Ecology and Pollution related links 010317

U.S. Energy Department balks at Trump request for names on climate change

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-climate-idUSKBN1421V0?ncid=newsltushpmgnews

 

Scientists are frantically copying U.S. climate data, fearing it might vanish under Trump

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/13/scientists-are-frantically-copying-u-s-climate-data-fearing-it-might-vanish-under-trump/?ncid=newsltushpmgnews&utm_term=.3512dbf619ea

 

Donald Trump Will Reportedly Select Rick Perry For Energy Secretary

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/rick-perry-energy-secretary_us_584f779ee4b0bd9c3dfe7dc0?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HUFFPOST%20HILL%20121316&utm_content=HUFFPOST%20HILL%20121316+CID_e368768110832074bda5b3d77e4263b6&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=HuffPost&

 

World Unites Against Pebble Mine

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/taryn-kiekow-heimer/world-unites-against-pebble-mine

 

The Standoff at Standing Rock

https://www.nrdc.org/experts/rhea-suh/standoff-standing-rock

 

Democrats call for special counsel to probe Trump team’s focus on climate scientists

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/16/senate-democrats-call-for-special-counsel-investigation-into-trump-climate-inquiry/?utm_term=.e35cb94c0f6a&wpisrc=nl_az_most

 

Scientists confirm that warm ocean water is melting the biggest glacier in East Antarctica

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/16/warm-ocean-water-is-slamming-into-and-melting-the-biggest-glacier-in-east-antarctica/?utm_term=.0e8106cc75c1&wpisrc=nl_az_most

 

Advanced Black Lung Cases Surge In Appalachia

http://www.npr.org/2016/12/15/505577680/advanced-black-lung-cases-surge-in-appalachia?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20161218&utm_campaign=bestofnpr&utm_term=nprnews

 

Million-Year-Old 'Hero Bug' Emerges From Cave

http://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2016/12/10/504691357/million-year-old-hero-bug-emerges-from-cave?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20161218&utm_campaign=bestofnpr&utm_term=nprnews

 

A Trump team member just compared climate science to the flat-Earth theory

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/14/a-trump-team-member-just-compared-climate-science-to-the-flat-earth-theory/?utm_term=.ae4b4c92f1be&wpisrc=nl_az_most

 

Washed Away: Eroding sand dunes could leave Mauritania’s capital at risk of extensive flooding.

http://www.takepart.com/article/2016/12/14/mauritania-erosion

 

The electoral college is thwarting our ability to battle global warming

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/12/19/the-electoral-college-is-thwarting-our-ability-to-battle-global-warming/?utm_term=.f9559e86670b&wpisrc=nl_az_most

 

We're Not Going Anywhere

http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/news/were-not-going-anywhere

 

We Cannot Be Discouraged; Let’s Keep Building Our Movement

http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2016/11/09/we-cannot-be-discouraged-lets-keep-building-our-movement

 

Who's Banking on the Dakota Access Pipeline?

http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/news/who's-banking-dakota-access-pipeline

 

All Rex Tillerson Cares About Is Energy: But does that mean he's going to gut America’s $50 billion foreign aid budget?

https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/12/16/all-rex-tillerson-cares-about-is-energy-state-department-foreign-aid/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=Flashpoints

 

In the decision on Standing Rock, ghosts from the past

http://www.hcn.org/articles/in-the-decision-on-standing-rock-lessons-and-ghosts-from-the-past

 

On the Ground at Standing Rock

http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/12/08/on-the-ground-at-standing-rock/

 

A Victory at Standing Rock, For Now

https://www.democracynow.org/2016/12/8/a_victory_at_standing_rock_for

 

In the Spirit of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse

http://diverseeducation.com/article/89903/

 

US military issues climate security warning

http://www.climatechangenews.com/2016/09/23/us-military-issues-climate-security-warning/

 

Flint Poisons Citizens' Water, Then Threatens Eviction For Water Bills

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dW4eLCu9Ic&feature=youtu.be

 

There's One Last Thing Obama Can Do to Fight Global Warming

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2016/12/obama-green-climate-fund?ncid=newsltushpmgnews

 

Donald Trump’s EPA Pick Urged To Come Clean On Ties To Secretive Koch-Funded Group: Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt’s ties to the fossil fuel industry keep going deeper and deeper.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/scott-pruitt-defense-fund_us_5863ddb8e4b0eb586487bc1a?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=HUFFPOST%20HILL%20122816&utm_content=HUFFPOST%20HILL%20122816+CID_32fa37d10ed2951c1bc69d857b00dc2b&utm_source=Email%20marketing%20software&utm_term=HuffPost&

 

Standing with Standing Rock: My Humanism Won’t Let Me Stay Silent

https://thehumanist.com/magazine/january-february-2017/features/standing-standing-rock-humanism-wont-let-stay-silent

 

Great Barrier Reef Hit by Worst Coral Die-Off on Record, Scientists Say

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/world/australia/great-barrier-reef-coral-bleaching.html?_r=0

 

Paris climate agreement becomes international law

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/11/04/paris-climate-agreement-becomes-international-law.html

 

The Call of the Rewild

https://thehumanist.com/magazine/september-october-2016/up-front/the-call-of-the-rewild

 

With enough evidence, even skepticism will thaw

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sf/business/2016/12/30/with-enough-evidence-even-skepticism-will-thaw/

 

National Parks Should Not Be Billboards for Corporate Advertising

http://www.commercialfreechildhood.org/national-parks-should-not-be-billboards-corporate-advertising