"Rightwing Taskforce Secretly Approves Anti-Environment Resolutions"
"In Washington last week, Alec, a group that links lobbyists with state lawmakers, approved measures to boost Donald Trump’s pro-fossil fuel agenda".
Source: Guardian, 12/06/2018
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US Plans To 'Showcase Ways To Use Fossil Fuels' At Climate Conference
While all the nations of the world meet in Poland to lower greenhouse emissions, the Trump administration, which has dropped out of the Paris Agreement, will nonetheless show up and promote the use of fossil fuels.
Source: Washington Post, 12/06/2018
"As OPEC Meets, Sizing Up Its Power and Its Politics"
"VIENNA — On Thursday, over 200 oil industry representatives, financial analysts and journalists are expected to crowd into a basement auditorium at the headquarters of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries."
Source: NY Times, 12/06/2018
"White House: Trump Ocean Plan Axes Climate Chapter"
"The White House is no longer including a distinct chapter on climate change in an overarching plan setting federal priorities on ocean policy for a decade."
Source: Greenwire, 12/06/2018
"US Coal Consumption Drops To Lowest Level Since 1979"
"Americans are consuming less coal in 2018 than at any time since Jimmy Carter’s presidency, a federal report said Tuesday, as cheap natural gas and other rival sources of energy frustrate the Trump administration’s pledges to revive the U.S. coal industry."
Source: AP, 12/05/2018
Bloomberg, Focusing on Climate, Says He Would Battle Coal Industry
"CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — On a wintry day, Michael R. Bloomberg stood in black tassel loafers in melting snow while he inspected solar panels on a rooftop, then said he would make climate change “the issue” of the 2020 presidential race."
Source: NY Times, 12/05/2018
Supreme Court: Groundwater's Muddy Legal History Under Clean Water Act
"The Supreme Court has signaled its interest in a potentially game-changing debate over the scope of the Clean Water Act. The justices yesterday invited the Trump administration to weigh in on whether the law applies to pollutants that travel through groundwater before reaching surface water."
Source: Greenwire, 12/05/2018
"E.P.A. to Roll Back a Restriction on New Coal-Burning Plants"
"The Trump administration is poised to roll back a significant climate change regulation on coal-fired power plants, making it easier to build new coal plants in the United States."
Source: NY Times, 12/05/2018
Senate GOPers Sounding More And More Like Trump On Climate Change
"In both subtle and obvious ways, President Trump has reshaped the Republican party in his image ever since taking office. Following a major government climate report delineating the danger facing the United States from rising temperatures, it is clear the rest of the GOP is striking an increasingly Trump-like tone on the issue of climate change ...."
Source: Washington Post, 12/04/2018
"U.S. Top Court Snubs Environmental Challenge To Trump's Border Wall"
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a challenge by three conservation groups to the authority of President Donald Trump’s administration to build a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, a victory for Trump who has made the wall a centerpiece of his hardline immigration policies."
Source: Reuters, 12/04/2018
