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 30, 2018 | Environment, Headlines, Trump
The Trump administration awarded another huge gift to Big Oil today, authorizing the use of seismic air guns to find oil and gas formations deep underneath the Atlantic Ocean floor. The decision reverses Obama administration policies, and immediately drew outrage from...
by Jim Heath | Oct 17, 2018 | Environment, Headlines
Don’t worry world! Donald Trump says he has this climate stuff handled. Trump told the Associated Press that he has a “natural instinct for science” that informs his understanding of climate change and allows him to see through the political bias...
