by Jim Heath | Dec 15, 2018 | Climate, Environment, Headlines
Interior Department Secretary Ryan Zinke submitted his resignation to the White House today, facing intense pressure to step down because of multiple probes tied to his real estate dealings in his home state of Montana and his conduct while in office. President Trump...
by Jim Heath | Dec 9, 2018 | Climate, Environment, Headlines, Trump
The US and Russia have thrown climate talks into disarray by allying with Saudi Arabia and Kuwait to water down approval of a landmark report on the need to keep global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit). After a heated two-and-a-half-hour...
by Jim Heath | Dec 6, 2018 | Climate, Environment, Headlines
The Environmental Protection Agency, now led by Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, has announced more rollbacks regulations on coal-fired power plants. It’s a striking move for two big reasons: No new coal plants are being built in the US,...
by Jim Heath | Dec 5, 2018 | Climate, Environment, Headlines
Global emissions of carbon dioxide are reaching the highest levels on record, scientists projected today, in the latest evidence of the chasm between international goals for combating climate change and what countries are doing. Between 2014 and 2016, emissions...
by Jim Heath | Nov 23, 2018 | Climate, Headlines
The Trump administration released a major new climate science report today, warning of “hundreds of billions of dollars” in annual losses to some economic sectors without scaled up actions to adapt to current changes and slash emissions to avoid future...
by Jim Heath | Nov 16, 2018 | Climate, Headlines
California’s Camp Fire has now claimed 63 lives and destroyed at least 9,844 homes, 336 commercial and 2,076 other buildings. A staggering 631 people are now listed as missing. Some 52,000 people have been displaced to shelters, motels, homes of friends and...
