Thursday, 14 March 2019

Energy and Environment: ‘Our future is what we are fighting for’: Meet the schoolkids going on strike over climate change

Energy and Environment
With Chris Mooney
'Our future is what we are fighting for': Meet the schoolkids going on strike over climate change
Thousands of kids around the globe will skip school Friday to demand aggressive action against climate change.
Analysis | The Energy 202: Labor opposition to Green New Deal could be a big obstacle
A Senate vote could come this month.
 
Analysis | The Energy 202: Study renews debate about a radical climate solution – geoengineering
A Harvard study is reviving discussion about innovative ways to cut global warming.
 
 
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Analysis | The Energy 202: Trump's budget seeks cuts to climate research and renewable energy programs
It doesn't specifically mention climate change, but the reductions are in the fine print.
 
Analysis | The Energy 202: A wave of state bills could threaten science and climate education
More than a dozen such bills have been introduced so far in 2019, the National Center for Science Education says.
 
 
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Trump officially nominates David Bernhardt, a veteran lobbyist, to run Interior
Bernhardt, who's running Interior as acting secretary, previously worked as an attorney there and has a firm grasp of the department. But as a former lobbyist, he's burdened with numerous conflicts of interest.
 
A Trump official said seismic air gun tests don't hurt whales. So a congressman blasted him with an air horn.
Rep. Joe Cunningham's stunt made a bang in a subcommittee hearing that questioned the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's decision to permit seismic testing, which harms whales.
 
 
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