"‘It’s Really Close’: How the Amazon Rainforest Could Self-Destruct" [1]
"Climate change and man-made fires could set off a cycle of self-perpetuating deforestation, scientists warn."
"Climate change and man-made fires could set off a cycle of self-perpetuating deforestation, scientists warn."
"Oil and gas producers might have been expected to welcome a decision to loosen regulations affecting their business. But their reaction to the Trump administration’s move to roll back methane-emissions rules revealed at least tactical divisions on climate policy."
"Hundreds of government workers on the front lines of enforcing Brazil’s environmental laws signed an open letter warning that their work has been hampered by President Jair Bolsonaro, contributing to a rise in deforestation and the fires sweeping through the Amazon."
"A Nuclear Regulatory Commission proposal to enable the nuclear industry to take over more responsibility for reactor inspections is no longer moving forward, the commission's chairwoman said in a letter earlier this month."
"Three days before President Trump declared that wind power doesn't work 'all that well,' his Energy Department released a report stating that wind power installations are 'robust' and prices are 'falling.'"
"CNN will host a live seven-hour 'climate crisis town hall' next week with 10 Democratic primary candidates."
"The Trump administration is set to announce on Thursday that it intends to sharply curtail the regulation of methane emissions, a major contributor to climate change, according to an industry official with knowledge of the plan."
"Scientists on Tuesday pushed back against a Trump administration proposal that would block the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from relying on studies that don’t make their underlying data public."
"EPA's internal watchdog did not review allegations against Scott Pruitt for failing to keep track of records or properly respond to Freedom of Information Act requests."
"President Trump has instructed Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to exempt Alaska’s 16.7-million-acre Tongass National Forest from logging restrictions imposed nearly 20 years ago, according to three people briefed on the issue, after privately discussing the matter with the state’s governor aboard Air Force One."
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/it-s-really-close-how-amazon-rainforest-could-self-destruct
[2] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/agriculture
[3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/climate-change
[4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster
[5] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics
[6] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/forests
[7] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/laws
[8] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81
[9] https://www.sej.org/category/region/international/south-america
[10] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/world/americas/amazon-rainforest-fires-climate.html
[11] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-s-methane-rule-rollback-divides-oil-and-gas-industry
[12] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/business
[13] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy
[14] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national
[15] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/business/energy-environment/methane-regulation-reaction.html
[16] https://www.sej.org/headlines/amazon-burns-environmental-officials-revolt-against-bolsonaro
[17] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/land
[18] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/28/world/americas/amazon-fires-brazil.html
[19] https://www.sej.org/headlines/nrc-drops-bid-allow-more-industry-self-inspections
[20] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/nuclear-power/radiation
[21] https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1061102713
[22] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-again-condemns-wind-energy-his-doe-disagrees
[23] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/government
[24] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/journalism/media
[25] https://www.eenews.net/stories/1061102807
[26] https://www.sej.org/headlines/cnn-host-live-7-hour-climate-change-town-hall-2020-democrats
[27] https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/459030-cnn-to-host-live-7-hour-climate-change-town-hall-with-2020-democrats
[28] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-roll-back-regulations-methane-potent-greenhouse-gas
[29] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/air
[30] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/chemicals/toxics
[31] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/pollution
[32] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/climate/epa-methane-greenhouse-gas.html?rref=collection/sectioncollection/climate
[33] https://www.sej.org/headlines/scientists-fight-trump-epa-secret-science-proposal
[34] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-health
[35] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/science
[36] https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/459044-scientists-fight-trump-epa-secret-science-proposal-to-exclude
[37] https://www.sej.org/headlines/epa-ig-failed-review-foia-allegations-against-pruitt
[38] https://www.eenews.net/greenwire/stories/1061091337
[39] https://www.sej.org/headlines/trump-pushes-allow-new-logging-alaska-s-tongass-national-forest
[40] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/alaska-and-hawaii
[41] https://beta.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/trump-pushes-to-allow-new-logging-in-alaskas-tongass-national-forest/2019/08/27/b4ca78d6-c832-11e9-be05-f76ac4ec618c_story.html
[42] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=421
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[50] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/environmental-politics?page=1130