"CEQ Pick Hartnett White May Be In Trouble"
"Council on Environmental Quality nominee Kathleen Hartnett White, one of the White House's most controversial staffing choices, may be stuck in the Senate."
Source: E&E Daily, 01/22/2018
Climate Change
"Warming, Water Crisis, Then Unrest: How Iran Fits an Alarming Pattern"
"UNITED NATIONS — Nigeria. Syria. Somalia. And now Iran. In each country, in different ways, a water crisis has triggered some combination of civil unrest, mass migration, insurgency or even full-scale war."
Source: NY Times, 01/22/2018
"EPA Official Speaks On Risk Of Climate Change To Toxic Sites"
"A top manager who supervises the Environmental Protection Agency program responsible for cleaning up the nation’s most contaminated properties and waterways told Congress on Thursday that the government needs to plan for the ongoing threat posed to Superfund sites from climate change."
Source: AP, 01/19/2018
"With Climate Change, This Island Is Swallowed by the Sea"
"Rising waters now cover homes and land on a Bangladeshi island, leaving farmers desperate."
Source: NY Times, 01/19/2018
"NASA Ranks 2017 as the Second-Warmest Year on Record"
"NASA researchers said that 2017 was the second-warmest year on record, behind 2016 but topping 2014 and 2015."
Source: NY Times, 01/19/2018
"In the Arctic, More Rain May Mean Fewer Musk Oxen"
"It’s hard to miss a musk ox: It looks like a buffalo decked out in a hairy fur coat. And yet this easy-to-spot giant, which lives on tundras from Siberia to Greenland, is still surprisingly mysterious."
Source: NY Times, 01/18/2018
Heartland Protected Former Exec Charged With Stalking: Ex-Staffers
"A former Heartland Institute director faced charges for violating a female subordinate’s restraining order. An official at the think tank came to his defense."
Source: HuffPost, 01/18/2018
106 Lawmakers Urge Trump: Restore Climate in National Security Strategy
"A bipartisan group of more than 100 members of Congress is urging President Donald Trump to recognize climate change as a national security threat."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/17/2018
For 2018, Predicting Extreme Weather Disasters Not As Hard As You Think
Floods, hurricanes, wildfires and other human-caused disasters made 2017 a hard year to beat. But environmental journalists would do well to be prepared for 2018. This week's TipSheet explains why predicting weather-related disasters may not be as hard you think, and provides resources to get reporters ready.
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