Energy and Environment: U.S. takes a low profile as nations gather in New York to debate steps to combat climate change
North America has lost 3 billion birds in 50 years; The Energy 202: Trump administration wants to vet worries about development near parks from regional offices; Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg demands that Congress 'listen to the scientists'; Trump tweets he's revoking California's power to limit pollution from cars and trucks; Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg meets Obama; Border fence construction could destroy archaeological sites, National Park Service finds; An absence of meteorologists at Trump's Hurricane Dorian briefings may have helped lead to the Alabama tweet fiasco; Most American teens are frightened by climate change, poll finds, and about 1 in 4 are taking action; The Northern Hemisphere just had its warmest summer on record; Trump administration opens huge reserve in Alaska to drilling; Teen activist Greta Thunberg takes her youth climate campaign to Washington; Americans increasingly see climate change as a crisis, poll shows
In tweets, Trump declared that the decision to take away California's long-standing authority to impose stricter air pollution rules would lower the sticker price for new vehicles.
At least 22 archaeological sites in Arizona's Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument could be imperiled as President Trump's border barrier goes up, according to an internal report.
"It's like a dystopian novel: To grow up seeing the world fall apart around you, and knowing it's going to be the fight of your lives to make people stop it."
"Hope is something you need to deserve," the 16-year-old from Sweden said in an interview with The Washington Post, as she continues her push for global leaders to take more aggressive action.
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