"Warming Crushes Global Records Again In 2016"
"2016 has crushed the record for hottest year, set way back in 2015, which itself smashed the previous record for hottest year that was set in 2014."
Source: Think Progress, 01/04/2017
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"Trump Could Be Fighting Obama's Climate Policies For Years"
"President-elect Donald Trump’s energy agenda is shaping up to be a years-long effort to undo President Obama’s policies."
Source: The Hill, 01/04/2017
Methane's On The Rise, But Regulations To Stop Gas Leaks Still Debated
"There's more methane gas in the atmosphere than there used to be, by every scientific measure. The Obama administration has been trying to stem the increase of this powerful greenhouse gas, but the incoming Trump administration appears bent on keeping the government's hands off methane."
Source: NPR, 01/04/2017
"House Republicans, Under Fire, Back Down on Gutting Ethics Office"
"It was supposed to be a triumphant morning for Republicans on Capitol Hill — a moment to demonstrate the merits of unified party rule in the age of Donald J. Trump. By noon, party leaders had a message for their charges: It was not going smoothly."
Source: NY Times, 01/04/2017
"Robin Hood's Sherwood Forest Faces Fracking Threat"
"The latest battleground for the future of fracking in Britain looks set to be Sherwood Forest, the legendary home of folk hero Robin Hood and now the target of a seismic survey by Ineos."
Source: Guardian, 01/03/2017
Nebraska: "Chicken Plant Raises Environmental Concerns"
"Hundreds of construction workers will be put to work in Fremont over the next couple summers building a massive $275 million facility for producing broiler chickens, and the utility lines and roads to serve it, as well as upgrading the city’s water treatment plant."
Source: Lincoln Journal Star, 01/03/2017
Pipeline Resistance Gathers Steam From Dakota Access, Keystone Success
"Donald Trump may promise to get more pipelines built, but activists are energized by the grassroots success of 2016 and vow to keep fighting."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/03/2017
"Protection Sought For New Mexico Park's Geothermal Deposits"
"Underground pockets of boiling water and steam in a northern New Mexico national preserve that represent the heart of an ancient collapsed volcano could get extra federal protection under a proposal by the National Park Service to limit or prevent any negative effects from tapping geothermal energy on neighboring land."
Source: AP, 01/03/2017
"New Yellowstone Dam Challenged Over Sturgeon Worries"
"Wildlife advocates plan to challenge the approval of a new Yellowstone River dam aimed at benefiting Montana and North Dakota farmers that critics say could kill off a dwindling population of a fish species dating to the time of dinosaurs."
Source: AP, 01/03/2017
"Scientists Loved and Loathed by an Agrochemical Giant"
"With corporate funding of research, 'there’s no scientist who comes out of this unscathed.'"
Source: NY Times, 01/03/2017
