Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, February 17, 2017 (ENS) – Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt today won Senate confirmation to head the Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, the federal agency he has sued multiple times during the Obama administration in attempts to limit its control of industry. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/02/17/senate-confirms-epa-foe-pruitt-as-epa-administrator/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Britain’s efforts to aid the environment have inadvertently led to a spike in an even more insidious form of air pollution than the deadly smog of 1952. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/17/world/europe/london-smog-air-pollution.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Employees of the Environmental Protection Agency are calling their senators to try to defeat Scott Pruitt’s confirmation to run the agency. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/us/politics/scott-pruitt-environmental-protection-agency.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment An ecological cornerstone is vanishing rapidly from the oceans, and scientists fear the consequences for climate change, fisheries and disease. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/16/science/seagrass-coral-reefs-pathogens-global-warming.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment When some climate scientists began saying we’d entered a new epoch, they meant to draw attention to human effects on climate. Now, to their dismay, it’s become a tech call to arms for more disruption. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/14/magazine/is-the-anthropocene-era-a-condemnation-of-human-interference-or-a-call-for-more.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment The species native to Cambodia’s limestone karsts exist nowhere else. Now these unique environments are being pulverized for cement. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/13/science/cambodia-karsts-plants.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service SACRAMENTO, California, February 13, 2017 (ENS) – Tens of thousands of residents near Lake Oroville in Butte County California have been ordered to evacuate their homes as the auxiliary emergency spillway at Lake Oroville Dam is in danger of failing. Failure of the auxiliary spillway may cause widespread, severe […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, February 13, 2017 (ENS) – In 2016, for the second year in a row, the majority of new generating capacity installed in the United States came from renewable energy sources, according to the latest issue of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s monthly “Energy Infrastructure Update.” Read the […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WELLINGTON, New Zealand, February 12, 2017 (ENS) – Hundreds of pilot whales stranded and died on the northern tip of New Zealand’s South Island this weekend, others in that group were refloated, but then hundreds more beached themselves Saturday. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/02/12/300-pilot-whales-die-in-new-zealand-mass-stranding/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment A British tabloid said American government scientists overstated global temperatures to influence climate talks. Other scientists say that did not happen. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/science/2015-climate-study-data.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Great Bear Lake in Canada is the first Unesco Biosphere Reserve led by an indigenous community. They guard it as if it were the last hope for humanity. They may have a point. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/travel/great-bear-lake-arctic-unesco-biosphere-canada.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service SANTIAGO, Chile, February 6, 2017 (ENS) – In Chile’s worst fire disaster in 50 years, the South American country has lost over half a million hectares to more than 100 wildfires that first flared up in mid-January. The blazes have frustrated firefighters’ efforts to control them, with new hot […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, February 5, 2017 (ENS) – The health hazards of perfluorinated chemicals, or PFCs, are well known to scientists, yet some fast food chains still use food wrappers, bags and boxes coated with these grease-resistant compounds, according to nationwide tests reported in a new peer-reviewed study. Read the […]
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment President Trump’s nominee, who is expected to be confirmed this week, knows as well as anyone the legal limits on deregulation. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/05/us/politics/scott-pruitt-is-seen-cutting-the-epa-with-a-scalpel-not-a-cleaver.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada, February 4, 2017 (ENS) – Tree Canada, a national tree planting charity, will invest more than C$1 million to restore forests destroyed by the Fort McMurray wildfires last year. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/02/04/reforesting-canadas-oil-sands-city/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Not since the Reagan administration has Washington moved so quickly to nullify so many federal regulations. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/04/us/politics/republicans-oil-gas-regulations.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, February 3, 2017 (ENS) – The Senate voted Thursday to send President Donald Trump a measure to kill the Interior Department’s Stream Protection Rule, a coal mining regulation finalized in December, just weeks before the end of the Obama administration. The House passed the measure earlier in […]
Published by the Environmental News Service WASHINGTON, DC, February 2, 2017 (ENS) – For two days Senate Democrats have boycotted a planned committee vote on President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, the attorney general of Oklahoma. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/02/02/senate-environment-committee-waives-rules-for-pruitt/
Published by The New York Times Science & Environment Trump cabinet nominees offer a more nuanced view of climate change: The Earth is warming, but the impact of human activities remains uncertain. Read the full article at: http://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/02/science/climate-change-republicans.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Published by the Environmental News Service GLAND, Switzerland, February 2, 2017 (ENS) – Ten new Wetlands of International Importance in five countries have been designated to celebrate World Wetlands Day 2017, observed every year on February 2. “Wetlands for Disaster Risk Reduction” is this year’s theme. Read the full article at: http://ens-newswire.com/2017/02/02/wetlands-protected-worldwide-to-reduce-disaster-risks/