We Are Nowhere Near Where We Need to Be” on Climate Action
Former President Barack Obama made an appearance during the COP26 climate summit on Monday, warning nations around the world that “we are nowhere near where we need to be” on responding to the challenges imposed by anthropogenic climate change. “Meaningful progress has been made since Paris,” Obama said, adding, “Thanks to your efforts here in…
Jayapal Says It’s Worth It to Pass Spending Bill and Climate Legislation Even If Democrats Lose the House
Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) says that it’s worth Democrats passing the party’s spending bill and climate change legislation even if Democrats lose the House in next year’s midterm elections. “Of course it’s worth it if we’re making people’s lives better,” Jayapal said. “What’s the alternative? To do nothing. I mean, that’s not gonna that’s not gonna…
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Study: Breitbart Among Ten Publishers Playing Huge Role in Climate Denial
According to a new study from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), Breitbart is among ten publishers playing a huge role in climate denial on the internet and is responsible for 70% of the content on the topic. One example featured in the report was an article from Breitbart in March suggesting the Green…
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Biden Will Sign Order for Half of New Vehicles to Be Electric by 2030
President Joe Biden is expected to sign an order for half of all new vehicles on American roads to be electric or zero-emission by 2030. Biden will be joined at the White House by Ford and GM executives as well as leaders from the United Auto Workers. The executive order will also replace former President…
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The Proposed New ‘Fox Weather’ Has Scientists Concerned
Not content promulgating “climate change hoax” lies on its regular platform, it has decided to add a 24-hour weather channel to its oligarchic propaganda machine.
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Extreme Weather is a Warning We Can No Longer Afford to Minimize
This is a warning.
Perhaps it’s too late.
But we are facing a potential climate hostile to human life.
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Biden Leads The G7 In Taking Steps To Improve The World Economy
At the top of the docket for the president was a “Building Back Better” plan for the world. This is Biden’s first G7 summit as president.
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Biden Calls on Global Community to Band Together in Speech During Virtual Climate Summit
President Joe Biden urged the international community to band together to tackle climate change in his speech during a virtual climate summit at the White House. “No nation can solve this crisis on our own,” Biden said. “All of us, particularly those of us who represent the world’s largest economies, we have to step up.”…
Jayapal to Biden: Nation Can’t Afford to “Wait for Republicans to Have Some Awakening on Climate Change”
Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) says the country cannot afford to “wait for Republicans to have some awakening on climate change.” Let’s not water down a bill for a party that’s not actually interested in bipartisanship or wait for Republicans to have some awakening on climate change,” she said. “Let’s move with the urgency and boldness…
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Biden Administration Takes Out The Trump Trash By Getting Rid Of 40 Trump EPA Appointees
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan has dismissed more than 40 key science advisers appointed by former President Donald Trump, a move he says will restore trust in the agency and reduce the influence of business interests over environmental regulations. “Resetting these two scientific advisory committees will ensure the agency receives the best possible scientific…
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EPA Head Michael Regan Confirms New Climate Regulations Are Top Priority for Agency
Michael Regan, the new administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, has confirmed that new climate regulations are a top priority for a once embattled agency. Regan says he is tasked with “rebuilding the morale” at an agency that was the target of many of former President Donald Trump’s rollbacks. “I hope that EPA will be…
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Senate Set to Confirm Deb Haaland as Interior Secretary
The Senate is set to confirm Representative Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) as Interior Secretary, filling one of the few remaining vacancies in President Joe Biden‘s Cabinet. Haaland is expected to garner enough bipartisan support. Haaland’s confirmation would be a boon for progressives and activists who’ve championed protecting Native American lands and moving the United States toward…
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Greta Thunberg to President Biden: “Treat the Climate Crisis Like a Crisis”
Climate activist Greta Thunberg urged President Joe Biden and his administration to “treat the climate crisis like a crisis” during an appearance on MSNBC. “Just treat the climate crisis like a crisis,” she said. “They have said themselves that this is an existential threat, and they’d better treat it accordingly, which they are not. They…
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Energy Secretary Confirms Her Department Has More Than $40 Billion in Funds to Transition to Clean Energy
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, who was confirmed by the Senate just last week, has confirmed that her department, thanks to its reactivated loan program, has more than $40 billion in funds to boost the transition to clean energy sources. Though Granholm did not offer a timeline on when these loans would be offered, the news…
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World Leaders Praise Biden as U.S. Returns to the Forefront in the Battle Against Climate Change
World leaders praised President Joe Biden after he signed an executive order authorizing the United States‘ return into the Paris Climate Accords, signaling to the global community that the country has returned to the forefront in the battle against climate change after four years of regressive action under the Trump administration. French President Emmanuel Macron…
