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"Study Warns of Cascading Health Risks From the Changing Climate"

"Crop yields are declining. Tropical diseases like dengue fever are showing up in unfamiliar places, including in the United States. Tens of millions of people are exposed to extreme heat. These are the stark findings of a wide-ranging scientific report that lays out the growing risks of climate change for human health and predicts that cascading hazards could soon face millions more people in rich and poor countries around the world."

Source: NY Times, 11/29/2018

"Climate: Meet the Scholar Crafting the 'Green New Deal'"

"Think of it as the policy muscle behind the promised 'Green New Deal.' A policy group is being formed to support an energized progressive movement that's taken Capitol Hill by storm under the leadership of Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.)."

Source: Greenwire, 11/28/2018

"Wildfire Management Last Hurdle To Farm Bill Agreement"

"A debate over how to manage the nation's forests against wildfire appears to be the last obstacle to passing a 2018 farm bill, Senate Agriculture Chairman Pat Roberts said yesterday."

Source: E&E Daily, 11/28/2018

"Companies Launch Plan To Capture Methane From Hog Manure Lagoons"

"The world’s largest pork producer is teaming up with a Virginia-based energy company to harness methane gas from thousands of malodorous hog lagoons to both heat homes and combat climate change."

Source: Washington Post, 11/28/2018

"Climate: Lawmakers Roll Out Landmark Bipartisan Carbon Fee Bill"

"A group of House lawmakers last night floated the first bipartisan carbon tax bill in nearly a decade, a move that boosters are calling a big step for climate policy heading into the next Congress."

Source: E&E Daily, 11/28/2018

Polish Coal Company Announced as First Sponsor of UN Climate Talks

"One of Poland’s leading coal companies has become the first official sponsor of the UN climate talks, which start in the southern city of Katowice next week."

Source: DeSmog UK, 11/28/2018

"Supreme Court: Narrow Frog Ruling Reopens Endangered Species Debate"

"The dusky gopher frog's long legal journey isn't over yet. The Supreme Court today remanded a closely watched dispute over the federal government's power to designate certain critical habitat for the rare Southern amphibian."

Source: Greenwire, 11/28/2018

"Public Lands Spew 25% Of U.S. Emissions — USGS"

"The U.S. Geological Survey reported Friday that about one-quarter of all U.S. carbon emissions come from fossil fuels extracted from public lands."

Source: ClimateWire, 11/28/2018

Nations Vowed To Cut Carbon Emissions. They Aren’t Even Close, UN Says

"On the eve of the most important global climate meeting in years, a definitive United Nations report has found that the world is well off course on its promises to cut greenhouse gas emissions — and may have even further to go than previously thought."

Source: Washington Post, 11/28/2018

‘Fox & Friends’ Fed Interview Script to Trump’s EPA Chief, Emails Show

"The president’s favorite cable-news show shared its interview scripts and its oh-so-hard-hitting questions in advance with an embattled Trump official."

Source: Daily Beast, 11/28/2018

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