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Trump’s EPA Skipped Ethics Reviews for Several New Advisers, Government Watchdog Finds The EPA’s boards, including its Science Advisory Board, now have more industry members and consultants and fewer academic scientists.

Posted by GreenDog on Friday, 19 July 2019 in General Environment

BY MARIANNE LAVELLE The Trump administration's Environmental Protection Agency has sidestepped the agency's process for ensuring quality and balance in its advisory committees, and numerous appointees are serving without having undergone the required federal ethics review, the Go...

TRUMP ADMINISTRATION Report: Push for energy production would hike emissions

Posted by GreenDog on Thursday, 18 July 2019 in Climate Change

Shared from the 7/18/2019 The Denver Post eEdition By Judith Kohler The Denver Post Public lands in Colorado and across the West could make climate change worse if oil and gas leases recently sold by federal land managers start producing and emitting millions of tons of greenhouse gas...

They finally built a better ketchup bottle. Soon it will be everywhere.

Posted by GreenDog on Thursday, 18 July 2019 in Green Products/Services

Shared from the 7/17/2019 The Denver Post eEdition By Laura Reiley The Washington Post Remember when ketchup turned upside down? Or when half gallons of milk grew plastic screw caps on their sides? We are resistant to change in food packaging, attached to our squeezy honey bear, Toblerone...

But planting trees is not a substitute for weaning the world off burning oil, coal and gas, the chief cause of global warming, Crowther emphasized.

Posted by GreenDog on Wednesday, 10 July 2019 in Forestry

Shared from the 7/5/2019 The Denver Post eEdition To fight climate change, plant 1 trillion trees By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON» The most effective way to fight global warming is to plant lots of trees, a study says. A trillion of them, maybe more. And t...

Some BP oil “won’t see the light of day,” company says

Posted by GreenDog on Wednesday, 10 July 2019 in Fossil Fuels

Shared from the 7/4/2019 The Denver Post eEdition By Kelly GilblomBloomberg News Oil companies are under increasing pressure to bring fuel to market faster and cheaper, leading BP to conclude that some of its resources “won’t see the light of day,” according to its head of strategy. Some of t...

2020 Presidental Candidates Positions on Climate Change ^Featured

Posted by GreenDog on Tuesday, 09 July 2019 in Climate Change

https://www.changetheclimate2020.com/ This site offers one stop shopping for you to learn about the positions and proposals of each candidate regarding climate change. Change the Climate 2020, a project of the League of Conservation Voters, is elevating climate action in the 2020 presidentia...

Trump touts green record Critics question claims while pointing to many regulatory rollbacks

Posted by GreenDog on Tuesday, 09 July 2019 in Earth Violators

Shared from the 7/9/2019 The Denver Post eEdition ENVIRONMENT By Ellen Knickmeyer and Kevin Freking The Associated Press WASHINGTON » President Donald Trump declared himself a champion of the environment Monday, working to boost his standing on climate change and pollution issues...

For first time ever, renewables surpass coal in U.S. power mix

Posted by GreenDog on Monday, 01 July 2019 in Solar

Shared from the 6/27/2019 The Denver Post eEdition By Christopher Martin Bloomberg News For the clearest sign yet that renewable energy has gone mainstream, consider this: Clean energy resources supplied more of America’s electricity than coal for the first time ever in April. Hydropower dam...

GREENPEACE WARNS ABOUT ATLANTIC SHARK FISHING

Posted by GreenDog on Monday, 01 July 2019 in Fishing

Shared from the 6/28/2019 The Denver Post eEdition GREENPEACE WARNS ABOUT ATLANTIC SHARK FISHING LISBON, PORTUGAL » Greenpeace is warning about overfishing of endangered sharks in the North Atlantic, often by Spanish and Portuguese boats. The group published a report Thursday arguing that tens of...

U.N. CHIEF: CLIMATE GOALS NOT ENOUGH ^Featured

Posted by GreenDog on Monday, 01 July 2019 in Climate Change

ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES » U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres took his global message urging immediate climate action to officials gathered in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday, where production of hydrocarbons remains a key driver of the economy. Guterres is calling on governments to ...

