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Trump’s EPA Head Is Pushing Out Hundreds of Employees As Houston Faces Unprecedented Environmental Disaster

As unprecedented flooding from Hurricane Harvey sets off a series of environmental disasters in Houston, the Environmental Protection Agency is shedding hundreds of jobs. E&E News reports that roughly 450 employees are poised to leave the EPA as the organization’s lead, Scott Pruitt, pushes for voluntary buyouts, early retirement, and budget cuts. In April, Trump…

Climate Change Sidney Fussell

France Wants to Ban All Fossil Fuel Production By 2040

In what would be a world first, the government of President Emmanuel Macron wants to phase out all oil and gas exploration and production in France and its overseas territories by 2040. Sounds dramatic, but the EU nation has very little to lose as it sets its sights on a greener future. As The New…

Climate Change George Dvorsky

Hurricane Irma Now ‘Potentially Catastrophic’ With Winds Hitting at Least 185 Miles Per Hour

Category 5 Hurricane Irma is currently barreling through the Atlantic Ocean and is now considered the strongest recorded storm in the Atlantic basin outside of the Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico, the Weather Channel reported Tuesday night. “I am at a complete and utter loss for words looking at Irma’s appearance on satellite imagery,”…

Climate Change Tom McKay

Nightmare Wildfires Force State of Emergency in Los Angeles County

Between Hurricane Harvey’s devastating path through southeast Texas and spiraling tensions with North Korea, which may now have advanced hydrogen bombs, it’s become pretty clear Earth and humans are in a race to see who can usher in the apocalypse quicker. Another point in Mother Nature’s corner: The largest wildfire in Los Angeles history, the…

Climate Change Tom McKay

Donald Trump’s EPA Is Now Attacking Journalists [Updated]

On Saturday, Associated Press journalists Jason Dearen and Michael Biesecker reported at least five toxic, Houston-area Superfund sites in the path of Hurricane Harvey had been deluged with floodwater, potentially distributing the assorted nasty things contained within across a much larger geographical area. The AP report noted while its reporters were able to access the…

Climate Change Tom McKay

Report: Hurricane Harvey Has Flooded at Least Five Toxic Superfund Sites

After a week of storms and high water, Hurricane Harvey has now left at least 43 people in southeast Texas dead. In addition to the damage to infrastructure, property and residents’ lives, the possible environmental consequences of the massive flooding in the nation’s largest petrochemical complex are just now becoming apparent. At least five highly…

Climate Change Tom McKay

Pittsburgh Is Going Green, But Who Is Getting Left Behind?

PITTSBURGH — America’s storied “Steel City” is on the forefront of an energy revolution, transitioning from its long reliance on fossil fuels to renewables and energy efficient homes. In June, Mayor Bill Peduto joined an alliance of over 100 cities committing to solar and wind power. The announcement came only hours after President Trump made…

Climate Change Sidney Fussell

Hurricane Harvey Has Left a Chemical Plant Near Houston Ready to Detonate [Update: Two Explosions Reported]

As Hurricane Harvey’s floodwaters begin to slowly recede from Houston, leaving behind at least 23 dead, residents and authorities alike are only beginning to assess the surreal extent of the damage throughout the region. That includes the country’s largest refining and petrochemical complex, which experts have warned for years would be a serious hazard if…

Climate Change Tom McKay

Scientists Aren’t Sure What Climate Change Did to Harvey

Hurricane Harvey and its remnants have quickly become one of the worst natural disasters in US history. The unprecedented duration and intensity of the storm has sparked a heated debate about how much climate change is to blame. The short answer is that we don’t really know, yet. But attempting to answer that question will…

Climate Change Maddie Stone

Scientists Think They Know Why the Caspian Sea Is Shrinking

The Caspian Sea is about as strange as a body of water gets. Its surface still sits 27.5 meters (90 feet) below sea level, and water doesn’t flow out of it—it’s isolated from the oceans, and relies on a series of Asian rivers to maintain its levels. A team of researchers from universities around the…

Climate Change Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Hurricane Harvey Is Only Getting Worse, With Floodwaters Continuing to Rise

The situation in Houston and surrounding areas of southeast Texas hit hard by Hurricane Harvey this weekend has gone from bad to worse as floodwaters continue to rise, with some of those left behind beginning to panic. According to CNN, the pace of emergency calls has only sped up as the water continues to deluge…

Climate Change Tom McKay

EPA Spokesperson: Abandoning Our Sponsorship of Climate Leadership Program ‘Shouldn’t Be a Surprise’

On Friday, the EPA announced it was ending its sponsorship of the Climate Leadership Awards, a national program that rewards businesses and organizations making efforts to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Launched under Obama in 2012, the CLA awards companies for setting and meeting voluntary GHG emissions goals, publicly releasing emissions targets, or creating new…

