Environmental Politics

11,000+ Scientists From Around The World Declare A ‘Climate Emergency’

"A new report by 11,258 scientists in 153 countries from a broad range of disciplines warns that the planet “clearly and unequivocally faces a climate emergency,” and provides six broad policy goals that must be met to address it."

Source: Washington Post, 11/06/2019

"AP Fact Check: Trump’s Wildfire Tweets Not Grounded In Facts"

"President Donald Trump is scorching the facts about California’s wildfires. The president in recent tweets blamed California and Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom for the fires because of state forest management practices and said California’s fires were too expensive and worse than in other states. In fact, the fires were not raging mostly in forests. The bulk of California’s forests are also federally managed, and other parts of the U.S. are burning even more."

Source: AP, 11/06/2019

Gina McCarthy Takes CEO Job at Natural Resources Defense Council

"An environmental group that has sued the Trump administration nearly 100 times announced Tuesday that it has hired Gina McCarthy, who headed the Environmental Protection Agency under President Barack Obama, as its new president and chief executive."

Source: Washington Post, 11/06/2019

"Trump Serves Notice to Quit Paris Climate Agreement"

"The Trump administration formally notified the United Nations on Monday that it would withdraw the United States from the Paris Agreement on climate change, leaving global climate diplomats to plot a way forward without the cooperation of the world’s largest economy."

Source: NY Times, 11/05/2019

Pages

Subscribe to RSS - Environmental Politics