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Trump Goes Into Nonsensical Rant About European “Forest Cities” When Asked How to React to Climate Change
Speaking to the hosts of “Fox and Friends,” President Donald Trump said “European forest cities” do a better job of handling climate change than the state of California, who he appeared to blame as wildfires continue to ravage the American West. “What is the right to act, to react to climate change within reason without…
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20 States Sue Trump for Weakening Regulations on Methane Emissions That Worsen Climate Change
Twenty states have filed a joint lawsuit against President Donald Trump and his administration for weakening regulations on methane emissions from the oil and gas industries. The plaintiffs say the fires raging on the West Coast are an example of the dangers of climate change. “Our climate emergency is increasingly a public health emergency. The…
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Slew of Environmental Leaders Sign Open Letter Urging Voters to Choose Biden Over Green Party
A slew of environmental leaders has signed an open letter urging voters to choose Democrat Joe Biden over the Green Party this election. The letter was signed by such names as Environmental Action coordinator Peter Harnik and former Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope. (A complete list of signatories can be found HERE.) Angry right-wing…
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Trump Administration Proposes Allowing Logging in an Alaskan National Forest
President Donald Trump’s administration has moved to allow logging in the Tongass National Forest in Alaska. The proposal from the Forest Service would result in the cutting down of trees across more than 6,000 acres of forest, including 5,000 acres of old-growth forest that critics say is valuable in the fight against climate change. The…
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21 States Sue Trump Administration for Rolling Back National Environmental Policy Act
A coalition of 21 states has sued President Donald Trump and his administration for rolling back the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), considered the nation’s premier environmental legislation that promotes the protection and enhancement of the environment. California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North…
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Experts Say Trump’s Rollbacks of Environmental Protections Have Resulted in “Countless” Deaths
According to an Associated Press report released today, rollbacks on anti-pollution rules and waste have likely already resulted in countless deaths tied to heart, lung disease, and premature births. “Thousands of oil and gas operations, government facilities and other sites won permission to stop monitoring for hazardous emissions or otherwise bypass rules intended to protect health and the…
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Trump Threatens To Withhold Fire Relief Funds As California Burns
Trump is mad that California isn’t sweeping its forest floors, so he’s threatening to deny wildfire relief funds.
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Trump Administration Opens Up Alaska Wildlife Refuge to Drilling
The Trump administration has finalized plans and opened up 1.5 million acres of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas drilling, according to a document signed by Interior Secretary David Bernhardt. The 19.3 million-acre refuge is home to such animals as polar bears, arctic foxes, and caribou. “Over the course of this…
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Trump Attacks Biden’s Clean Energy Initiative on the Same Day He Announces More Environmental Rollbacks
President Donald Trump attacked Democrat Joe Biden, his electoral opponent, after Biden announced a $700 billion economic plan that touts environmental protection measures as a means for restoring economic growth. “Our past vice president opposes — think of this — all of our permitting reforms,” Trump said to an audience in Atlanta during a speech…
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Rush Limbaugh Claims Stay-at-Home Orders Are Destroying Economy “Under Guise” of Saving Lives
Conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh claimed stay-at-home orders come at the expense of wrecking the economy in a monologue on his show. “Are we just going to sit by and watch $22 trillion — that’s the value, that’s the sum total of the GDP, that’s the U.S. economy — are we just going to sit…
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The EPA Says It Is Suspending Enforcement of Environmental Regulations Because of Coronavirus
The Environmental Protection Agency announced it would suspend enforcement of environmental regulations because of the coronavirus pandemic. The EPA made the decision following “an influx of requests from businesses for a relaxation of regulations as they face layoffs, personnel restrictions and other problems related to the coronavirus outbreak,” according to The New York Times, which broke…
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During Prank Call, Prince Harry Says Trump Has ‘Blood On His Hands’ For Promoting Coal
The Duke of Sussex Prince Harry was reportedly the victim of a prank phone call from a pair of Russian jokesters, in which he described his feelings on a number of issues in a candid way. Harry believed the call was coming from climate activist Greta Thunberg and her father. In fact, it was from…
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‘Save our planet!’: Young activists lead global protests over climate change
‘Save our planet!’: Young activists lead global protests over climate change By Gabriella Borter, Fabrizio Bensch and Patpicha Tanakasempipat (Reuters) – From the Solomon Islands to New York’s Wall Street, millions of students and workers abandoned schools and offices on Friday to demand urgent action to stop global warming, joining a worldwide strike inspired by…
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‘Something Is Going Wrong’: Maddow Sounds The Alarm About Trump’s Apparent Mental Decline
Trump’s instability has gotten worse in recent weeks, and it comes at a time when America and the world are in need of stable leadership.
