Energy and Environment: Top Trump advisers at odds over Paris climate deal

Top Trump advisers at odds over Paris climate deal; As coral reefs die, huge swaths of the seafloor are deteriorating along with them; EPA plans to offer buyouts as part of Trump push to shrink workforce; The pristine Arctic has become a garbage trap for 300 billion pieces of plastic; Scientists have discovered vast systems of flowing water in Antarctica. And that worries them.; The U.S. wind industry now employs more than 100,000 people; EPA seeks delay over rule curbing coal plants’ toxic pollution; Rick Perry asked for a boring, wonky study of the grid. Even that was controversial.; Responders wrest control of leaking BP oil and gas well in Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay area; For the first time on record, human-caused climate change has rerouted an entire river; BP is still struggling to get control of an Alaska North Slope well that has been leaking natural gas since Friday; Democrats fear that Trump has barred key federal workers from speaking to them; NASA just snapped the first photos of a mysterious crack in one of Greenland’s largest glaciers; Scott Pruitt calls for an 'exit' from the Paris accord, sharpening the Trump White House’s climate rift;   With Chris Mooney   Top Trump advisers at odds over Paris climate deal The White House postponed a meeting Tuesday to hash out differences over whether to stay in — or ditch — the deal. By Chris Mooney, Brady Dennis and Steven Mufson  •  Read more » As coral reefs die, huge swaths of the seafloor are deteriorating along with them U.S. government scientists document sharp erosion of the seafloor in the vicinity of declining reefs. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   EPA plans to offer buyouts as part of Trump push to shrink workforce The agency's memo was in response to President Trump's executive order aimed at streamlining agencies throughout the federal government. By Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   The pristine Arctic has become a garbage trap for 300 billion pieces of plastic Not even the icy seas off Greenland and Scandinavia are spared from global ocean plastic, scientists say. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Scientists have discovered vast systems of flowing water in Antarctica. And that worries them. New research has found lakes, rivers and even waterfalls atop Antarctica. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   The U.S. wind industry now employs more than 100,000 people Wind energy, like solar, continues to expand across the country. By Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   EPA seeks delay over rule curbing coal plants’ toxic pollution The energy sector already has complied with the rule, but some companies and states still want it off the books. By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   Rick Perry asked for a boring, wonky study of the grid. Even that was controversial. Trump's government wants to study how wind and solar are shaking up the grid. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Responders wrest control of leaking BP oil and gas well in Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay area The public image of BP is still recovering from the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. By Steven Mufson  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   For the first time on record, human-caused climate change has rerouted an entire river In Canada's Yukon territory, researchers found a shift in water flow from one river to another that was "geologically instantaneous." By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   BP is still struggling to get control of an Alaska North Slope well that has been leaking natural gas since Friday One of BP's Prudhoe Bay wells is still leaking natural gas but an initial "spray" of crude oil appears to have stopped. By Steven Mufson  •  Read more »   Democrats fear that Trump has barred key federal workers from speaking to them Democrats are accusing the Trump administration of trying to stymie opposition by barring workers at federal agencies from providing documents and other information to their members in Congress. By Darryl Fears  •  Read more »   NASA just snapped the first photos of a mysterious crack in one of Greenland’s largest glaciers A scientist tweeted satellite photos of a crack in a famous glacier. Pretty soon, NASA had taken its picture. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Scott Pruitt calls for an 'exit' from the Paris accord, sharpening the Trump White House’s climate rift The EPA chief appeared to be siding with a more hard-line side of the administration on climate change. By Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   Morning Mix A fresh mix of stories from all over that will be the talk of the morning. 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. 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