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EPA approves California rules phasing out diesel trucks
The California mandate, which is likely to become a model for other states and perhaps federal action, will require half of all heavy trucks sold in the state to be all-electric by 2035. Los Angeles Times story.
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Montana children sue state alleging support for fossil fuels deprives them of a clean future
New York Times story about Held v. Montana.
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COVID confusion —>Climate change —>Mass migration —>Increased world conflict
Quadrennial Global Trends Report of the National Intelligence Council. It's hard to think of a headline more stark than the one in the Washington Post: "Intelligence forecast sees a post-coronavirus world upended by climate change and splintering societies."
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Quadrennial “Global Trends” forecast sees bad things ahead
The National Intelligence Council released a report predicting that the pandemic, along with climate change leading to mass migration, will be highly destabilizing over the coming two decades. Washington Post story here.
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As fires rage in Australia, leaders double down
A clear-eyed opinion piece that appeared in the NY Times.
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E.P.A. limits policy reliance on scientific fact
From the New York Times: The EPA has announced new rules that will limit the agency's ability to rely on scientific research when writing public health rules.
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New rules will weaken Endangered Species Act
Critical habitat protections will be diminished. NPR report: "In a move that critics say will hurt plants, animals and other species as they face mounting threats, the Trump administration is making major changes to how the Endangered Species Act is implemented….."
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Kids’ lawsuit alleges government has known of climate change risk for 50 years
The TV show Sixty Minutes ran a segment this weekend on a lawsuit making its way through the courts in the Pacific Northwest. Titled "Juliana vs. United States," the suit seeks to have the government stop supporting fossil fuel use. The lawsuit was filed in 2015 by Oregon lawyer Julia Olson on behalf of 21…
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Arresting Climate Change Was Within Our Grasp….
A very important report on a huge setback to efforts to stop climate change during the first Bush presidency.
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Scientists confirm climate change
By congressional mandate, scientists from multiple federal agencies prepare a National Climate Assessment every four years. A final draft report completed this year concludes that Americans are feeling the effects of climate change right now. The report received little attention until it was just published in the New York Times. Scientists leaked the draft out of…
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Analysis shows more hot days ahead; will be worse if no united world action on global warming
With moderate climate action, there will be more hot days. With no action, things will be far worse. NYT article here.
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Trump’s budget proposes 16% cut for Commerce, primarily NOAA
From the Washington Post: "Climate change and ocean research would suffer sharp cuts in the Trump budget proposal for the Commerce Department, which aims for a reduction of 16 percent, or $1.5 billion, much of that targeted at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration." Most affected would be coastal research programs. More here.
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Republicans want to make it harder to add a species to the endangered list
In the steady drip, drip, drip of Trump legislation threatening nature, survival, and the Great Society, Republicans in the House of Representatives have introduced a bill, HR 717, intended to weaken the Endangered Species Act. The bill, known as the Listing Reform Act of 2017, would amend the Endangered Species Act to require review of…
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As the world heats up: The anti-EPA nominee for EPA head takes a trip to Capitol Hill
Here's Elizabeth Kolbert of The New Yorker on the irony of Scott Pruitt's Senate confirmation hearing for the position EPA head occurring on the same day that NASA and NOAA announced that 2016 had been warmest year since record keeping began.
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Health hazards of improper recycling
Here's a Washington Post article detailing the dangers posed to the environment by improperly recycled electronic devices. The article notes that health concerns for communities near such burn/recycle areas include infertility, childhood development problems, impaired lung function, liver and kidney damage, inheritable genetic damage and mental health problems
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Intervening in nature to counter global warming
On its way out, the Obama White House recommended research into the controversial concept of geoengineering as a means to slow or reverse global warming. New York Times story here.
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Please, Mr. Trump, reflect before you act!
As President-Elect Trump moves toward contravening the Paris agreement, how can he ignore these Pew Research Center graphics on what the world thinks about climate change?
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Trump Could Put Climate Change on Course for ‘Danger Zone’ – NYT
Can anyone doubt that Donald Trump's election will be disastrous for our planet's future? Here's a New York Times story on the threat to domestic regulations and to Paris climate agreement.
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