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Chris Hayes Calls Trump A Never-Ending Category 5 Disaster
As Trump signals that he doesn’t care or know much about climate change, the policies his administration keeps enacting are making the problem much worse.
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Opinion: Trump Screams at Shadows as the G7 Acts To Save the Rain Forest from Conspiratorial Ignorance
During the G7 summit, we saw Trump figuratively screaming at shadows while the responsible countries decided on a plan to save the Amazon rain forest. The world laughs at America as the madman occupying the White House continues to spout insane conspiracy theories and obsesses over getting Putin readmitted to the G7. It’s ironic that…
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Trump Goes On Insane Twitter Spree As New Orleans Floods Ahead Of Tropical Storm Barry
With New Orleans already underwater ahead of Tropical Storm Barry, Donald Trump went on a wild retweet rampage on Twitter.
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Trump Doesn’t Mention Climate Change Once In A Speech About The Environment
Donald Trump bragged about what he calls his successful environmental policies, but he didn’t utter the phrase “climate change” a single time.
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Rachel Maddow Exposes Trump’s Massive Cover-Up Of Climate Change Research
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One major step in combatting the climate crisis is to replace Donald Trump with any one of the 20+ Democratic candidates running for president.
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Trump Is Trying To Downgrade Climate Change Language At G20
G20 negotiators are wrangling over the wording of a summit communique on combatting climate change, with the United States pushing to downgrade the language against European opposition, according to sources and drafts of the text.
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Trump Hides Dozens Of Government Studies On Climate Change
The Trump administration is refusing to publish dozens of government studies on the impact of climate change on agriculture.
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Trump Claims He Made The Air Cleaner Just By Being President
In Ireland, Trump claimed that the US now has the cleanest air and water in the world through his being in the White House.
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Emails show Trump EPA overruled career scientists on Wisconsin air pollution
Politically appointed U.S. environmental officials last year overruled concerns of career scientists about air pollution in a Wisconsin county where U.S. President Donald Trump has pushed for a factory to be built by Foxconn Technology Co, newly released internal emails show.
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Bill Nye Lights Up GOP Congressman Who Pretends Not To Understand Climate Change
Bill Nye took on Republican Rep. Thomas Massey who claims to be an electrical engineer, but he doesn’t understand climate change.
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Joe Biden Just Destroyed The Myth That He’s Not Tough Enough On Climate Change
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It’s flat-out wrong for anybody – whether they’re on the left or right – to say that Joe Biden has been a sellout on this issue.
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Trump Administration Rejects All Science As A ‘Democrat Thing’
An official in the Trump administration gutted endangered species protections and mining regulations because they deemed a science to be a “Democrat thing.”
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NHL to purchase carbon offsets to counter playoff air travel
The National Hockey League said on Monday it would purchase carbon credits to offset airline emissions of heat-trapping greenhouse gases during the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency chief says climate is not a top priority
By Timothy Gardner and Valerie Volcovici (Reuters) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will unveil a proposal to speed state-level permitting decisions for energy infrastructure projects soon, the agency’s chief told Reuters on Thursday, blasting states that have blocked coal terminals and gas pipelines on environmental grounds. President Donald Trump is seeking to boost domestic…
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U.S. Rep. Ocasio-Cortez ‘encouraged’ despite Senate rejecting ‘Green New Deal’
By Gabriella Borter (Reuters) – U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on Friday she was “very encouraged” by the Senate vote this week on the “Green New Deal,” the sweeping climate policy resolution she introduced last month, even though the Senate defeated it. The non-binding resolution, which proposes to eliminate U.S. greenhouse gas emissions within a…
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Lawmakers grill Trump’s Interior pick who is a former energy lobbyist on oil drilling and ethics
President Donald Trump’s pick to run the U.S. Department of Interior, a former energy lobbyist, faced tough questions during his Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday about potential conflicts of interest and the administration’s unpopular plan to expand offshore oil drilling.
