The Daily Climate

On climate, it's Biden's green revolution versus Trump's war on red tape

The U.S. presidential election pits a politician who plans to tie the country's economic recovery to tackling climate change against another determined to remove as many regulatory hurdles to oil, gas and coal production as possible.

Impacts

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Climate change hitting top U.S. fishery in the Arctic: NOAA

Climate change is causing chaos in the Bering Sea, home to one of America's largest fisheries, an example of how rising temperatures can rapidly change ecosystems important to the economy, U.S. federal government scientists said in a report on Tuesday.

Politics

Peru will likely create Pacific Ocean reserve in early 2019: Government

Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra's government is planning to create an ocean reserve in the first quarter to protect feeding and breeding grounds for humpback whales and other marine species, the environment minister said on Monday.

Causes

Congo approves logging near carbon-rich peatlands

Congo's environment ministry said on Tuesday it had reinstated thousands of square kilometers of logging concessions in its equatorial forests, a move environmentalists fear could cause huge volumes of greenhouse gases to be released.

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Scientists decry Arctic oil expansion in letter to U.S. senators

A group of 37 U.S.-based scientists whose research focuses on Arctic wildlife asked two U.S. senators in a letter on Thursday not to open the National Arctic Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas exploration, according to a copy seen by Reuters.

ORIGINAL REPORTING

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On climate, it's Biden's green revolution versus Trump's war on red tape

Climate change hitting top U.S. fishery in the Arctic: NOAA

Peru will likely create Pacific Ocean reserve in early 2019: Government

Congo approves logging near carbon-rich peatlands

Scientists decry Arctic oil expansion in letter to U.S. senators

Coal stockpiles strain US power sector as demand wanes

Bogotá faces water rationing

Wisconsin oil spill fuels doubts over Enbridge’s pipeline safety

Hydrogen hubs test new federal environmental justice rules

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