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Parris Island, Charleston Coast Guard threatened by rising seas, global warming
This article discusses how rising oceans are affecting military installations, like Parris Island. While Congress and the administration waffle on the climate change issue, the military is preparing for the reality, said John Conger, the Center for Climate and Security director and a former Department of Defense comptroller.
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Critics Challenge ‘Fundamental Flaws’ in Draft DOE LNG Export Study
This article discusses the Department of Energy’s (DOE) newly published draft Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) study, which ignored economic costs associated with climate change and the growth of the renewable energy industry. Dozens of national and grassroots environmental groups said in public comments filed with the DOE on Friday.
In June, the DOE published […]
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Americans Think NASA Should Focus on Climate Change. Trump Doesn’t
This article discusses climate change, basically pitting Trump against the world.
NASA’s focus should not be on the cosmos but on Earth, according to a wide-ranging Bloomberg poll of Americans’ views on space.
Observing the climate should be NASA’s “top priority,” according to 43 percent of those surveyed, who chose from six possible options. One-quarter said […]
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Top Interior officials ordered parks to end science policy, emails show
This article discusses the Trump Administration’s attempts to ignore science in dealing with US parks and forests.
As deputy director of the National Park Service, Michael Reynolds played a key role in developing a sweeping new vision for managing national parks. The new policy, enacted in the final weeks of […]
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Science Says: Record heat, fires worsened by climate change
This article discusses how climate change is increasing the number of wildfires and heat waves.
So far this month, at least 118 of these all-time heat records have been set or tied across the globe, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The explanations should sound as familiar as the […]
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Zombie Coal Plants Show Why Trump’s Emergency Plan Is No Cure-All
This article discusses how Trump’s stupid policy cannot save the coal industry. Two old Virginia power plants already operate under federal emergency authority. They don’t meet pollution standards, and one failed and has been offline for weeks.
Yorktown, where Lord Cornwallis accepted General Washington’s victory to end the American […]
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Andrew Wheeler – Pruitt’s replacement at EPA
Read the DeSmog Blog’s analysis of Mr. Wheeler here. Not good.
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Report: Fossil Fuels Account for Lowest Share of U.S. Energy Consumption in More than a Century
This article discusses the fossil fuel industry’s share of energy consumed in the US. Fossil fuels supplied about 80 percent of the energy consumed in the United States in 2017, the lowest share since 1902, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Energy. Meanwhile, renewable energy accounted for […]
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Ocean Agency Suggests Opening Marine Monuments To Commercial Fishing
This article discusses another attempt by the Trump administration to gut environmental laws, this time, those protecting ocean habitat.
An internal document suggests the nation’s leading ocean science agency is planning to gut protections for America’s marine national monuments, opening millions of acres of federal water to commercial fishing as […]
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Report: Pruitt asked staffers to use personal credit cards for his hotel bookings
This article discusses how the head of the EPA is abusing his position in the government. Pruitt aides detailed the wide-ranging scope of his abuses.
Among the latest scandals plaguing EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt: He reportedly called on staffers to make his hotel bookings on their own personal […]
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