Causes
An aerial view of a cleared area of a forest

Texas refinery’s ‘green’ jet fuel linked to Amazon deforestation

A Texas biofuel plant supplying major U.S. airlines with “sustainable” jet fuel has been sourcing cattle fat tied to ranches on illegally deforested Amazon land, raising questions about the true climate impact of the industry’s green fuel push.

www.reuters.com
A small home with boarded windows and flood-damaged personal effects piled on the sidewalk

Trump’s killing of climate grants has recipients second-guessing federal help

"The risk is way too high and the effort is way too large," said one environmental group founder about federal grants.
www.politico.com
People watching remotely Montana youth climate lawsuit

Young climate activists who won landmark trial are challenging Trump's energy orders

Young climate activists and their attorneys who won a landmark global warming trial against the state of Montana are challenging President Donald Trump's energy agenda.
apnews.com
A deforested area with a cow walking across the grass

More deforestation leads to a drier dry season, Amazon study finds

In Brazil’s southern Amazonian region, where the notorious “arc of deforestation” has been expanding since the 1970s, forest loss is reshaping the region’s atmospheric water cycle.

news.mongabay.com
northern siberian tundra

The Siberian tundra is exploding. New research helps explain why.

Spontaneous gas explosions appear to be increasing in northern Russia because of climate change and some specific local conditions.
www.nytimes.com
A steel plant with smoke billowing from smokestacks.

Hoosiers will wait 2 more years for cleaner air near Indiana steel mills

The U.S. EPA delayed pollution standards at steel mills for two more years worrying public health advocates.
www.indystar.com
seemingly homeless Black man, woman, and child

Trump ends critical environmental, health projects in Black communities

The Trump administration has canceled nearly two dozen projects, according to a Post analysis, undermining efforts on pollution, sewage leaks and flooding.
www.washingtonpost.com
A factory or power plant with smokestacks emitting pollution

Trump's EPA plans to stop making companies report their emissions

The EPA has proposed rescinding its long-standing greenhouse gas reporting program, which tracks emissions from thousands of facilities nationwide. Critics warn the move would blind policymakers, states, and the public to the true scale of climate pollution.

www.notus.org
Small uninhabited South Pacific island with a dozen palm trees

China, climate crisis and Cop31: five takeaways from the Pacific Islands Forum

A key climate crisis funding treaty struck as Pacific leaders backed Australia’s bid for Cop31 despite some criticism of its environmental credentials.

www.theguardian.com
North Carolina State Capitol building

Republican’s oil ties a focus in North Carolina Senate race

Former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Whatley has a long record in the energy industry. Democrats see it as a liability.
www.eenews.net
Two workmen installing rooftop solar panels

Rooftop solar is in a slump. Are dark days ahead?

The popularity of residential solar is seeing a steep reversal due to shifting state and federal policies driven by powerful utility interests. And while some say the decline is simply a mild adjustment, others fear the market for residential solar may be on the brink of a long-term slide.   
www.thenewlede.org
A blue and white ship at sea with LNG written on the side of it.

Wright and Burgum urge Europe to rethink methane curbs

A new EU rule will restrict imports that exceed strict limits on methane emissions. That could be a problem for American LNG exports.
www.eenews.net
Illustration of arm "netting " smokestack emissions

Carbon capture – the get-out-of-jail-free card that does not actually work

Engineers have been trying to perfect the technology for years but the maximum effect it could manage is far short of what the planet needs.

www.theguardian.com
Airborne dolphin leaping against ocean backdrop

‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster

Some days it can feel as if climate catastrophe is inevitable. But history is full of cases – such as the banning of whaling and CFCs – that show humanity can come together to avert disaster.

www.theguardian.com
Coal plant emitting smokestack pollution

Study links heat waves to climate change and fossil fuel producers

A new study has determined that 55 heat waves over the past quarter-century would not have happened without human-caused climate change.
apnews.com
Big Ben and Parliament in London

The Trump-aligned climate skeptics advising Britain’s Nigel Farage

The U.K. boss of the Heartland Institute said she had been influencing Reform UK “at the highest level.”
www.politico.eu
flags of Department of Energy and USA painted on cracked wall

An Energy Department climate change report ‘completely ignored’ adaptation, Rutgers professor says

Pamela McElwee joined a group of 85 climate scientists who refuted DOE’s faulty science last week. Trump’s climate denialism, she believes, is designed to sow confusion—and inaction.
insideclimatenews.org
a group of smokestacks.

‘A colossal train wreck’: U.S. energy chief slams odds of net zero by 2050

Net zero by 2050 is "a monstrous human impoverishment program and of course there is no way it is going to happen," U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said.
www.cnbc.com
The Daily Climate
FOLLOW US:
SUBSCRIBE:
Journalism that drives the discussion
Copyright © 2017 Environmental Health Sciences. All rights reserved.