"Federal Agencies Budget $42M For Asian Carp Prevention"
"Federal officials say they'll continue efforts to prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, despite uncertainty about what Donald Trump might propose."
Source: AP, 01/13/2017
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"Tillerson Hedges on Climate Science but Supports Paris Agreement"
"Rex Tillerson told the Senate panel considering his nomination for secretary of state that he supported the United States remaining in the Paris climate agreement and that he has made his views known to Donald Trump."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/13/2017
Tillerson Admits Climate Risk, Avoids Exxon’s Role In Sowing Doubt
"Secretary of state nominee Rex Tillerson on Wednesday said he believes 'the risk of climate change does exist, and the consequences could be serious enough that action should be taken.' But while the Obama administration and other world leaders have aggressively pursued efforts to slash carbon dioxide emissions and stave off global warming, the former ExxonMobil chief executive expressed little such urgency when testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill Wednesday."
Source: Wash Post, 01/12/2017
Obama’s Energy Department Moves To Stop Political Attacks On Scientists
"Days ahead of the Trump Administration taking power, the US Department of Energy released long-demanded rules on Wednesday to protect its scientists from political harassment."
Source: Buzzfeed, 01/12/2017
Interior Dept. Calls For Major Changes To ‘Modernize’ Fed Coal Program
"With just days until President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, the Department of the Interior finalized a report Wednesday calling for major changes to the federal coal program by which the U.S. manages the leasing of land to companies for exploration and production across 570 million publicly owned acres."
Source: Wash Post, 01/12/2017
Anti-Vax Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Will Chair Trump’s Vaccine Safety Panel
"Outspoken vaccine critic Robert Kennedy Jr. has accepted a position within Donald Trump’s administration as chair of a panel on vaccine safety and scientific integrity — the clearest sign yet of the president-elect’s suspicions about vaccines."
Source: STAT, 01/11/2017
"640 Companies To Trump: Stay The Course On Clean Energy"
"A total of 640 businesses and investors sent a letter to President-elect Trump and Congress on Tuesday, strongly urging continued investment in the clean energy sector. The letter, coordinated by the nonprofit group Ceres, which works with investors and companies to promote sustainability, contains big tech names like Adobe, SalesForce, eBay, HP, SolarCity, Symantec and Tesla."
Source: Mashable, 01/11/2017
Exxon Continued Paying Millions To Climate Deniers Under Tillerson
"The company, led by Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, has supposedly shifted its stance on global warming. But the receipts suggest otherwise."
"Exxon Mobil Corp. promised nine years ago to stop donating to groups that spread misinformation about climate change. Yet between 2008 and 2015, the oil giant’s charitable arm gave over $6.5 million to groups that deny that burning fossil fuels is causing global warming, a new analysis shows.
Source: Huffington Post, 01/10/2017
"Cuba, United States Sign Oil Spill Deal Before Trump Inauguration"
"Cuba and the United States agreed on Monday to jointly prevent, contain and clean up oil and other toxic spills in the Gulf of Mexico, as they rush to conclude deals before President-elect Donald Trump takes office."
Source: Reuters, 01/10/2017
"Obama: Trump Cannot Undo All Climate Progress"
"President Obama, writing in the nation's leading science journal, declared that 'the trend toward clean energy is irreversible' regardless of the different policy choices likely to come from his successor."
Source: InsideClimate News, 01/10/2017
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