Monday, September 2, 2019

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These 4 Koch-Funded Congressmen Are Behind the Bill to Abolish the EPA

Trump Pushed for Mining Project That Could Destroy Alaska Salmon Ecosystems, Despite EPA Opposition

US government weakens application of Endangered Species Act

U.S. Significantly Weakens Endangered Species Act

'Gold Over Life, Literally': How Trump Forced Reversal on Mining Project EPA Scientists Warn Could Destroy Alaskan Salmon Ecosystem.  "This is one of the world's most beautiful places, with a thriving salmon run, and now we'll get some...gold."

WE’RE EATING THIS PLANET TO DEATH

THE WORLD IS UNITING FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW, AGAINST US EMPIRE

Climate deadline more like 18 months instead of 12 years, some experts say

To save our climate, start with our buildings

The 'Secret History' Of Koch Industries

Healey Plans To Sue Trump Administration Over Endangered Species Act Changes

Global warming is long-term rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system, an aspect of current climate change shown by temperature measurements and by multiple effects of the warming.

Global warming is long-term rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system, an aspect of current climate change shown by temperature measurements and by multiple effects of the warming.

Global warming is long-term rise in the average temperature of the Earth's climate system, an aspect of current climate change shown by temperature measurements and by multiple effects of the warming.

Climate scientists reveal their fears for the future

Harvard introduces course to train students to battle for animal rights

A scientific red scare

Science offices throughout U.S. government closing under Trump at alarming rate

July was Earth's hottest month on record

July was the hottest month ever recorded on Earth

The Hottest July, How Climate Change is Breaking Temperature Records in 2019

Paleontologists unearth remains of giant, human-sized penguin

29 States and Cities Sue to Block Trump’s ‘Dirty Power’ Rule

Trump Admin Guts Endangered Species Act in the Midst of Climate Crisis and Biodiversity Loss

Trump Administration Quietly Decides — Again — To Allow Elephant Trophy Imports

Melania Trump Mourns Elephant Deaths As Her Husband Lets People Import Tusks As Trophies: “It is sad to see this,” the first lady reportedly told her guide while viewing 105 tons of ash from an ivory burn.

Second Human Case Of EEE Confirmed In Mass.; 10 More Towns Now At Critical Risk

Congress has a couple of hot ideas on climate

Fifty Years Ago: Category 5 Hurricane Camille Hits Mississippi

From not having kids to battling anxiety: Climate change is shaping life choices and affecting mental health: For some, ignoring climate change is not an option. It’s real, and preventing global warming from getting worse is a driving force in their lives.

Shell Union Workers Told to Attend Trump Speech or Lose Pay

Hemp is the New Oak: America’s First Hemp “Wood” Factory is Being Built

The Rest of the Marijuana Story | Bill Engvall

A Philadelphia university says it’s offering ‘first MBA’ for the cannabis industry

Leaked Audio Shows Oil Lobbyist Bragging About Success in Criminalizing Pipeline Protests

Judge’s Reply-All Attack On Climate Science Appears To Cost Him Seat On Climate-Related Case

World’s First Plane – Made & Powered By Hemp – Is 10 Times Stronger Than Steel

San Francisco summers are getting hotter—and it’s dangerous: Increased overnight lows might not seem scary, but they represent a health risk for the most vulnerable

West Antarctica is melting—and it’s our fault: The fingerprints of human-caused climate change have made it to Antarctica, a new study shows

INDIGENOUS PRINCIPLES OF JUST TRANSITION

Washington State Kills Last Four of a Wolf Pack Hours Before Court-Ordered Reprieve

Wildfires Are Ravaging the Amazon Forest So Badly That They Can Be Seen From Outer Space

The Uninhabitable Earth: Life After Warming

Inslee Breaks With State Officials, Opposes Removing Protections for Gray Wolf

Washington state wildlife officials authorize more wolf killings

Scientist who called out Bolsonaro on Amazon deforestation is fired

Trump Slapped With First Lawsuit After Endangered Species Act Rollback: The new rules are a “breathtaking” and “illegal” attack on the bedrock conservation law, an Earthjustice attorney said.

Trump Admin. Quietly Awards Dozens of Lion Trophy Permits to Hunters, GOP Donors

Maasai evicted from their lands to make space for trophy tourism in the Serengeti

Sanders Campaign Co-Chair Nina Turner Calls for All Democratic Candidates to Unite Against DNC Over #ClimateDebate: "If all the Democratic presidential candidates say to the DNC, 'Let's have a debate or a forum about climate change'—what are they gonna do, kick out every single one of them?"

Don’t Count on Trees to Capture Carbon

Trump’s New Coal Rules Will Bury Rural America: People of color and white rural populations are going to suffer the most from the EPA’s war on renewable power.

The Green New Deal Must Be Global: For a planet-wide climate crisis, solutions must also span the planet.

