"Endangered Species: Bumblebee Listing Buzzes By Trump Reg Freeze"
"The Fish and Wildlife Service [Tuesday] quietly added a wide-ranging insect to the endangered species list."
Source: Greenwire, 03/22/2017
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"How Americans Think About Climate Change, in Six Maps"
"Americans overwhelmingly believe that global warming is happening, and that carbon emissions should be scaled back. But fewer are sure that the changes will harm them personally. New data released by Yale researchers gives the most detailed view yet of public opinion on global warming."
Source: NY Times, 03/22/2017
Push To Undo Obama’s Monument Designations Hits An Obstacle: The Law
"Powerful Republican congressmen and governors are pressing President Donald Trump to take an unprecedented step: Reverse his predecessor’s creation of several national monuments under a law that dates back to Theodore Roosevelt. No president has ever attempted such a reversal, and legal experts doubt it could succeed."
Source: McClatchy, 03/22/2017
"Trump Lays Plans to Reverse Obama’s Climate Change Legacy"
"President Trump is poised in the coming days to announce his plans to dismantle the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s climate change legacy, while also gutting several smaller but significant policies aimed at curbing global warming."
Source: NY Times, 03/22/2017
"The Trump Budget’s Bizarre Move To Cut The Weatherization Of Homes"
"Among dozens of federal programs proposed for elimination in the Trump administration’s newly revealed budget proposal is the federal Weatherization Assistance Program, or WAP, a grant program housed under the Department of Energy that helps states improve the energy efficiency of the homes of low-income families. It’s one of several climate and energy-related initiatives that, if erased, could actually hurt consumers in ways that seem inconsistent with the economy-boosting action the administration claims to seek."
Source: Washington Post, 03/21/2017
"Republican Green Groups Seek To Temper Trump On Climate Change"
"President Donald Trump's outspoken doubts about climate change and his administration's efforts to roll back regulation to combat it have stirred a sleepy faction in U.S. politics: the Republican environmental movement."
Source: Reuters, 03/21/2017
"Trump Repeal of Climate Rules Means US Paris Target Now Out of Reach"
"The U.S. would have had to ramp up its climate ambitions to help slow global warming to the 2 degrees C goal, but under Trump, it's going in the opposite direction."
Source: InsideClimate News, 03/21/2017
"White House: Trump Aides Cause Friction at EPA, Other Agencies"
"White House political appointees are clashing with U.S. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. Staffers installed on the Trump administration's 'beachhead team' at EPA have been at odds with the agency's new chief since Pruitt and his aides arrived at headquarters last month."
Source: Greenwire, 03/21/2017
"The Tiny Trump Budget Cut That Could Blind America to the Next Zika"
"The Obamacare repeal would halve a little-known fund that’s vital for monitoring unexpected infectious threats."
Source: Atlantic, 03/20/2017
"Budget: Trump Proposes Slashing DOE Clean Energy Research"
While the Energy Department's nuclear weapons program get an 11% increase under the Trump budget, "clean energy, smart grid and electric vehicle initiatives favored under the Obama administration are singled out for elimination or sharp cutbacks."
Source: EnergyWire, 03/17/2017
