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EPA: #CARBON dioxide from power plants rose last year

February 20, 2019: Carbon dioxide emissions from power plants rose slightly last year while overall electricity production grew by a larger factor, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said Wednesday.As part of its required annual reporting of emissions, EPA said...

Democrats call #CLIMATE a national emergency while ripping Trump’s border wall declaration

February 20, 2019: Democrats say border security is not a national emergency, while issues like climate change, opioid addiction and gun violence are.

AOCs disastrous Green New Deal is jeopardizing bipartisan attempts to actually help our #ENVIRONMENT

February 20, 2019: What is lost in the climate change hyperbole from left-wingers like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is the fact that the U.S. is already the leader on environmental issues. The Green New Deal is now overshadowing real bipartisan legislation that would actually reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Trump team to scrap talks with California on auto #EMISSIONS: official

February 20, 2019: U.S. federal officials have decided to end negotiations with California over the Trump administration's plans to roll back fuel economy rules designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a government official said on Wednesday.

Scientists find tanner crabs feeding on seafloor #METHANE vent

February 20, 2019: Marine biologists have discovered a group of tanner crabs feeding vigorously on a seafloor methane seep located off the coast of British Columbia.

How #CLIMATE Change Is Causing Homelessness In Hawaii

February 20, 2019: Rising sea levels and residual effects from nuclear testing are ushering in a wave of homeless migrants into Honolulu.

Trump-California rift widens as auto #EMISSIONS talks fail

February 20, 2019: U.S. federal officials have decided to end negotiations with California over the Trump administration's plans to roll back fuel economy rules designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, a government official said on Wednesday.

Deluge causes flash #FLOODING in parts of the South, #MUDSLIDE

February 20, 2019: Parts of the Deep South are experiencing flash flooding and other problems from heavy rains.

Overnight Energy: Group says Interior officials broke ethics pledge | New White House #CLIMATE panel will have outspoken skept

February 20, 2019: INTERIOR OFFICIALS VIOLATED ETHICS STANDARDS, GROUP SAYS: A government ethics group is accusing six political officials at the Interior Department of violating the Trump administration’s ethics pledge.The Campaign Legal Center sent a formal...

Denmarks Inger Andersen elected UN #ENVIRONMENT chief

February 20, 2019: The U.N. General Assembly has elected Inger Andersen of Denmark as the new executive director of the United Nations Environment Program, which is based in Nairobi, Kenya.

Australian Rat Declared Extinct Due To Man-Made #CLIMATE Change

February 20, 2019: Just

Australias #DROUGHT leading to suffering of children, UN warns

February 19, 2019: Many spend long days witnessing the trauma of their parents and animals, the UN warns.

Grandfather of #CLIMATE Science Wallace Broecker Dies at 87

February 19, 2019: Broecker was an early advocate for reducing fossil fuels to avoid the disruptive effects of climate change and brought the term global

Amy Klobuchar: #CLIMATE Change Is A ‘Day One’ Priority

February 19, 2019: But the Minnesota senator stopped short of endorsing the Green New Deal, calling it aspirational.

EU gets heavy-duty on #POLLUTION: 1st standards for trucks

February 19, 2019: The European Union has reached a tentative agreement on the first specific EU standards for trucks, to get polluting CO2 levels down.

Virginia’s ‘Green New Deal’ exposes what Democrats really care about -- and it’s not the #ENVIRONMENT

February 19, 2019: There’s absolutely no need for the strong arm of government to impose this on people who have no interest in having a solar plant half the size of Manhattan dropped in their backyard.

Global Warming Pioneer Wallace Smith Broecker, the ‘Grandfather of #CLIMATE Science,’ Dies at 87

February 19, 2019: Broecker once said that by burning fossil fuels, we are “playing with an angry beast.”

Democrats aren’t embracing socialism. They’re trying to improve healthcare and stop #CLIMATE change

February 19, 2019: To the editor: Unlike columnist Jonah Goldberg, I am not afraid of the Democrats’ “wild-eyed fantasy of an agenda that would cost trillions, destroy whole industries and serve as a Trojan horse for socialism.” Not doing enough to combat climate change terrifies me. I much prefer destroying “entire...

Fighting #POLLUTION: Toledo residents want personhood status for Lake Erie

February 19, 2019: The controversial legal bill will allow citizens to sue a polluter on behalf of the lake and for penalties to be imposedIn early August 2014, Crystal Jankowski was late in her pregnancy and knew she was about due. In was hot and humid where she lived in Toledo, Ohio and she remembers just wanting to relax in a cool ...

China to Build Worlds First #SOLAR Power Station in Space in Next Five Years

February 19, 2019: Scientists in China say harnessing solar power in space will provide an “inexhaustible source of clean energy.”

Amazon Wants 50% of Its Shipments to Be #CARBON Neutral by 2030

February 19, 2019: The global retailer's 'Shipment Zero' initiative has a long-term goal of using 100% renewable energy for all Amazon shipments

Whats The WMO And Why Does The U.S. National #WEATHER Service Director Want To Lead It?

February 19, 2019: Do you know what the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is? The director of the U.S. National Weather Service wants to lead it.

#CLIMATE change science pioneer Wallace Smith Broecker dies

February 19, 2019: US professor raised early alarms about climate change and popularised term ‘global warming’The scientist Wallace Smith Broecker, who raised early alarms about climate change and popularised the term “global warming”, has died was 87.The Columbia University professor and researcher died on Monday at a hospita...

Scientist says some #POLLUTION is good for you — a disputed claim Trump’s EPA has embraced

February 19, 2019: In early 2018, a deputy assistant administrator in the EPA, Clint Woods, reached out to a Massachusetts toxicologist best known for pushing a public health standard suggesting that low levels of toxic chemicals and radiation are good for people. “I wanted to check to see if you might have some...

How are #WEATHER-related school delays, closures determined?

February 19, 2019: Winter weather may bring road and driving conditions that can delay or cancel school operations, but who makes the decisions and how do they make the final call?
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