Energy and Environment: Trump's budget would torpedo Obama's investments in climate change and clean energy

Trump’s budget would torpedo Obama’s investments in climate change and clean energy; Interior Department to withdraw Obama-era fracking rule, filings reveal; Earth’s temperatures are continuing to rise — and so are Americans’ worries about it; The Great Barrier Reef is bleaching yet again, and scientists say only swift climate action can save it; Obama left Trump a major climate-change report — and independent scientists just said it’s accurate; Al Gore: There’s a ‘realistic chance’ that Trump won’t bail on the Paris climate agreement; Trump is poised to issue a sweeping order dismantling Obama's climate plan this week; Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is rising at the fastest rate ever recorded; ‘This … follows from the basic laws of physics': Scientists rebuke Scott Pruitt on climate change; Scientists are conspicuously missing from Trump’s government; Scott Pruitt's office deluged with angry callers after he questions the science of global warming; The world’s oceans are storing up staggering amounts of heat — and it’s even more than we thought;   With Chris Mooney   Trump’s budget would torpedo Obama’s investments in climate change and clean energy The budget cuts climate and clean energy research, international climate aid, and more. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more » Interior Department to withdraw Obama-era fracking rule, filings reveal The Trump administration plans to withdraw and rewrite a 2015 rule aimed at limiting hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," on public lands, the Interior Department indicated in court filings Wednesday. By Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   Earth’s temperatures are continuing to rise — and so are Americans’ worries about it Public concern about climate change in the United States is at an all-time high, according to Gallup. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   The Great Barrier Reef is bleaching yet again, and scientists say only swift climate action can save it A new study finds that local protective actions can't stop the effect of global warming on reefs. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Obama left Trump a major climate-change report — and independent scientists just said it’s accurate The Obama administration left behind a draft climate report. It just got a stellar peer review. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Al Gore: There’s a ‘realistic chance’ that Trump won’t bail on the Paris climate agreement The former vice president thinks President Trump might keep the United States in the climate pact, despite Trump's campaign rhetoric. By Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   Trump is poised to issue a sweeping order dismantling Obama's climate plan this week The order would also lift restrictions on coal leasing and an Obama policy factoring the cost of climate change into federal decisions. By Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is rising at the fastest rate ever recorded For two straight years — 2015 and 2016 — atmospheric carbon dioxide has climbed by more than 3 parts per million. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   ‘This … follows from the basic laws of physics': Scientists rebuke Scott Pruitt on climate change Pruitt's questioning of human-caused global warming has triggered an outcry. On Monday, two scientist groups sent letters to the EPA administrator. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Scientists are conspicuously missing from Trump’s government Trump has moved to fill just one of 46 top science posts requiring Senate confirmation. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Scott Pruitt's office deluged with angry callers after he questions the science of global warming Calls flooded into the Environmental Protection Agency administrator's office Friday after Scott Pruitt questioned whether humans were driving climate change. By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   The world’s oceans are storing up staggering amounts of heat — and it’s even more than we thought The heat stored in the ocean is the "memory" of climate change, scientists say. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   Morning Mix A fresh mix of stories from all over that will be the talk of the morning. Sign Up »         Share Energy and Environment:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Energy and Environment. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2017 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071