The Interior Department is turning laws meant to protect land and wildlife into tools to hamper solar and wind projects.
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Trump Admin Is Using Environmental Protections to Throttle Renewable Energy Read Post »
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The US Department of Agriculture announced this week that it will stop funding wind and solar energy on American farmland, a move that continues the Trump administration’s attempts to kill incentives for renewables while it boosts support for fossil […]
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Trump’s USDA Eliminates Support for Renewable Energy, a Lifeline for Farmers Read Post »
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For several years now, heat pumps have outsold gas furnaces in the United States. Instead of burning fossil fuels to generate warmth, these appliances use electricity—ideally provided by renewable sources like wind and solar—to transfer heat from even frigid outdoor air into a home. Many […]
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Installing Heat Pumps in Factories Could Save $1.5 Trillion—and 77,000 Lives Read Post »
This story was originally published by Vox.com and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The peak of the hurricane season is upon us and forecasters are still anticipating higher than normal levels of activity, despite a relatively calm season so far. As of Wednesday afternoon, Tropical Storm Erin is churning in the Atlantic Ocean and moving […]
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Is Trump’s America Ready for Hurricanes? Read Post »
This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. On a private ranch in southeastern Wyoming in mid-June, mud squelched under our sterilized muck boots as we searched for one of North America’s most endangered amphibians. Adult Wyoming toads, raised in captivity by the US Fish and Wildlife […]
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Federal Budget Cuts Are Forcing Volunteers to Clean National Forest Toilets Read Post »
This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Global talks on curbing dangerous plastics pollution ended early Friday without agreement on a comprehensive treaty. Divisions over whether to mandate enforceable limits on plastic production were too deep to bridge. “I believe that everybody is very disappointed. However, […]
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Fossil Fuel Producers Derail Global Agreement to Combat Plastic Waste Read Post »
“The State’s delay appears to be deliberate, weighing heavily against it,” the judge wrote in his ruling.
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Judge Says State Violated Cop City Protester’s Rights, Dismisses Terror Charge Read Post »
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Cody Two Bear, who is Standing Rock Sioux, served on his tribal council during the Dakota Access pipeline protests in 2017. Growing up in a community powered by coal, the experience was transformative. “I’ve seen the energy extraction that has placed […]
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Tribal Nations Scramble to Save Clean Energy Projects Read Post »
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Across America’s fabled but overstretched national parks, unusual scenes are playing out this summer following budget cuts by Donald Trump’s administration. Archeologists are staffing ticket booths, ecologists are covering visitor centers, and the superintendents of parks are even cleaning the toilets. The National […]
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Trump’s Ruthless Cuts Have Left Our National Parks in “Survival Mode” Read Post »
This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When the Environmental Protection Agency’s plans to eliminate the Energy Star program became public, pushback from environmental groups was expected. The government-funded labeling system helps consumers identify energy-efficient products and practices, saving them $40 billion annually in energy costs. Since its founding in 1992, […]
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The Unlikely Coalition Fighting to Keep Energy Star Labels on Your Appliances Read Post »
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright is facing growing criticism from scientists who say their “worst fears” were realized when Wright revealed that the Trump administration would “update” the US’s premier climate crisis reports. Wright, a former oil and gas executive, told CNN’s Kaitlin Collins […]
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Trump’s Energy Chief, a Former Fracking CEO, Aims to Tinker With Key Climate Reports Read Post »
Trump has previously said that disaster relief should fall to the states and that he hopes to eliminate FEMA altogether.
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FEMA Tells Staff to Work for ICE or Risk Getting Fired Read Post »
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