"NASA Ranks 2017 as the Second-Warmest Year on Record"
"NASA researchers said that 2017 was the second-warmest year on record, behind 2016 but topping 2014 and 2015."
Source: NY Times, 01/19/2018
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Trump DOI Weighs Keeping Natl Parks Open Even If Government Shuts Down
"As a Friday deadline for a government shutdown approached, the Trump administration began setting plans in motion to halt scores of federal functions — even as it scrambled to keep hundreds of national parks and monuments open to the public to minimize anger over the disruption of services."
Source: Washington Post, 01/19/2018
Trump Administration Deserts Science Advisory Boards Across Agencies"
"While top-level science positions remain vacant, scientific advisory panels have been quietly diminished, disbanded or stacked with industry scientists."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/19/2018
Energy Dept. Fires Photographer for Leaking Shot of Perry-Murray Hug
"As a photographer for the Department of Energy, Simon Edelman regularly attended meetings with Secretary Rick Perry and snapped pictures for official purposes."
Source: NY Times, 01/18/2018
Fighting Offshore Drilling, McMaster Appeals To His ‘Good Friend’ Trump
"S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster is trying, again, to protect South Carolina from falling into the offshore drilling cross hairs of his “good friend” and political ally, President Donald Trump."
Source: Columbia State, 01/18/2018
"Fracking Lobbyists Plan to Spend Big at Trump Hotel"
"Fracking firms have had much to celebrate over the last year, as the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have moved swiftly to approve pipeline projects, roll back environmental regulations, and expand drilling access on public lands."
Source: The Intercept, 01/18/2018
"Interior Department Blasts Resigning National Parks Board Members"
"The U.S. Interior Department on Wednesday said it welcomed the mass resignation of members of the National Parks Service advisory board, saying they had ignored sexual harassment cases and lied about how they were treated by the Trump administration."
Source: Reuters, 01/18/2018
106 Lawmakers Urge Trump: Restore Climate in National Security Strategy
"A bipartisan group of more than 100 members of Congress is urging President Donald Trump to recognize climate change as a national security threat."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/17/2018
NY Rejects a Natural Gas Pipeline, and Federal Regulators Say That's OK
"In a setback for the fossil fuel industry, federal energy regulators rejected a petition from the Constitution Pipeline Company to overturn New York State's denial of a water permit for a proposed natural gas pipeline. Without the permit, the pipeline can't be built."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/17/2018
Most Members Of National Parks Advisory Panel Resign In Frustration
"Three-quarters of the members of a federally chartered board advising the National Park Service abruptly quit Monday night out of frustration that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke had refused to meet with them or convene a single meeting last year."
Source: Washington Post, 01/17/2018
