"Dem Senator Puts Holds On Two EPA Nominees"
"Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) has placed a hold on two of President Trump's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) nominees."
Source: The Hill, 10/19/2017
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"Trade Talks With Canada And Mexico Dissolve In Harsh Words"
"The leading U.S. trade negotiator exchanged unusually sharp words with his Canadian and Mexican counterparts Tuesday, saying he was “disappointed” at their “reluctance to give up unfair advantages.”"
Source: Washington Post, 10/19/2017
"America’s Climate Refugees Have Been Abandoned by Trump"
"As hurricane after hurricane ravages Puerto Rico and the Gulf Coast, the Trump administration has quietly walked away from a government-wide effort to help the growing number of American communities whose very existence is threatened by climate change."
Source: Mother Jones, 10/19/2017
"Trump 'Committed' To U.S. Renewable Fuels: Iowa Governor"
"U.S. President Donald Trump sought to ease concerns on Wednesday that his administration would make major alterations to biofuels policy, telling Iowa’s governor he was committed to a decade-old biofuels program even as a top official considers changing it."
Source: Reuters, 10/19/2017
"New Talks on Paris Climate Pact Are Set, and That’s Awkward for U.S."
"When Trump administration officials travel to Germany next month for United Nations climate change discussions, they will face a fundamental contradiction: how to negotiate the terms of a deal they say they’re walking away from."
Source: NY Times, 10/19/2017
"Armadillo Migration North in US Possible Sign Of Climate Change"
"It may be one of the stranger signs of climate change: the nine-banded armadillo, which is native to Latin America and more recently Texas. Scientists say warmer winters have lured the mammals northwards, bringing with them parasites and diseases."
Source: Aljazeera, 10/18/2017
"How Big Water Projects Helped Trigger Africa’s Migrant Crisis"
"Major dam and irrigation projects are drying up the wetlands that sustain life in the arid Sahel region of Africa. The result has been a wave of environmental refugees, as thousands of people flee, many on boats to Europe."
Source: YaleE360, 10/18/2017
After Hurricane Outages, Looking To Alaska's Microgrids For A Better Way
"This archipelago in the Gulf of Alaska is home to one of the busiest commercial fishing ports in the country. Inside the Ocean Beauty seafood plant in Kodiak, where a maze of conveyer belts carry gutted salmon past workers in hairnets and gloves, manager James Turner ticks off everything that contributes to his monthly electricity bill: canning machines, pressure cookers, freezers lights."
Source: NPR, 10/18/2017
"Powerful Storm Lashes Ireland, Killing at Least 3 People"
"One of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the northeastern Atlantic bore down on Ireland on Monday, unleashing strong winds and rain that killed at least three people and visited destruction on an island with little experience of such powerful storms."
Source: NY Times, 10/18/2017
"State Department Grants Permit for Alberta Clipper Pipeline"
"The State Department has granted Enbridge Energy a presidential permit for the final piece of its project to boost the capacity of its Alberta Clipper oil pipeline."
Source: AP, 10/18/2017