Damage to Germany’s storied forests stokes climate debate

NASA Images Show Just How Much Carbon Monoxide Is Coming Off The Burning Amazon

Aides accuse Macron of seeking to embarrass Trump with G-7 focus on 'niche issues'

Brazil's Bolsonaro tells world not to meddle as Amazon rainforest burns

Leaked Documents Show Brazil’s Bolsonaro Has Grave Plans for Amazon Rainforest

The Last Time the Globe Warmed

It’s Not Just Pork: Trump Is Also Letting Nuclear Plants Regulate Their Own Safety.  The administration's deregulation obsession is endangering Americans' health and safety.

8 ways the world could suddenly end: Stephen Petranek at TEDxMidwest

Oil lobbyist brags about criminalizing gas and oil pipeline protests in leaked audio recording

Andrew Yang’s plan to tackle climate change, explained: Yang’s plan emphasizes a carbon tax and “moving to higher ground” (that is, moving people in coastal areas inland).

WHAT THE AMAZON FIRES MEAN FOR WILD ANIMALS: “In the Amazon, nothing is adapted to fire.” 10 per cent of Earth’s animal species live there.

Trump Claims to Be ‘Environmentalist’ After Skipping G7 Climate Meeting

Trump complains of ‘yet another big storm’ as Puerto Rico comes under a hurricane watch

Nestlé Plans to Plunder 1.1M Gallons a Day from Florida Natural Springs

Bolsonaro BLACKMAILS Emmanuel Macron

New Rule: Trump, Save Earth! | Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

Life and Why It Must Continue

"Something Drastic Has To Happen" Roger Hallam | BBC HardTalk | Extinction Rebellion

Wildfires Ravaging The Arctic Right Now Are So Intense, You Can See Them From Space

UNICEF: South Asia monsoon rains ravaging lives of millions of children.  UNICEF, the UN’s children’s fund, estimates more than 12 million people have been affected so far by the monsoon rains in South Asia, including over 5 million children. “These numbers are only likely to grow.”

Drug-resistant superbug spreading in Europe's hospitals

Glenn Greenwald on the Amazon fires and the fight for Brazil’s future

Can We Reach 100% Renewable Energy in Time to Avoid Climate Catastrophe?

AS TROPICAL STORM DORIAN HEADS FOR U.S., TRUMP DRAINS MILLIONS FROM FEMA'S DISASTER RELIEF FUND

US Moves FEMA, Coast Guard Money to Fund Border Programs

Trump Moves to Open 16.7 Million Acre Alaskan Rainforest to Corporate Exploitation

Judge throws out Trump order and restores Obama-era drilling ban in Arctic

Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Arrives in NYC to Fight “Biggest Crisis Humanity Has Ever Faced”

'We're moving to higher ground': America's era of climate mass migration is here: By the end of this century, sea level rises alone could displace 13m people. Many states will have to grapple with hordes of residents seeking dry ground. But, as one expert says, ‘No state is unaffected by this’

Climate Migrants within the U.S. Will Need a Strong Health System: We must ensure continuity of care for Americans who will be displaced from agricultural regions and coastal cities

Trump pushes to allow new logging in Alaska’s Tongass National Forest

Let's talk about how we talk about climate change....

In BP's Final $20 Billion Gulf Settlement, U.S. Taxpayers Subsidize $15.3 Billion

Trump's legacy will be best defined by his contributions to making the climate crisis much worse

Future of food under 'severe threat' as species diversity disappears - UN

Hurricane Dorian menaces Georgia, Carolinas; Florida may escape direct hit

Amazon chief says they're facing "genocide": The Brazilian government has rejected $20 million in aid from G-7 leaders to fight the fires in the Amazon rainforest. CBS News correspondent Manuel Bojorquez spoke with Tashka Yawanawa, chief of the indigenous Yawanawa people, about the threats they are facing in the region.

Brace for food wars: science writer issues warning to world

Public views on science and health

How much does the world trust medical experts and vaccines?  The world's biggest survey into public attitudes to health and science publishes today, revealing high overall global trust in doctors, nurses and scientists, and high confidence in vaccines.

Nature Conformable to Herself

Nature Conformable to Herself: Some Arguments for a Unified Theory of the Universe

Beauty, truth and … physics

Properties of Nature, and of the Human Mind

Queensland extinguishes native title over Indigenous land to make way for Adani coalmine: Palaszczuk government did not announce decision Wangan and Jagalingou people say makes them trespassers on their own land

Historic Hurricane Dorian unleashing ‘catastrophic’ blow in northern Bahamas, takes aim at Southeast U.S.: Storm is 2nd-strongest on record for the Atlantic, will move close to Florida, Southeast coast

There is no ice left on Northern Sea Route: But the number of ships that set course for the Arctic route still remains low.

Poop is no laughing matter with many metro beach closures this summer

The Companies Behind the Burning of the Amazon

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