Trump Defends Plan to Kill California’s Auto-Emissions Authority

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The administration’s plan has been assailed by California officials and environmental advocates as an attack on states’ rights and on a major policy to fight climate change. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/us/trump-california-emissions.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

More Women, Children Surviving Perils of Childbirth

Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, September 19, 2019 (ENS) – Around the world, more women and their children are surviving today than ever before, according to new child and maternal mortality estimates released today by United Nations groups led by the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, and the World Health Organization, […]

A Revolution in Brittany: Mayors Defy French State to Ban Pesticides

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A mayor banned pesticide use on the farms surrounding his village. Even though he was prosecuted for doing so, dozens of other mayors have followed his lead. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/18/world/europe/france-pesticides-mayor.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Dems Resist Trump’s ‘Reckless’ LNG Rail Tank Car Plan

Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, September 17, 2019 (ENS) – Two Democratic Congressmen have introduced legislation requiring a comprehensive review of the transport of liquified natural gas, LNG, by rail tank car. On April 10, President Donald Trump issued an executive order directing his Transportation Secretary to authorize the movement of LNG in […]

Meat Is Murder. But You Know That Already.

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment In his new essay collection, “We Are the Weather,” Jonathan Safran Foer turns his attention to the climate crisis. Mark Bittman weighs in. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/books/review/we-are-the-weather-jonathan-safran-foer.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Utilities Ask Court to Reinstate Obama’s Clean Power Plan

Published by the Environmental News Service NEW YORK, New York, September 16, 2019 (ENS) – A coalition of public and private electric utilities have filed a petition in the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals to challenge the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new Affordable Clean Energy Rule and the repeal of the Clean Power […]

U.S.-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Deal Could Unravel

Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, September 16, 2019 (ENS) – Before Congress took its six-week August recess, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sent a letter to every U.S. senator and representative urging swift approval of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, USMCA, this year. The letter was signed by 600 national, state and local trade […]

UN Chief: Climate Change Amplified Hurricane Dorian

Published by the Environmental News Service NASSAU, Bahamas, September 15, 2019 (ENS) – Category 5 Hurricane Dorian was “Category Hell,” said UN Secretary-General António Guterres as he visited the Bahamas, “but it was not powered by a devil. We have always had many hurricanes, but now they are more intense and more frequent, and they […]

Trump Inspires California Lawmakers to Go on Offense

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment California Democrats have been energized by a wave of anti-Trump sentiment to enact a sweeping liberal agenda that in almost every way offers a counternarrative to Trump administration policies. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/14/us/california-trump-newsom.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Trump’s Dorian Tweet Whips Up a Fight Over a Science Powerhouse

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The controversy has dragged one of the country’s preeminent research agencies, famous for being anonymous, into the spotlight it long avoided.  Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/13/climate/trump-noaa-hurricane-tweet.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

The Concept Cars Gleam, but Executive Dread Clouds the Frankfurt Auto Show

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Trade war, technology shifts and a global downturn are putting “unprecedented” pressure on automakers. Sustainability is now about survival. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/13/business/frankfurt-car-show.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Health Care’s Big Global Climate Footprint

Published by the Environmental News Service LONDON, UK, September 13, 2019 (ENS) – If the global health care sector were a country, it would be the fifth-largest greenhouse gas emitter on the planet, according to a new report by Health Care Without Harm in collaboration with Arup, which provides engineering, design, and project management for […]

Trump Administration Rolls Back Clean Water Protections

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The administration is expected to complete the repeal of a major Obama-era regulation that put limits on chemicals that could be used near streams, wetlands and water bodies. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/climate/trump-administration-rolls-back-clean-water-protections.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Trump Administration to Finalize Rollback of Clean Water Protections

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The administration is expected to complete the repeal of a major Obama-era regulation that put limits on chemicals that could be used near streams, wetlands and water bodies. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/climate/trump-administration-to-finalize-rollback-of-clean-water-protections.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Extreme Weather Displaced a Record 7 Million in First Half of 2019

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A new report puts 2019 on pace to be one of the most disastrous years in almost two decades even before the effects of Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas are tallied. But there was also good news.  Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/climate/extreme-weather-displacement.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

Trump Pressed Top Aide to Have Weather Service ‘Clarify’ Forecast That Contradicted Trump

Published by The New York Times Science & Environment At the president’s request, Mick Mulvaney, the acting White House chief of staff, told Wilbur Ross, the commerce secretary, to have the Weather Service say it was wrong to refute the president so categorically. Read the full article at: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/11/us/politics/trump-alabama-noaa.html?emc=rss&partner=rss

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