Climate Change Sidney Fussell

Donald Trump Is Impressed by Hurricane Harvey and He’s Letting Everyone Know

This weekend Category 4 storm Hurricane Harvey, the biggest natural disaster of President Donald Trump’s presidency so far, barreled into southeast Texas, whipping coastal areas with 130 miles per hour (209 kilometers per hour) winds and causing unprecedented, catastrophic flooding in the Houston/Galveston region. Trump, in predictable accordance with what has felt like decades of…

Climate Change Tom McKay

Hurricane Harvey’s Fallout Continues With Nightmare Flooding in Houston Area

Just one day after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in southeastern Texas, historic flooding continued to wrack the city of Houston and surrounding areas. According to CNN, authorities said they have rescued more than 1,000 people from the rising waters, with more than 24 inches of water falling on the Houston area in the past 24…

Climate Change Tom McKay

Hurricane Harvey Floods, Thrashes Southeast Texas After Making Landfall [Updating]

Hurricane Harvey smashed into the Texas Gulf Coast on Friday night and Saturday morning after being elevated to Category 4 status, wiping out buildings with 130 miles per hour (209 kilometers per hour) winds and a 12-foot storm surge. At least one person died in Rockport, Texas during the storm when their house caught fire,…

Climate Change Tom McKay

Another Government Agency Has Purged References to Climate Change From Its Site

Data-tracking watchdog group, Environmental Data & Governance Initiative (EDGI), has reported dozens of instances where the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences has deleted references to climate change from its site. As the name suggests, the NIEHS’ site links to research summaries detailing how the environment affects personal health. Since it began tracking changes to…

Climate Change Sidney Fussell

It Turns Out That Knowing More About Science Doesn’t Correct Misbelief

When Kevin Esvelt, an evolutionary biologist at MIT, started thinking about using genetically engineered mice to fight Lyme disease, among his first stops was a community meeting in the small Martha’s Vineyard town of Chilmark. Esvelt makes regular field trips to talk to the public about his work. If the potential of tools like CRISPR…

Climate Change Kristen V. Brown

Exxon Acknowledged Climate Change Internally But Still Spread Denialist Propaganda

A Harvard study released Tuesday analyzed 40 years worth of documents from Exxon Mobil, concluding that the fossil fuel titan has, since 1979, internally acknowledged that carbon emissions are responsible for climate change, even as it has spent thousands over the years publicly denying the global consensus. As internal findings from peer-reviewed research grew more…

Climate Change Sidney Fussell

Donald Trump’s NOAA Just Disbanded the National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee

President Donald Trump and his administration’s assault on the climate science community has continued, the Washington Post reported, with the elimination of a 15-person advisory committee which helps translate federal scientific research into policy. According to the Post, acting National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief Ben Friedman informed the Advisory Committee for the Sustained National…

Climate Change Tom McKay

NASA: July 2017 Didn’t Even Need an El Niño to Tie For Hottest July in Recorded History

Good news, everyone! The Earth is still like a car with the windows rolled up, and it doesn’t seem like anyone is coming by with the keys anytime soon. July 2017 is statistically tied with July 2016 for the title of hottest July in 137 years of records, Mashable reported, which is especially concerning because…

Climate Change Tom McKay

Trump’s EPA Head Is Pushing Out Hundreds of Employees As Houston Faces Unprecedented Environmental Disaster

France Wants to Ban All Fossil Fuel Production By 2040

Hurricane Irma Now ‘Potentially Catastrophic’ With Winds Hitting at Least 185 Miles Per Hour

Nightmare Wildfires Force State of Emergency in Los Angeles County

Donald Trump’s EPA Is Now Attacking Journalists [Updated]

Report: Hurricane Harvey Has Flooded at Least Five Toxic Superfund Sites

Pittsburgh Is Going Green, But Who Is Getting Left Behind?

Hurricane Harvey Has Left a Chemical Plant Near Houston Ready to Detonate [Update: Two Explosions Reported]

Scientists Aren’t Sure What Climate Change Did to Harvey

Scientists Think They Know Why the Caspian Sea Is Shrinking

Hurricane Harvey Is Only Getting Worse, With Floodwaters Continuing to Rise

EPA Spokesperson: Abandoning Our Sponsorship of Climate Leadership Program ‘Shouldn’t Be a Surprise’

Donald Trump Is Impressed by Hurricane Harvey and He’s Letting Everyone Know

Hurricane Harvey’s Fallout Continues With Nightmare Flooding in Houston Area

Hurricane Harvey Floods, Thrashes Southeast Texas After Making Landfall [Updating]

Another Government Agency Has Purged References to Climate Change From Its Site

It Turns Out That Knowing More About Science Doesn’t Correct Misbelief

Exxon Acknowledged Climate Change Internally But Still Spread Denialist Propaganda

Donald Trump’s NOAA Just Disbanded the National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee

NASA: July 2017 Didn’t Even Need an El Niño to Tie For Hottest July in Recorded History

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