EPA Concludes: Fracking Harms Drinking Water
EPA issues long-awaited report concluding that fracking harms drinking water. The Trump administration is likely to ignore this report.
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Trump Agenda: EPA, State Picks Aligned With Fossil Fuels Industry
Trump’s choices for EPA administrator–Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt– and Secretary of State– ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson–have each worked either for or on behalf of the fossil fuels industry and share a history of considerable scepticism on the subject of climate change.
Read more...Trump EPA Pick: Scott Pruitt as EPA Head Signals Agency Will Ignore Climate Change
Nomination of Oklahoma State AG Scott Pruitt to head the EPA signals the intention to unwind Obama administration climate change policies.
Read more...Donald Trump’s Swamp: Meet Ten Potential Energy and Climate Cabinet Picks and the Pickers
Link-rich summary of backgrounds, connections and biases of ten possible picks for Trump’s climate and energy team, collected in one post.
Read more...Canada Oil Pipeline: Trudeau Just Knocked Over the First Domino
Canada talks the talk on climate change, but Trudeau’s pipeline decision this week shares too much in common with poor US pipeline policy.
Read more...Trump’s Existential Threat: Climate Change
Trump will encounter opposition from the military if he persists with climate change denialism.
Read more...Oil Industry Worries About Peak Oil, as in Peak Demand
Some forward-thinking oil producers are worried about peak demand. Are their concerns warranted?
Read more...Can Trump Really Make U.S. Coal Great Again?
What are the prospects for the restoration of King Coal under Trump?
Read more...100% Renewable Powered Town Is The Best Place To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse
One town demonstrates that it’s possible to rely only on renewable power….so why haven’t others taken the plunge?
Read more...Thwarting Trump’s Climate Change Rollback: The Green-State Climate Agreement
State and local measures, such as a green-state pact, could impede the Trump administration’s efforts to unwind climate change initiatives.
Read more...Obamamometer Whispers DAPL Sweet Nothings to Lure Progressives
The Army Corps of Engineers is unlikely to to reroute DAPL, in the face of private contractual commitments to supply oil that soon kick in.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Considering the Coming Megadrought in the American Southwest
The megadrought is coming….and it is not pretty.
Read more...Just How Hard Is It To Cut US Greenhouse Gases?
The US is not surprisingly, going to miss 2020 greenhouse gas targets by a big margin. What will policymakers do?
Read more...Michael Hoexter: A Pocket Handbook of Soft Climate Denial
More on soft climate denial: acknowledging that climate change is a serious threat but being unwilling to take sufficient steps to combat it.
Read more...We’re Past the Point of No Return for Climate Change
On why the case for combatting climate change is more urgent than ever, and what can be done about it.
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