Energy and Environment: We may have even less time to stop global warming than we thought

We may have even less time to stop global warming than we thought; An appeals court just pressed pause on the much-watched youth climate lawsuit against Trump; Listen to Russian pranksters trick Rick Perry into a conversation about pig manure; Pruitt says EPA will create ‘top-10’ list for Superfund cleanup; Senate confirms David Bernhardt as Interior deputy; Senate Democrats call for an investigation of climate scientist whistleblower complaint; Scientists just found a surprising possible consequence from a very small amount of global warming; Trump to tap longtime coal lobbyist for EPA’s No. 2 spot; Interior Dept. nominee, set for confirmation vote Monday, is accused of conflict of interest; Scaramucci once called climate change denial ‘disheartening.’ Then he took a job with Trump;   With Chris Mooney   We may have even less time to stop global warming than we thought A new study finds that humans may have warmed the planet substantially before the late 1800s, a common starting point for measuring our influence on climate. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more » An appeals court just pressed pause on the much-watched youth climate lawsuit against Trump The Trump administration is still doing its best to thwart the case. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   Listen to Russian pranksters trick Rick Perry into a conversation about pig manure U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry was the latest victim of Russian pranksters Vladimir Kuznetsov and Alexei Stolyarov. By Cleve R. Wootson Jr.  •  Read more »   Pruitt says EPA will create ‘top-10’ list for Superfund cleanup EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt says a report by a special task force will help him cut through red tape and lead to faster decontamination of sites nationwide. By Darryl Fears  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Senate confirms David Bernhardt as Interior deputy Republicans hail him an "excellent choice"; Democrats call him a "walking conflict of interest." By Darryl Fears  •  Read more »   Senate Democrats call for an investigation of climate scientist whistleblower complaint Eight Senate Democrats asked the Interior Department's deputy inspector general on Monday to investigate Secretary Ryan Zinke's decision to reassign roughly 50 senior career officials last month. By Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   Scientists just found a surprising possible consequence from a very small amount of global warming Even minor global warming could worsen super El Niños, scientists find. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump to tap longtime coal lobbyist for EPA’s No. 2 spot President Trump will nominate a prominent coal lobbyist and former Senate aide, Andrew Wheeler, to serve as the Environmental Protection Agency's deputy administrator. By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   Interior Dept. nominee, set for confirmation vote Monday, is accused of conflict of interest President Trump's deputy Interior secretary nominee, David Bernhardt, is either "an excellent choice" for the job or a "walking conflict of interest." By Darryl Fears  •  Read more »   Scaramucci once called climate change denial ‘disheartening.’ Then he took a job with Trump New White House communications director was concerned about climate change. Then he wasn't By Dino Grandoni  •  Read more » Recommended for you   To Your Health Health news and research, in your inbox weekly. 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