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In a Foiled Political Stunt, Senate Republicans Defeat the Green New Deal
The vote was 57 against the resolution in the 100-member chamber, with 43 Democrats voting “present,” avoiding an up-or-down vote. Republicans won over Democratic Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema and one independent senator, Angus King, who usually votes with that party.
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Democrats Outsmart Mitch McConnell On Green New Deal Sham Vote
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has been giddy over bringing the Green New Deal up for a sham political vote, but Democrats saw through the scam. The Washington Post reported: Yet the vote amounts to a political show vote as President Trump and Republicans deride the Green New Deal, but few in Congress have worked…
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Organizers Expect 2,500 Students to Join DC Rally to Protest Climate Inaction and Support GND
Organizers expect some 2,500 students to join the event in front of the Capitol Building, where Congress sits, with similar rallies taking place in 46 states.
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Democrats Move To Defund Trump’s Fake Climate Panel
Senate Democrats announced that they would be taking action to defund Trump’s fake panel on climate that he is loading with climate change deniers. Democrats To Introduce Bill To Defund Trump’s Fake Climate Panel During remarks on the Senate floor, Democratic Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said: So according to reports, the White House now…
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Katy Tur Flat Out Calls Trump Dumb For Not Understanding Climate Change
Climate change is a big enough threat on its own, but Donald Trump’s ignorance – his proud stupidity – is making it much more dangerous.
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‘Alarm’ over climate change in US doubles in five years
The proportion of Americans found to be “alarmed” by climate change has doubled in five years, the pollsters behind a nationwide survey revealed on Tuesday.
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Mitch McConnell Thinks He Can Embarrass Democrats With Vote On Green New Deal
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) thinks that the Green New Deal is bad for Democrats in 2020, which is why he will be bringing it to the Senate floor for a vote.
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Green New Deal Gains Momentum As Socialism Attack Badly Flops
As Republicans try to take down the Green New Deal proposal over a glitchy rollout with some missteps, Democrats are.not backing down from the larger point.
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Green New Deal seeks to create large-scale government-led investments in clean energy and infrastructure
Rising Democratic star Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Democratic Senator Ed Markey on Thursday laid out the goals of a “Green New Deal” to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in 10 years, setting a high bar for Democrats, who plan to make climate change a central issue in the 2020 presidential race.
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Trump’s EPA Ends Obama Era Pollution Rule That Saves Thousands Of Lives
The administration concluded that the cost businesses have to pay for the environmental protections are too high to justify the clear health benefits.
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Multimillion-Dollar Company Trolls Trump By Donating Its $10M Tax Cut To Fight Climate Change
Outdoor retailer Patagonia called Donald Trump’s corporate tax cut “irresponsible” and pledged to donate its $10 million handout to fight climate change.
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Congress Ignores Trump’s Climate Change Denials And Proposes Carbon Tax On Corporations
The fact that some Republicans are willing to support action to protect the environment suggests that the politics of the issue could be shifting.
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Big Oil spent 1 percent on green energy in 2018
By Ron Bousso LONDON (Reuters) – Top oil and gas companies jointly spent around 1 percent of their 2018 budgets on clean energy, but investments by Europe‘s giants vastly outpaced their U.S. and Asian rivals, a study showed. Companies such as Royal Dutch Shell, Total and BP have in recent years accelerated spending on wind…
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Northern California wildfire kills 42 to rank as deadliest in state history
By Sharon Bernstein and Noel Randewich PARADISE, Calif. (Reuters) – Search teams have recovered the remains of at least 42 people killed by a devastating wildfire that largely incinerated the town of Paradise in northern California, making it the deadliest single wildland blaze in state history, authorities said on Monday. The latest death toll, up…
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U.S. judge halts Keystone XL oil pipeline in blow to Trump, Trudeau
By Rod Nickel and David Gaffen (Reuters) – A U.S. judge in Montana has halted construction of the Keystone XL pipeline designed to carry heavy crude oil from Canada to the United States, drawing a sharp rebuke on Friday from President Donald Trump. The ruling out of a U.S. Court in Montana late on Thursday…
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Baltimore votes to become first large U.S. city to ban water privatisation
The city of Baltimore voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to ban the privatisation of its water and sewerage systems, in what supporters say is the first large U.S. jurisdiction to take such a step.
