"How Trump Could Be Derailing A Major Global Climate Report"
"The Trump administration has blocked work that is central to major international climate change research, and barred federal scientists and diplomats from attending a key global climate event in China...
View Article"EPA Urges White House To Strike Down Landmark Climate Finding"
"Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has privately urged the White House to strike down a scientific finding underpinning much of the federal government’s push to combat climate...
View Article"Utah Could Become The First State To Ban Fluoride In Its Drinking Water"
"Utah could become the first state to ban fluoride in its drinking water, alarming public health experts and dentists who note the mineral’s role in reducing tooth decay across the nation. The...
View Article"Mass Layoffs Begin at NOAA, With Hundreds Said to Be Fired in One Day"
"The Trump administration has begun firing employees at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, one of the world’s premier centers for climate science."AirClimate ChangeDisastersEconomy...
View Article"Dems Vow Fight On EPA Bid To Roll Back Endangerment Finding"
"Democrats on Capitol Hill erupted at the news that Donald Trump’s EPA plans to scrap a landmark scientific finding that underpins U.S. climate policy."Climate ChangeEnvironmental HealthEnvironmental...
View ArticleAttempted NOAA Mass Firing May be Illegal, Threatens Public Safety: Experts
"Forecasters with the National Weather Service were among those who lost their jobs, raising questions about the service’s ability to continue providing the free, accurate, up-to-the minute information...
View Article"‘Drill Baby Drill’ Belied by Firing Federal Permit Approvers"
"Federal firings expected to undermine oil and gas permitting"Energy & FuelEnvironmental PoliticsEnvironmental StudiesInfrastructureLaws & RegulationsNational (U.S.)PublicSource: ,
View ArticleMore Endangered Mexican Gray Wolves Are Roaming The Southwestern US: Survey
"It is a ritual that takes place every winter — federal and state wildlife managers use remote cameras, scat collection, radio telemetry devices and helicopters to count Mexican gray wolves that are...
View Article"Butterflies In The U.S. Are Disappearing At A ‘Catastrophic’ Rate"
"The number of butterflies in the contiguous United States declined by 22 percent this century, a collapse with potentially dire implications.""Butterflies are rapidly fluttering out of existence from...
View ArticleIndustry Bills Would Bar Science Behind Hundreds of Environmental Protections
"Two bills in Congress would prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from using hundreds of chemical assessments completed by its IRIS program in environmental regulations or...
View Article"Life-Saving Avalanche Forecasts Could Be Hindered By Trump Budget Cuts"
"Officials in the Western U.S. who warn the public about avalanches are sounding a different type of alarm. They say they’re worried that the Trump administration firing hundreds of meteorologists and...
View Article"NOAA Said to Be Planning to Shrink Staff by 20 Percent"
"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the nation’s premier agency for weather and climate science, has been told by the Trump administration to prepare to lose another 1,000 workers,...
View Article"How A Dog's Nose Became A Powerful Tool For Science And Conservation"
Jack is a blue heeler mix and [Collette] Yee is his bounder, a term for people who work with conservation detection dogs at Rogue Detection Teams in Rice, Washington. Bounders and their dogs assist...
View Article"E.P.A. Targets Dozens of Environmental Rules as It Reframes Its Purpose"
"Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, said the agency’s mission was to make it cheaper to buy cars, heat homes and run businesses."AirChemicalsClimate ChangeEnergy & FuelEnvironmental...
View ArticleThe US Agency That Monitors Weather Will Cut Another 1,000 Jobs: AP Sources
"The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Tuesday began plans to lay off 10% of its current workforce, people inside and outside the agency said, with some of them requesting anonymity...
View Article"EPA Likely To Move To Further Limit Federal Protections For Wetlands"
"The Trump administration on Wednesday announced it will reconsider the reach of the nation’s bedrock clean water law and likely further limit the wetlands it covers, building on a Supreme Court...
View ArticlePlastic Pollution Leaves Seabirds With Brain Damage Similar To Alzheimer’s
"Ingesting plastic is leaving seabird chicks with brain damage “akin to Alzheimer’s disease”, according to a new study – adding to growing evidence of the devastating impact of plastic pollution on...
View Article"White House Abruptly Pulls Dave Weldon’s CDC Nomination Before Hearing"
"The former congressman who drew scrutiny for anti-vaccine views did not appear to have the votes for confirmation amid a measles outbreak, according to people familiar."Environmental...
View ArticleDucks, Once A Conservation Bright Spot, Now Declining In US: New Report
"At least 112 North American bird species have lost more than half their populations in the past 50 years, according to a new report published Thursday. Among the birds showing the steepest declines...
View ArticleSome US Scientists Stick with the IPCC Despite Trump Pullout
"Despite a series of directives from the Trump administration aimed at disengaging the U.S. government from international climate collaboration, five U.S. scientists are part of the Intergovernmental...
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