Energy and Environment: Trump administration backs off plan to scrub climate pages from EPA website

Trump administration backs off plan to scrub climate pages from EPA website; Rogue Twitter accounts spring up to fight Donald Trump on climate change; For a few hours, Badlands National Park was bad to the bone in defiance of Trump; Trump administration tells EPA to freeze all grants, contracts; In a fiery speech, California Gov. Jerry Brown defends climate action and attacks 'alternative facts'; Trump tries to pave the way for development by accelerating environmental reviews; Trump seeks to revive Dakota Access, Keystone XL oil pipelines; CDC abruptly cancels long-planned conference on climate change and health; One of the last Obama-era climate reports had a troubling update about the rising seas; Trump’s regulatory freeze halts four Obama rules aimed at promoting greater energy efficiency; On White House website, Obama climate priorities vanish, replaced by Trump’s focus on energy production; Climate change has big implications for farmers. Will Sonny Perdue get that?;   With Chris Mooney   Trump administration backs off plan to scrub climate pages from EPA website Federal employees pushed back against plans to remove climate data from public view. By Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more » Rogue Twitter accounts spring up to fight Donald Trump on climate change After shutting down a former Badlands National Park employee who used its Twitter account for anti-Trump tweets, another protest account popped up. It's tougher, and more popular. By Darryl Fears and Kayla Epstein  •  Read more »   For a few hours, Badlands National Park was bad to the bone in defiance of Trump For a few hours on Twitter, Badlands National Park tweeted about climate change even as President Trump gagged the EPA from mentioning the topic. By Darryl Fears  •  Read more »   Trump administration tells EPA to freeze all grants, contracts The move could affect everything from state-led climate research to localized efforts to improve air and water quality to environmental justice projects aimed at helping poor communities. By Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   In a fiery speech, California Gov. Jerry Brown defends climate action and attacks 'alternative facts' "Whatever they do in Washington, they can't change the facts, and these are the facts: The climate is changing. The temperatures are rising — and so are the oceans," Brown said in his State of the State address. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   Trump tries to pave the way for development by accelerating environmental reviews The president will likely be challenged, but here's how he might prevail. By Darryl Fears  •  Read more »   Trump seeks to revive Dakota Access, Keystone XL oil pipelines President Trump issues executive orders to move the pipeline projects forward. By Steven Mufson and Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   CDC abruptly cancels long-planned conference on climate change and health The agency decided to cancel the summit after the election of Donald Trump, raising concerns about government agencies silencing their own work. By Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   One of the last Obama-era climate reports had a troubling update about the rising seas It's one of the highest estimates yet to be presented. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   Trump’s regulatory freeze halts four Obama rules aimed at promoting greater energy efficiency This is how change comes to Washington -- detail by bureaucratic detail. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   On White House website, Obama climate priorities vanish, replaced by Trump’s focus on energy production Within minutes of Donald Trump's swearing in, the White House website displayed his energy and environment priorities. Gone was the Obama focus on climate change. By Steven Mufson and Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   Climate change has big implications for farmers. Will Sonny Perdue get that? Some green groups have expressed concerns about the nomination. By Andee Erickson  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   Today's WorldView What's most important from where the world meets Washington, plus the day's most essential reads and interesting ideas. 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