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Supreme Court rejects Trump administration bid to halt climate trial
The loss for the administration means it now faces a high-profile examination of U.S. climate change policy during the trial that was due to begin on Oct. 29 in Eugene, Oregon but has since been postponed by the judge.
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Children, activists rally in support of climate change lawsuit
By Lee van der Voo EUGENE, Ore. (Reuters) – Activists rallied in Oregon and other states on Monday in support of young plaintiffs whose lawsuit against the U.S. government over the impact of climate change is under review by the U.S. Supreme Court. The lawsuit, Juliana v. U.S., had been scheduled to begin in U.S….
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20 U.S. states, major cities urge Trump to drop ‘unlawful’ and ‘reckless’ fuel efficiency freeze
The states, including California, New York, Illinois, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, called the Trump administration proposal “unlawful” and “reckless” in a 143-page document reviewed by Reuters ahead of its filing later Friday. The states have vowed to sue if regulators move forward with the proposal.
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Trump slams California wildfire steps, threatens funding halt
By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday rekindled his criticism of California’s wildfire prevention steps and threatened to withhold billions of dollars of federal funding amid one of the most destructive fire seasons on record. “It’s hurting our budget, it’s hurting our country and they better get their act together,”…
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Hundreds of survivors found but toll from Michael seen rising
Search and rescue volunteers have located hundreds of people reported missing in the U.S. Southeast after Hurricane Michael tore through their Florida Panhandle communities, but the death toll of at least 18 was expected to rise.
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U.S. judge orders federal protection restored to Yellowstone grizzlies
A federal judge on Monday ordered Endangered Species Act protections restored to grizzly bears in and around Yellowstone National Park, halting plans for the first licensed trophy hunts of the region’s grizzlies in more than 40 years.
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Trump administration rolls back Obama-era rule on methane leaks on public land
The Trump Administration on Tuesday rolled back an Obama-era rule on emissions of the greenhouse gas methane from oil and gas operations on public lands in its latest step to ease regulations on the industry.
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Photos: ‘Worst is yet to come’ from Florence’s drenching rains in U.S
Florence kept dumping rain on North Carolina on Sunday and officials warned residents that “the worst is yet to come” from a storm that has already killed at least eight people, as rivers inland were likely to flood.
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California governor commits to 100 percent clean energy with #SB100
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – California Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday signed a bill requiring the state to source electricity from exclusively carbon-free sources by 2045, a move aimed at combating climate change that clashes with U.S. President Donald Trump‘s pro-fossil fuel policies. The law makes California the largest global economy to commit to 100…
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Evacuations in North Carolina as hurricane Florence roars closer
By Rich McKay and Letitia Stein (Reuters) – North Carolina officials on Monday ordered residents to evacuate the state’s Outer Banks barrier islands beginning on Monday ahead of Hurricane Florence, the first major hurricane to threaten the eastern United States this year. With winds of 115 miles per hour (185 kph), the storm had reached…
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Detroit to shut drinking water to all schools after lead found
(Reuters) – Detroit authorities on Wednesday ordered drinking water shut off at all 110 city public schools pending further testing after elevated levels of lead and copper were found in water at more than a dozen buildings. Over the weekend, supplies were cut at 16 schools and bottled water was provided until water coolers arrive,…
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At ‘America First Energy Conference’, solar power is dumb, climate change is fake
By Collin Eaton NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) – Pumping carbon dioxide into the air makes the planet greener; the United Nations puts out fake science about climate change to control the global energy market; and wind and solar energy are simply “dumb”. These are among the messages that flowed from the America First Energy Conference in…
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California defies Trump, plans tighter rules on vehicle emissions
California air regulators on Tuesday said they plan to keep tightening state vehicle emissions rules despite a Trump administration proposal last week that would strip the state of the ability to set its own limits.
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Massive wildfire rages after becoming largest in California’s history
California’s biggest wildfire on record raged on Tuesday as hot and windy conditions challenged thousands of fire crews battling eight major blazes burning out of control across the state.
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Trump administration lifts Obama-era GMO crop ban for U.S. wildlife refuges
The Trump administration has rescinded an Obama-era ban on the use of pesticides linked to declining bee populations and the cultivation of genetically modified crops in dozens of national wildlife refuges where farming is permitted.
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Worker dies from injuries in west Texas pipeline blaze
One worker died after a fire and series of pipeline explosions two days ago in Midland County, Texas, officials said on Friday.