"The Murky Future of Nuclear Power in the United States"
"This was supposed to be America’s nuclear century."
Source: NY Times, 02/20/2017
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'Wild West Of Wind': GOP Pushes Texas As Unlikely Green Energy Leader
"Living in New York and Washington, Greg Wortham heard all the grand talk about green energy from liberal politicians. Then he returned to the place where he grew up, a small town that embraced wind power so warmly that within a couple of years of the first turbine turning, it had some of the biggest farms on the planet."
Source: Guardian, 02/20/2017
"Texas Oil Fields Rebound From Price Lull, but Jobs Are Left Behind"
"The industry is embracing technology, and finding new ways to pare the labor force. But as jobs go away, what of presidential promises to bring them back?"
Source: NY Times, 02/20/2017
NRA Pushes Congress To Legalize Killing Bear Cubs In Wildlife Refuges
"The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to legalize the killing of black bear cubs and their mothers at their dens in Alaska’s national wildlife refuges."
Source: Think Progress, 02/20/2017
"Absent Federal Policy, States Take Lead on Animal Welfare"
"In the opening weeks of the Trump administration, the state of animal welfare—as with so much other policy—is in upheaval. On February 9, the administration froze the implementation of the just-passed Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP)—the only comprehensive federal law that regulates the welfare of animals raised for food."
Source: Civil Eats, 02/20/2017
"Flood Worries In Northern California After Deadly Storm Hits South"
"Large parts of Northern California were placed on a flood advisory on Sunday ahead of a storm system expected to bring heavy rain, wind and snow to the state, still cleaning up from a deadly storm that deluged Southern California two days ago."
Source: Reuters, 02/20/2017
"Scott Pruitt Makes It Clear That The Clean Power Plan Is Going Away"
"In his first interview as EPA administrator, Scott Pruitt made one thing very clear: the Clean Power Plan, the signature climate regulation of the Obama administration, is not long for this world."
Source: Think Progress, 02/20/2017
Daughter Of Coal Country Battles Climate Change And Her Father's Doubt
"The economy in southwestern Pennsylvania has been hit twice, once by the collapse of big mining and steel employers, and again by the environmental destruction that accompanied those industries."
Source: NPR, 02/17/2017
Warming Climate Lowers Ocean Oxygen Levels: Scientists
"A large research synthesis, published in one of the world’s most influential scientific journals, has detected a decline in the amount of dissolved oxygen in oceans around the world — a long-predicted result of climate change that could have severe consequences for marine organisms if it continues."
Source: Washington Post, 02/17/2017
NASA Communicating Climate Change Science, Defying Trump’s Doubts
"If you peruse NASA’s social media feeds dedicated to climate change, you would have no clue a new administration has taken power that has expressed doubts about the reality or seriousness of the issue."
Source: Washington Post, 02/17/2017
