With Trump Election, Critical Climate Efforts Likely Fall To The States
"'It will be possible for states to choose to become pollution havens'".
Source: Ctr for Public Integrity, 11/23/2016
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Trump To Scrap NASA Climate Research in War on ‘Politicized Science’
"Donald Trump is poised to eliminate all climate change research conducted by NASA as part of a crackdown on 'politicized science', his senior adviser on issues relating to the space agency has said."
Source: Guardian, 11/23/2016
"Donald Trump Says He Has ‘Open Mind’ on Climate Change Accord"
"President-elect Donald J. Trump said on Tuesday that he would 'keep an open mind' about whether to pull the United States out of a landmark multinational agreement on climate change."
Source: NY Times, 11/23/2016
"EPA Chief: Trump Can’t Halt U.S. Shift To Clean Energy"
"The head of the Environmental Protection Agency on Monday gave an impassioned defense of the Obama administration’s energy and environmental policies and insisted the nation’s shift from fossil fuels will continue no matter who occupies the White House."
Source: Wash Post, 11/22/2016
71 Percent of Americans Support Paris Climate Deal Trump Wants To Dump
"Since the election of Donald Trump as president, climate change has rushed to the front of the news because of Trump’s pledges to wipe away major U.S. attempts to address it. ... However, a new survey released by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs on Monday suggests that if Trump were to withdraw from the agreement, that may not be popular in the United States."
Source: Wash Post, 11/22/2016
"Trump's Interior Department Shortlist Vexes Employees, Green Groups"
"President-elect Donald Trump's shortlist of candidates to lead the U.S. Department of Interior has employees and environmental advocates fearful of a shift in the agency's direction, from one focused on preserving public lands to one that would open them up to more drilling and mining."
Source: Reuters, 11/22/2016
"With a Meeting, Trump Renewed a British Wind Farm Fight"
"When President-elect Donald J. Trump met with the British politician Nigel Farage in recent days, he encouraged Mr. Farage and his entourage to oppose the kind of offshore wind farms that Mr. Trump believes will mar the pristine view from one of his two Scottish golf courses, according to one person present. The meeting, held shortly after the presidential election, raises new questions about Mr. Trump’s willingness to use the power of the presidency to advance his business interests."
Source: NY Times, 11/22/2016
"A Bleak Outlook for Trump’s Promises to Coal Miners"
"Donald J. Trump made coal a centerpiece of his campaign, holding rousing rallies with miners in hard hats, who he said had been neglected under eight years of the Obama administration. ... Now, though, coal may prove a different sort of symbol — that is, of the challenges that the president-elect will face delivering on his many promises to restore struggling sectors of the American economy."
Source: NY Times, 11/21/2016
"Under Trump Shadow, Climate Talks Set 2018 Deadline To Agree Rules"
"MARRAKESH, Morocco -- Nearly 200 nations agreed around midnight on Friday to work out the rules for a landmark 2015 global deal to tackle climate change within two years in a new sign of international support for a pact opposed by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump."
Source: Reuters, 11/21/2016
Opponents of Mid-Atlantic Pipeline Strategize in Wake of Election
"NATURAL BRIDGE, Va.— In the Natural Bridge Hotel lobby before a pipeline summit in opposition to two planned fracked-gas pipelines, two words could be heard in almost every conversation: 'Trump' and 'election.'"
Source: Daily Climate, 11/18/2016
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