Thursday, 16 November 2017

Energy and Environment: These are the melting glaciers that might someday drown your city, according to NASA

 
Energy and Environment
With Chris Mooney
 
 
These are the melting glaciers that might someday drown your city, according to NASA
Thanks to NASA — and the laws of physics — 293 coastal cities can now know which specific glaciers pose the most dangers to them if they melt.
Trophies from elephant hunts in Zimbabwe were banned in the U.S. Trump just reversed that.
The Trump administration is reversing a rule that banned the import of trophies from elephants legally hunted in Zimbabwe and Zambia.
 
This group thinks Trump hasn't done enough to unravel environmental rules. Here's its wish list.
A three-page "Energy Freedom Scorecard" details how the Trump administration has aggressively undone environmental rules and climate policy. But for the Heartland Institute, it's not nearly enough.
 
These close-up images from NASA show one of the largest icebergs to ever split off from Antarctica
NASA scientists capture close-up images of the largest iceberg in history to split off from Antarctica
 
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Trump appointee to Bureau of Indian Affairs resigns after Interior's IG slams the loan program he oversaw
Gavin Clarkson, a senior Bureau of Indian Affairs official appointed by Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke in June, resigned Monday.
 
Climate change upped the odds of Hurricane Harvey's extreme rains, study finds
It could be the first of many studies of climate change and the extreme 2017 hurricane season.
 
Singing activists interrupt U.S. coal-focused event at United Nations climate conference
The U.S. hosted an event titled "The Role of Cleaner and More Efficient Fossil Fuels and Nuclear Power in Climate Mitigation" at a climate conference.
 
These people think Trump is too liberal on climate
Climate change skeptics are pushing the administration to reopen a major scientific finding.
 
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Fossil fuel emissions will reach an all-time high in 2017, scientists say — dashing hopes of progress
Scientists thought global carbon emissions had flatlined. No such luck.
 
'Mr. Pruitt is welcome to officially fire me' – as EPA carries out controversial policy, one scientist balks
The EPA's new policy will also apply now to advisory boards offering regulators guidance on everything from children's health to pesticides to hazardous waste.
 
Murkowski bill calls for at least two major lease sales in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
The measure would open the refuge to oil and gas drilling for the first time in a generation.
 
EPA proposes reversing stricter pollution rules for heavy-duty trucks with older engines
The Obama-era regulation had large support and was set to take full effect in January but was fiercely opposed by a handful of companies.
 
 
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