Energy and Environment: EPA’s Scott Pruitt asks whether global warming ‘necessarily is a bad thing’

If the world builds every coal plant that's planned, climate change goals are doomed, scientists say; It looked as if Earth's ozone layer was healing nicely — until now

With Chris Mooney   EPA's Scott Pruitt asks whether global warming 'necessarily is a bad thing' The EPA chief says humans have "most flourished" during periods in which temperatures trended upward. By Dino Grandoni, Brady Dennis and Chris Mooney  •  Read more » If the world builds every coal plant that's planned, climate change goals are doomed, scientists say New research finds that coal is not at all out of the picture. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   It looked as if Earth's ozone layer was healing nicely — until now A key part of Earth's ozone layer is failing to recover — and scientists don't know why. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT The Arctic is full of toxic mercury, and climate change is going to release it The frozen soils hold "twice as much mercury as the rest of all soils, the atmosphere, and ocean combined," scientists wrote Monday. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   White House withdraws controversial nominee to head Council on Environmental Quality Kathleen Hartnett White has long questioned the established science of climate change, once describing carbon dioxide as "the gas of life on this planet." By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   State attorneys general are spoiling for a fight over Trump's offshore drilling plan They said the "reckless" expanded drilling plan could ruin beach tourism and fishing economies worth billions of dollars. By Darryl Fears  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Trump administration tears down regulations to speed drilling on public land A memo laying out the changes came one day before companies and individuals could stake mining claims in national monuments. By Darryl Fears  •  Read more »   EPA orders cleanup at St. Louis nuclear waste site. What does it mean for the nation's other toxic messes? Administrator Scott Pruitt wants partial excavation — a middle-ground remedy — of the West Lake Landfill. It is expected to cost the two companies responsible for the site about $236 million. By Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   Recommended for you     Get the To Your Health newsletter 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 or because it is included in your subscription. 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. ©2018 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071