Energy and Environment: EPA staffers get talking points playing down human role in climate change

Why Saudi Arabia is trying to launch an utterly massive new solar project; Trump officials prepare to undo fuel-efficiency targets despite some automakers' misgivings

With Chris Mooney

EPA staffers get talking points playing down human role in climate change The points mimic public statements by Administrator Scott Pruitt, who has repeatedly questioned the extent to which humans are contributing to the planet's warming. By Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more » Why Saudi Arabia is trying to launch an utterly massive new solar project The project would signal a dramatic ramping up of the renewable energy industry in one of the world's most suitable spots for solar power. By Chris Mooney and Steven Mufson  •  Read more »   Trump officials prepare to undo fuel-efficiency targets despite some automakers' misgivings Rolling back Obama-era standards could result in a two-tier system, with California imposing stricter requirements. By Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   A mining firm executive griped to Zinke about federal pollution rules. The secretary apologized. The exchange came during a White House meeting called "Cut the Red Tape: Liberating America from Bureaucracy." By Darryl Fears  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Ice cores show Greenland's melting is unprecedented in at least four centuries And one scientist thinks we haven't seen this much melt "for 5,000 years." By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Partisan split on climate grows, even as U.S. fears are on the rise, poll finds Forty-five percent of those surveyed said global warming would pose a serious threat in their lifetimes, the highest level recorded since Gallup first asked in 1997. By Steven Mufson  •  Read more »   Shell — yes, that Shell — just outlined a radical scenario for what it would take to halt climate change The company just envisioned a future in which people won't buy nearly as much of its oil anymore. By Chris Mooney and Steven Mufson  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT Internal watchdog to open probe into National Park Service leader for allegedly making crude gesture An anonymous Park Service employee described an incident on either Jan. 10 or 11 involving P. Daniel Smith, currently the top-ranking official at the National Park Service. By Dino Grandoni  •  Read more »   House spending bill would increase funding for national parks and wildfire suppression The National Park Service would get an infusion instead of the massive budget cut proposed by President Trump. By Darryl Fears and Dino Grandoni  •  Read more »   Plastic within the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is 'increasing exponentially,' scientists find The stretch of ocean now contains 79,000 tons of plastic debris, in the form of 1.8 trillion pieces, a research survey has found. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Recommended for you     The Health 202 Your daily guide to Washington's health-care debate. Sign Up  »

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