"Experts Hold Climate Talks In Bonn As Pressure To Act Grows"
"Experts are meeting in Germany for U.N.-hosted talks on climate change amid growing pressure for governments to act faster against global warming."
Source: AP, 06/17/2019
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"U.S. Backs G-12 Plastics Deal, But Climate Split Persists"
"The United States and Japan joined 18 other countries yesterday in backing the creation of a new international "framework" to curb ocean plastics after rejecting a stronger Canadian proposal on the same topic last year."
Source: ClimateWire, 06/17/2019
National Weather Service Launches Improved Global Forecast Model
"For the first time in nearly 40 years, the National Weather Service’s flagship computer prediction model has received a major makeover, which its leadership says will pave the way for improved forecasts."
Source: Washington Post, 06/17/2019
"As Trump Touts Ethanol, Scientists Question the Fuel's Climate Claims"
"At a crucial moment in ethanol policy, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is doubling down on its argument that ethanol is better than conventional fuel."
Source: InsideClimate News, 06/17/2019
EPA Air Chief Gave Presentation At Fringe Climate Denier Event: Emails
"A top Environmental Protection Agency official gave a presentation last year at a gathering of some of the most zealous deniers of climate science, highlighting the influence a small, fringe movement hawking crank theories now wields in Washington."
Source: HuffPost, 06/17/2019
"U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia’s Power Grid"
"The United States is stepping up digital incursions into Russia’s electric power grid in a warning to President Vladimir V. Putin and a demonstration of how the Trump administration is using new authorities to deploy cybertools more aggressively, current and former government officials said."
Source: NY Times, 06/17/2019
"Environmental Journalists Know The Value Of A Climate Debate"
"Climate change has become a defining issue in the early Democratic presidential primary. But the Democratic National Committee has rebuffed calls to hold a dedicated debate on the topic, raising concerns that the issue will once more remain siloed during an election cycle."
Source: CJR, 06/17/2019
"Newly Released Documents Detail EPA’s Concerns Over PolyMet"
"Documents that the federal Environmental Protection Agency tried to keep confidential show that its staffers criticized how Minnesota regulators drafted a key permit for the planned PolyMet copper-nickel mine, and concluded that the permit would violate federal law because it lacked pollution limits based on the state’s water quality standards."
Source: AP, 06/17/2019
"Emails: Trump Official Pressed NASA on Climate Science"
"Once a skeptic about climate change, Jim Bridenstine came around to the prevailing view of scientists before he took over as NASA administrator. That evolution did not sit well with a Trump environmental adviser, nor a think-tank analyst he was consulting, according to newly disclosed emails that illustrate how skepticism of global warming has found a beachhead in the Trump White House."
Source: AP, 06/17/2019
"Trump Aims To Slash Number Of Federal Advisory Committees"
"president Donald Trump is trying to take an ax to federal advisory committees, ordering that their numbers be slashed. Trump signed an executive order Friday that directs every federal agency to evaluate the need for all of its advisory committees created under the Federal Advisory Committee Act. And it gives agency heads until September to terminate at least one-third of current committees created by agency heads."
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Source: AP, 06/17/2019
