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Bad News: Climate Change Has Slowed Critical Atlantic Circulation [1]

"The Atlantic Ocean circulation that carries warmth into the Northern Hemisphere’s high latitudes is slowing down because of climate change, a team of scientists asserted Wednesday, suggesting one of the most feared consequences is already coming to pass."

Source: Washington Post [2], 04/12/2018

"Kinder Morgan Halts Most Work On Disputed Canada Pipeline Expansion" [3]

"Kinder Morgan Canada on Sunday suspended most work on a C$7.4 billion ($5.8 billion) oil pipeline expansion that has become the focus of protests, a move underscoring uncertainty over major energy projects in Canada."

Source: Reuters [4], 04/12/2018

Environmental Group Plans To Launch Its Own Methane-Tracking Satellite [5]

"When the Environmental Defense Fund told commercial space guru Tom Ingersoll that it wanted to launch a satellite to measure methane from oil and gas operations, he says his reaction was “Whoa! You guys want to do what?”

Source: Washington Post [6], 04/12/2018

"EPA: To Fight Pruitt, Democrats Declare War On Wheeler" [7]

"Frustrated by President Trump's continued support for embattled EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, Senate Democrats are vowing an all-out floor fight against the man nominated to occupy the No. 2 slot at the agency."

Source: E&E Daily [8], 04/12/2018

DOJ Green Light for $66 Billion Bayer-Monsanto Merger Terrifies Farmers [9]

"A blockbuster deal between Bayer and Monsanto appears to be moving ahead. On Monday, the US Department of Justice approved the German pharmaceutical and chemical group's bid to buy the US seed giant for more than $60 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported. Bayer agreed to sell off additional assets to alleviate anti-trust concerns."

Source: Business Insider [10], 04/12/2018

"Science: EPA Advisers Got Oil Funding For Studies Against Car Rule" [11]

"At least two members appointed by Scott Pruitt to the EPA Science Advisory Board received industry funding for research that's bolstering agency efforts to roll back greenhouse gas rules for cars."

Source: ClimateWire [12], 04/12/2018

"Gowdy: EPA Hasn’t Complied With Records Request For Pruitt’s Travel" [13]

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hasn’t given congressional investigators all of the information they requested about Administrator Scott Pruitt’s official travel spending, Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S.C.) said in a letter on Wednesday."

Source: The Hill [14], 04/12/2018

"IG Report: Interior Reassigned Senior Execs Without Clear Criteria" [15]

"The Interior Department reassigned 27 senior executives 'without a written plan or clear criteria, and without consulting the departmental leadership,' according to a department inspector general report released Wednesday."

Source: CNN [16], 04/12/2018

Climate Deniers Say Polar Bears Are Fine. Scientists Are Pushing Back. [17]

"Furry, button-nosed and dependent on sea ice for their survival, polar bears have long been poster animals for climate change. But at a time when established climate science is being questioned at the highest levels of government, climate denialists are turning the charismatic bears to their own uses, capitalizing on their symbolic heft to spread doubts about the threat of global warming."

Source: NY Times [18], 04/11/2018

"A Grass-Roots Movement For Healthy Soil Spreads Among Farmers" [19]

"In American farm country, a grass-roots movement is spreading, a movement to keep more roots in the soil. (Not just grass roots, of course; roots of all kinds.) Its goal: Promoting healthy soil that's full of life."

Source: NPR [20], 04/11/2018

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