Energy and Environment: Trump’s Bureau of Land Management HQ move reduced Black employees, created mass vacancies, report says

At COP26, nations speed climate action but leave world still headed for dangerous warming; The strong winds of climate change have failed to move the opinions of many Americans; Fighting food waste, one apple at a time; How climate change and extreme weather are crimping America's pie supply; It's hailed as the clean energy of the future. But hydrogen produces 'substantial' emissions, study shows.; Biden proposes 20-year drilling ban around Chaco Culture National Historical Park, a sacred tribal site; NHL touts 'greener rinks' while promoting powerful pollutants, advocates say; Biden lauds electric cars in Michigan as climate agenda hits road bumps in Washington; E.U. seeks to block import of commodities that drive deforestation; Biden submits treaty fighting climate super-pollutants for Senate approval; Biden administration imposing seasonal gear closures to project right whales in the Gulf of Maine; EPA finalizes its first national recycling strategy; COP26 in Glasgow may have a record carbon footprint, despite low-flush loos and veggie haggis; Protesters disrupt the world's largest coal port: 'This is us responding to the climate crisis' ; How a German gardener is using old gumball machines to revitalize bee habitats; China declares coal peak, India readies pollution lockdown days after U.N. climate summit; With Irn-Bru and climate-funding pledges, Scotland's leader made a role for herself at COP26; Delhi considers new lockdown — this time for pollution, not covid ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Introductory offer: Get one year of digital access for just $40.  Sign up for this newsletter Read online Climate and environmental stories that impact our lives.     (Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post) Trump's Bureau of Land Management HQ move reduced Black employees, created mass vacancies, report says Trump's Bureau of Land Management headquarters move reduced the number of Black employees in the agency while creating mass vacancies, a new Government Accountability Office report says. By Joshua Partlow ●  Read more »   At COP26, nations speed climate action but leave world still headed for dangerous warming As negotiators praised the compromise, the minister from the low-lying Maldives noted, "It will be too late" for her nation and others most vulnerable to climate impacts. By Brady Dennis and Sarah Kaplan ●  Read more »   The strong winds of climate change have failed to move the opinions of many Americans A new poll finds that recent climate disasters have failed to shift views on global warming. By Darryl Fears and Emily Guskin ●  Read more »   Fighting food waste, one apple at a time Katherine Sizov is only two years out of college, but her high-tech sensors — which monitor ethylene, a gas key to the ripening of fruits and vegetables — are keeping watch over 15 percent of U.S. apples By Michael Birnbaum ●  Read more »   How climate change and extreme weather are crimping America's pie supply Supply chain problems and climate change each take a fat slice of holiday pies By Laura Reiley ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   It's hailed as the clean energy of the future. But hydrogen produces 'substantial' emissions, study shows. The study casts further doubt on the environmental credentials of hydrogen produced using fossils fuels, which has been envisioned as a next-generation fuel. By Rachel Pannett ●  Read more »   Biden proposes 20-year drilling ban around Chaco Culture National Historical Park, a sacred tribal site The ban on oil and gas drilling at the sacred tribal site in northwestern New Mexico is one of several steps intended to strengthen the relationship between the federal government and American Indian tribes. By Joshua Partlow and Darryl Fears ●  Read more »   NHL touts 'greener rinks' while promoting powerful pollutants, advocates say The National Hockey League touts 'green rinks' while promoting refrigerants that warm the planet, according to an undercover probe by the Environmental Investigation Agency. By Rick Maese ●  Read more »   Biden lauds electric cars in Michigan as climate agenda hits road bumps in Washington President's trip to opening of GM plant building electric Hummers comes as Congress debates his plan. By Seung Min Kim and Dino Grandoni ●  Read more »   E.U. seeks to block import of commodities that drive deforestation The new rules would affect coffee, cocoa, soy, beef, palm oil and wood, along with products made from those materials, such as furniture and chocolate. By Bryan Pietsch ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Biden submits treaty fighting climate super-pollutants for Senate approval The move on hydrofluorocarbons, which are hundreds of times as potent as carbon dioxide, comes just days after global climate talks wrapped up at COP26. By Dino Grandoni ●  Read more »   Biden administration imposing seasonal gear closures to project right whales in the Gulf of Maine President Biden is unwinding Donald Trump's environmental legacy, while forging his own. The Washington Post is chronicling every step. By Juliet Eilperin, Brady Dennis and John Muyskens ●  Read more »   EPA finalizes its first national recycling strategy The strategy calls for a "circular economy" approach to recycling, with particular attention to environmental justice and climate impacts. But some say the plan is flawed. By Tik Root ●  Read more »   COP26 in Glasgow may have a record carbon footprint, despite low-flush loos and veggie haggis It could be responsible for twice as much carbon as the summits in Madrid and Paris, and four times as much as those in Copenhagen and Durban, South Africa, according to figures compiled by The Washington Post. By William Booth and Harry Stevens ●  Read more »   Protesters disrupt the world's largest coal port: 'This is us responding to the climate crisis' Two young women rappelled off coal-handling machinery in protest of what they say is Australia's climate inaction. By Rachel Pannett ●  Read more »   How a German gardener is using old gumball machines to revitalize bee habitats Sebastian Everding, a self-proclaimed "lobbyist for wild bees," has wildflower seeds flowing across Germany, Austria and Belgium By Dan Rosenzweig-Ziff ●  Read more »   China declares coal peak, India readies pollution lockdown days after U.N. climate summit COP26 was hailed as coal's "death knell," but China is massively boosting capacity. By Lily Kuo and Michael Birnbaum ●  Read more »   With Irn-Bru and climate-funding pledges, Scotland's leader made a role for herself at COP26 Nicola Sturgeon was keen to remind people that Scotland is a semiautonomous nation — and would like to be independent. By Karla Adam ●  Read more »   Delhi considers new lockdown — this time for pollution, not covid The covid lockdowns are providing Delhi a blueprint to deal with one of the city's most persistent problems. 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