EU Airports Plan for Net Zero Emissions

Posted by GreenDog on Thursday, 27 June 2019 in Air Quality

Shared from the 6/27/2019 The Denver Post eEdition European airports plan for net zero carbon emissions By The Associated Press LIMASSOL, CYPRUS» An organization representing airports in 45 European countries said Wednesday that it plans to get airports to achieve net zero carbon emission...

For first time ever, renewables surpass coal in U.S. power mix

Posted by GreenDog on Thursday, 27 June 2019 in Fossil Fuels

Shared from the 6/27/2019 The Denver Post eEdition By Christopher Martin  Bloomberg News For the clearest sign yet that renewable energy has gone mainstream, consider this: Clean energy resources supplied more of America’s electricity than coal for the first time ever in April. Hydropower da...

Health impact from smoke soars with intense wildfires increasing

Posted by GreenDog on Wednesday, 26 June 2019 in Human Health

Shared from the 6/26/2019 The Denver Post eEdition By Matthew Brown The Associated Press BILLINGS, MONT.» Climate change in the western United States means more intense and frequent wildfires churning out waves of smoke that scientists say will sweep across the continent to affect ten...

Avoiding “wastefulness” Apps help find unsold food and reduce waste

Posted by GreenDog on Wednesday, 26 June 2019 in Food

By Kirsten Grieshaber The Associated Press Franziska Lienert, a spokeswoman for the company that runs the “To Good To Go” app, uses a tablet to find a restaurant participating with the food-sharing community. ABERLIN» fter a long day at work, Annekathrin Fiesinger is too tired to consider making ...

Expert: Millions Face Dire Poverty from Climate Change

Posted by GreenDog on Wednesday, 26 June 2019 in Climate Change

» A United Nations expert on poverty says hundreds of millions of people around the world face hunger, displacement, disease and death because of climate change. In a report released Tuesday, the U.N.’s independent expert on extreme poverty and human rights said current measures to cope ...

EPA defies climate warnings, gives coal plants a reprieve

Posted by GreenDog on Friday, 21 June 2019 in Air Quality

Shared from the 6/20/2019 The Denver Post eEdition ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY By Ellen Knickmeyer The Associated Press Associated Press file WASHINGTON» Despite scientists’ increasingly urgent warnings, the Trump administration ordered a sweeping about-face Wednesday on Obama-era efforts t...

Warming could reduce sea life by 17%

Posted by GreenDog on Friday, 21 June 2019 in Ocean/Seas/Coastlines

Shared from the 6/12/2019 The Denver Post eEdition By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press WASHINGTON» The world’s oceans will likely lose about one-sixth of their fish and other marine life by the end of the century if climate change continues on its current path, a new study says. Ever...

Climate change intensified heat wave

Posted by GreenDog on Friday, 21 June 2019 in Climate Change

Shared from the 6/12/2019 The Denver Post eEdition By Jason Samenow The Associated Press Simultaneous heat waves scorched land areas all over the Northern Hemisphere last summer, killing hundreds and hospitalizing thousands while intensifying destructive and deadly wildfires. A study published th...

EPA Former Leaders Question Current EPA Direction

Posted by GreenDog on Friday, 21 June 2019 in General Environment

Shared from the 6/12/2019 The Denver Post eEdition By Ellen Knickmeyer The Associated Press WASHINGTON» Environmental Protection Agency heads under three previous Republican presidents joined their Democratic counterparts Tuesday in telling lawmakers they were concerned by the Trump admini...

Being in Nature is good for our health

Posted by GreenDog on Wednesday, 19 June 2019 in Human Health

A two-hour “dose” of nature a week significantly boosts health and wellbeing, research suggests, even if you simply sit and enjoy the peace. The physical and mental health benefits of time spent in parks, woods or the beach are well known, but the new research is the first major study into how long...

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2020 Presidental Candidates Positions on Climate Change Featured

U.N. CHIEF: CLIMATE GOALS NOT ENOUGH Featured

2020 Presidental Candidates Positions on Climate Change ^Featured

U.N. CHIEF: CLIMATE GOALS NOT ENOUGH ^Featured