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Trump Plans Rollback of Sage Grouse Protections to Spur Oil Exploration

"The Trump administration on Thursday published documents detailing its plan to roll back Obama-era protections for the vast habitat of the greater sage grouse, a chickenlike bird that roams across nearly 11 million acres in 10 oil-rich Western states."

Source: NY Times, 12/07/2018

"New Study Shows Just How Frighteningly Fast Greenland Is Melting"

"In July 2012, a spate of warm weather caused nearly the entire surface of the Greenland ice sheet to begin melting, an event with no precedent in the satellite record. A new study shows this massive melt-out wasn’t just an anomaly compared with the last 40 years, but the last 350. Unfortunately, the study also suggests 2012 could be a harbinger of our new normal."

Source: Earther, 12/06/2018

US Plans To 'Showcase Ways To Use Fossil Fuels' At Climate Conference

While all the nations of the world meet in Poland to lower greenhouse emissions, the Trump administration, which has dropped out of the Paris Agreement, will nonetheless show up and promote the use of fossil fuels.

Source: Washington Post, 12/06/2018

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