"NOAA Is Worried Its Funding Will Evaporate Under Trump"
"The agency is responsible for much of the federal government’s research on climate change."
Source: Motherboard, 02/09/2017
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"Florida Has Seen Bad Effects from Trump-Like Climate Gag Orders"
"The state, and North Carolina, had trouble planning for damaging erosion after orders similar to White House moves".
Source: Scientific American, 02/09/2017
Enviro, Energy Reporters Look at Prospects for Beat in 2017
Veteran journalists gathered in Washington, D.C. last Friday, Feb. 3, to share insights into how environment and energy policy may unfold in the year ahead — and to urge colleagues to prepare for possibly dramatic shifts ahead. Key takeaways, plus video, audio clips and a presentation by SEJ's president. Photo: Washington Post reporter Daryl Fears; courtesy of Schuyler Null/Wilson Center.
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No, US Scientists Didn't Trick The World Into Adopting The Paris Deal
"The climate-denial camp has new ammunition: A widely refuted Daily Mail article that claims top U.S. climate scientists exaggerated their data for a 2015 study to 'dupe' world leaders into adopting the Paris Climate Agreement."
Source: Mashable, 02/07/2017
"As Trump’s EPA Takes Shape, Here’s Your Pesticide Cheat Sheet"
"In the final weeks and months of the Obama administration, the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Pesticide Programs issued a flurry of reports on some of the country’s most widely used pesticides. Decisions made on the basis of these environmental and health assessments will likely determine the level of pesticide residue allowed on the food we eat. They will affect children’s neurological health and development, particularly in agricultural communities. They will determine how farmworkers are protected from pesticide exposures. And they will affect the fate of threatened and endangered species across the country."
Source: Civil Eats, 02/06/2017
Climate Scientists Challenge Conservatives' NOAA Suit on Emails
"As researchers strive to keep their unpublished work private, many brace for more anti-science government interference under Donald Trump."
Source: InsideClimate News, 02/06/2017
GOP Using Big Tobacco’s Secret Science Playbook to Gut Health Rules
"On Tuesday, the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology is expected to hold a hearing on a bill to undermine health regulations that is based on a strategy cooked up by tobacco industry strategists more than two decades ago."
Source: The Intercept, 02/06/2017
"The EPA Has Started to Remove Obama-Era Information"
"The Environmental Protection Agency’s website has begun to transform under the Trump administration. A group of researchers have found what are likely the first steps in a major overhaul of a site that’s been closely watched since President Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20. Federal climate plans created under former President Obama, tribal assistance programs, and references to international cooperation have been stricken from the site."
Source: Climate Central, 02/03/2017
"Earth Day Picked As Date For Science March On Washington"
"Just like protesters who have taken to the streets and airports -- for the Women's March and against the travel ban -- scientists are planning their own march."
Source: CNN, 02/02/2017
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