"‘Big Milk’ Brings Big Issues for Local Communities"
"Mega-dairies are moving to Oregon, bringing concerns about their impacts on the state's rural communities, family farms, and environment."
Source: Civil Eats, 01/03/2018
Search results
Trump Plan To Shrink Ocean Monuments Threatens Vital Ecosystems: Experts
"Ryan Zinke has recommended three major marine monuments be reduced to allow greater commercial fishing, prompting anguish from environmental groups".
Source: Guardian, 01/03/2018
In West Texas Where Wind Power Means Jobs, Climate Is Beside the Point
"Wind turbines bring jobs, tax dollars for new schools, income security for farmers and energy independence. To these Texans, climate change has little to do with it."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/03/2018
"Sage Grouse: BLM No Longer Aiming To Prevent Drilling In Key Habitat"
"The Bureau of Land Management has revised an Obama-era policy directing agency field offices to prioritize oil and natural gas leasing and drilling projects outside of the most sensitive greater sage grouse habitat."
Source: Greenwire, 01/03/2018
"Researchers Can Now Blame Warming For Individual Disasters"
"As floodwaters from the swollen River Thames crept closer to the walls of Myles Allen's south Oxford home in the United Kingdom, he was thinking about climate change — and if scientists could figure out if it was affecting the climbing water outside."
Source: ClimateWire, 01/03/2018
"More Than Half Of New Norway Car Sales Now Electric Or Hybrid"
"OSLO - Sales of electric and hybrid cars exceeded half of new registrations in Norway in 2017, a record aided by generous subsidies that extended the Nordic nation’s lead in a shift from fossil-fuel engines, data showed on Wednesday."
Source: Reuters, 01/03/2018
As Cell Service Expands, National Parks Become Digital Battlegrounds
"When John Muir helped establish the National Park Service, he argued that such parks were vital to help people unplug from the world. 'Break clear away, once in a while, and climb a mountain or spend a week in the woods,' Muir was quoted as saying in 1915. But these days at Yosemite National Park, hikers to Half Dome are likely to encounter people talking on cell phones as they climb to the top."
Source: McClatchy, 01/03/2018
Krugman Debunks His Own Paper’s Praise Of Trump War On Environmental Regs
"On Monday, the New York Times published an absurd piece about President Donald Trump’s war on health and environmental regulations, ignoring the terrible human cost of Trump’s effort while claiming it is boosting business investment."
Source: Think Progress, 01/03/2018
What Position Does Trump Administration Take On Climate? All Of Them.
"There was never really much doubt that Donald Trump doubted the science of climate change. He had tweeted to that effect repeatedly before becoming president. He told this publication he wasn’t a 'big believer' in human-caused climate change."
Source: Washington Post, 01/03/2018
How Scott Pruitt Turned the EPA Into One Of Trump’s Most Powerful Tools
"Since 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency has been embroiled in an enforcement battle with a Michigan-based company accused of modifying the state’s largest coal-fired power plant without getting federal permits for a projected rise in pollution. On Dec. 7, as the Supreme Court was considering whether to hear the case, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt issued a memo that single-handedly reversed the agency’s position."
Source: Washington Post, 01/03/2018
