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Yale Climate Connections, January 29, 2021
Articles include: Deadlines for action on Trump-era climate issues; 50 billion-dollar weather disasters in 2020; Study: Accounting for value of nature; Michael Mann’s book, ‘The New Climate War’; Poet Amanda Gorman’s ‘Earthrise’ climate change video; […]
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Trump’s legacy leaves Arctic with fewer environmental protections and more risk of conflict, say experts
CBC: Trump’s legacy leaves Arctic with fewer environmental protections and more risk of conflict, say experts. From idea to buy Greenland to development in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Trump has left his mark.
As U.S. President Donald Trump leaves office, the Arctic is probably far from the minds of most Americans.
Yet […]
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Study: Toxic Pesticides – 2 articles
NPR: Toxic Pesticide Faces New Scrutiny From Biden Administration. President Biden’s initial wave of planned executive actions includes an order to reexamine one controversial, but widely used, pesticide called chlorpyrifos. The Trump administration had stepped in to keep the chemical on the market after Obama-era officials tried to ban it.
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DeSmogBlog, January 21, 2021
Articles include: O&G Climate Denial Campaign Dates Back to 1980; Natural Gas Industry’s Hydrogen Push; Keystone XL Pipeline Canceled; Pacific Northwest Fossil Fuel Projects Dealt Massive Setbacks; Quits Fossil Fuel Lobby Group the American Petroleum Institute;
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Court Voids a ‘Tortured’ Trump Climate Rollback
New York Times: Court Voids a ‘Tortured’ Trump Climate Rollback.
A federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down the Trump administration’s plan to relax restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, paving the way for President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. to enact new and stronger restrictions on power […]
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Outgoing administration’s last-minute changes to wildlife protections draw criticism
National Geographic: Outgoing administration’s last-minute changes to wildlife protections draw criticism. Overshadowed by the turmoil of the presidential transition, the Trump administration’s actions may harm animals and the environment.
OVER THE PAST four years, wildlife and environmental protections in the United States have been under attack. President Donald Trump’s administration has […]
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Federal court strikes down major Trump climate rollback
ABC News: Federal court strikes down major Trump climate rollback. A federal appeals court has thrown out a rule that made one of the Trump administration’s most momentous climate rollbacks.
In a last-minute slap at President Donald Trump, a federal appeals court struck down one of […]
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Trump’s EPA launches surprise attack on Biden’s climate rules
Politico: Trump’s EPA launches surprise attack on Biden’s climate rules. The rule, finished just a week before the president-elect takes office, would block future limits on greenhouse gases from industrial sources aside from power plants.
In a surprise move, the Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday will unveil a climate rule that […]
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How the Trump Administration’s Climate Denial Left Its Mark on The Arctic Council
Inside Climate News: How the Trump Administration’s Climate Denial Left Its Mark on The Arctic Council. Talk of global warming was out, and relations among the eight countries that make up the council, once a highly collaborative group and a steady force for climate action, became dysfunctional.
For decades, through political tumult […]
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DeSmogBlog, January 14, 2021
DeSmogBlog articles include: Major Petrochemical Plant With ‘Pattern of Influence Peddling’; Louisiana Science Denial and trump; Lawsuit Challenges Permits for Texas Polluters; Enbridge Line 3 Pipeline Resistance; Climate Disinformation Database: William Briggs
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