Energy and Environment: Six Trump Interior appointees are being investigated for possible ethical misconduct

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Six Trump Interior appointees are being investigated for possible ethical misconduct The department's Office of Inspector General is looking into whether the appointees violated federal ethics rules by engaging with former employers or clients on agency-related business. By Juliet Eilperin and Dino Grandoni · Read more Analysis | The Energy 202: Fossil fuel ban on public lands becomes issue in 2020 Democratic race The candidates are divided. By Dino Grandoni · Read more   The betrayal: How a lawyer, a lobbyist and a legislator waged war on an Alabama Superfund cleanup The EPA wanted to remove toxic waste from a Birmingham neighborhood, which would have cost tens of millions of dollars. The state's influence machine kicked into high gear. By Steven Mufson · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   Rate of ice loss from Greenland has grown by a factor of six since the 1980s, scientists find Greenland has the potential to drive over 20 feet of sea-level rise. By Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis · Read more   Analysis | The Energy 202: Trump isn't fully funding a U.N. climate program. So Michael Bloomberg is. It's the latest in a series of donations to help global climate efforts. By Dino Grandoni · Read more   A climate change solution slowly gains ground Companies leading the hunt for ways to skim carbon dioxide from the air are attracting interest from big deep-pocketed corporations — including oil companies. By Steven Mufson · Read more     ADVERTISEMENT   One of Alaska's warmest springs on record is causing a dangerous thaw "Climate change is happening faster than it's ever happened before in our record," said Bryan Thomas, station chief for the United States' northernmost climate observatory. "We're right in the middle of it." By Sarah Kaplan · Read more   It's been exceptionally warm in Greenland lately and ice is melting a month early Greenland's summer melt season has already begun — more than a month ahead of schedule. By Matthew Cappucci · Read more   Recommended for you Get the Speaking of Science newsletter The latest, greatest and weirdest in science news, every Wednesday. Expect news on discoveries, animals and space. Sign Up

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