"Scott Pruitt drew fire Wednesday from conservative pundit Laura Ingraham, who urged President Donald Trump to dump the scandal-scarred EPA administrator — the latest sign that his support among Republicans is crumbling."
"Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt last year had a top aide help contact Republican donors who might offer his wife a job, eventually securing her a position at a conservative political group that has backed him for years, according to multiple individuals familiar with the matter."
The International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF) invites women journalists to apply for an expenses-paid reporting trip to either Mexico (Economic Development after the Elections) or Guatemala (Environment), Sep 20-Oct 5, 2018. Deadline: extended to Jul 17.
"Two new studies looking at corn and vegetables warn of a rising risk of food shocks and malnutrition with unchecked global warming."
"Researchers fear the trees are parched by drought and rising temperatures linked to climate change."
"The Democratic National Committee voted over the weekend to ban donations from fossil fuel companies, HuffPost has learned."
"Fish species are sensitive to water temperature and, as climate change warms ocean waters, their geographic distribution is changing. A study recently published in the journal PLOS ONE projects some fish species off the United States’ coasts shifting northward to more suitable temperature ranges under future climate scenarios."
"Many Indian farmers are openly sowing an unapproved variety of genetically modified (GM) cotton seeds developed by Monsanto, as the government sits on the sidelines for fear of antagonizing a big voting bloc ahead of an election next year."
"The U.S. Interior Department has been unable to adequately explain why it canceled a $1 million study on the public health impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining, the agency's inspector general office said in a report released on Tuesday."
"Oil operations in Alaska are specially designed for freezing conditions. But as the climate changes, the state is warming twice as fast as the rest of the country. That poses a challenge for the oil industry, and a boon for Alaska businesses that are creating products to help it cope."
