Energy and Environment: The quest to capture and store carbon – and slow climate change — just reached a new milestone

The quest to capture and store carbon – and slow climate change — just reached a new milestone; This device pulls drinking water straight out of the air — and it runs entirely off-grid; Obama funded this ‘clean coal’ plant. Now Rick Perry is celebrating its opening; Trump’s EPA is seeking a 24/7 security detail for its new leader; D.C. Circuit grants EPA’s request to delay smog rule case; Scientists just uncovered some troubling news about Greenland’s most enormous glacier; Climate change could destroy far more Arctic permafrost than we thought — which would worsen climate change; 'An enormous loss': 900 miles of the Great Barrier Reef have bleached severely since 2016; It's not just climate: EPA hints that it could roll back Obama's smog rule; Trump moves to open Atlantic coast to oil drilling for first time in more than 30 years;   With Chris Mooney   The quest to capture and store carbon – and slow climate change — just reached a new milestone The first large scale facility combining bioenergy with carbon capture and storage has launched in the U.S. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more » This device pulls drinking water straight out of the air — and it runs entirely off-grid A new kind of water-capturing device could be a game-changer for some of the world's driest places. It can pull water vapor out of the air at humidity as low as 20 percent — conditions that may be seen in the Sahara desert during its hottest months — and it can operate entirely off-grid, just … By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   Obama funded this ‘clean coal’ plant. Now Rick Perry is celebrating its opening Trump's government hasn't made up its mind on climate change, but it sure loves 'clean coal.' By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Trump’s EPA is seeking a 24/7 security detail for its new leader Past EPA administrators have had security protection, but none to the extent being sought for new administrator Scott Pruitt. By Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   D.C. Circuit grants EPA’s request to delay smog rule case The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted the Environmental Protection Agency's request Tuesday to delay oral argument in a case over its 2015 smog standard. By Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   Scientists just uncovered some troubling news about Greenland’s most enormous glacier Greenland's biggest driver of sea level rise could push oceans even higher in coming years. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Climate change could destroy far more Arctic permafrost than we thought — which would worsen climate change Thawing of Arctic's frozen soil could have big effects on global climate By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   'An enormous loss': 900 miles of the Great Barrier Reef have bleached severely since 2016 For the second year in a row, severe coral bleaching has struck the Great Barrier Reef. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   It's not just climate: EPA hints that it could roll back Obama's smog rule The agency sought on Friday to postpone oral argument in a case involving air-pollutant standards. By Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   Trump moves to open Atlantic coast to oil drilling for first time in more than 30 years The White House is considering an executive order instructing the Interior Department to reverse President Barack Obama's withdrawal of hundreds of millions of offshore acres from future drilling. By Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   Speaking of Science The latest and greatest in science news, in your inbox twice a week. 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