Energy and Environment: Bumblebees are vanishing, and scientists blame climate change

Trump kept this controversial pesticide on the market. Now its biggest manufacturer is stopping production.; These southern Utah sites were once off-limits to development. Now, Trump will auction the right to drill and graze there.; The world's oceans are speeding up — another mega-scale consequence of climate change; Climate change is shrinking winter snow in the South, and in fall and spring over much of nation, report shows; Are Republicans coming out of 'the closet' on climate change?; 'The warmth is really unheard of': Europe just posted its warmest January on record; For spotted seals, receding sea ice off northern Japan proves blessing and potential curse; A controversial Trump legal opinion weakened a law to protect birds. Now it might be made permanent.; Unprecedented data confirms that Antarctica's most dangerous glacier is melting from below ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Love Energy and Environment? Try a Post subscription for just $1. Subscribe now Sign up for this newsletter Read online Climate and environmental stories that impact our lives.     (Ulrich Perrey/AP Images) Bumblebees are vanishing, and scientists blame climate change New research ties a nearly 50 percent decline in North America to worsening climate extremes, and especially extreme heat. By Chris Mooney ●  Read more »   Trump kept this controversial pesticide on the market. Now its biggest manufacturer is stopping production. Chlorpyrifos is widely used by farmers but has been linked to health problems, including neurological damage in children. By Brady Dennis and Juliet Eilperin ●  Read more »   These southern Utah sites were once off-limits to development. Now, Trump will auction the right to drill and graze there. The Trump administration is greenlighting drilling and logging at Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. By Sarah Kaplan and Juliet Eilperin ●  Read more »   The world's oceans are speeding up — another mega-scale consequence of climate change New research finds an acceleration across 76 percent of the global ocean. By Chris Mooney ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Climate change is shrinking winter snow in the South, and in fall and spring over much of nation, report shows In many areas, snow hopes are beginning to melt away while, in some others, it's actually increasing. By Matthew Cappucci ●  Read more »   Are Republicans coming out of 'the closet' on climate change? Some GOP lawmakers believe that they must keep up with a changing electorate. By Steven Mufson ●  Read more »   'The warmth is really unheard of': Europe just posted its warmest January on record Helsinki, Oslo, Copenhagen and Stockholm surpassed freezing every day in January for the first time. By Matthew Cappucci ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   For spotted seals, receding sea ice off northern Japan proves blessing and potential curse Climate change has allowed spotted seals to find new hunting grounds, but the marine mammals ultimately depend on sea ice to survive. By Simon Denyer, Akiko Kashiwagi and Salwan Georges ●  Read more »   A controversial Trump legal opinion weakened a law to protect birds. Now it might be made permanent. Proposed rule would ensure people, companies won't face prosecution for accidentally killing birds By Darryl Fears and Juliet Eilperin ●  Read more »   Unprecedented data confirms that Antarctica's most dangerous glacier is melting from below Scientists camped atop the floating ice shelf of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica and drilled through 600 meters of ice to take measurements, which showed an alarming warming trend. By Chris Mooney ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out To Your Health for news to help you live a more healthful life, from the latest research to new health guidelines, delivered every Friday. Sign up »

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