This fix could solve a major problem. We need to make sure the legislature passes it. Regional. C4.

This fix could solve a major problem. We need to make sure the legislature passes it. Regional. C4.

Written by Moms Clean Air Force

This was written by Martha Roberts. It originally posted on Climate 411:  Just last week, the Senate confirmed Andrew Wheeler as EPA administrator. His installation signals a broader pivot point in defending EPA safeguards. Over the last two years, the Trump administration’s efforts to categorically...

Challenge, opportunity as China begins to tackle fossil fuel methane emissions

Challenge, opportunity as China begins to tackle fossil fuel methane emissions

Welcome to Delta Dispatches with hosts Jacques Hebert and Simone Maloz. On today’s show, Kristi Trail of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation talks to Jacques and Simone about the unprecedented opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway for the third time in four years. Chip Kline, chairman of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) also stops by to talk about the Bonnet Carré opening is an opportunity for people to pay attention to what we’re trying to do in ...

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Welcome to Delta Dispatches with hosts Jacques Hebert and Simone Maloz. On today’s show, Kristi Trail of the Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation talks to Jacques and Simone about the unprecedented opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway for the third time in four years. Chip Kline, chairman of the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) also stops by to talk about the Bonnet Carré opening is an opportunity for people to pay attention to what we’re trying to do in ...

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The post Delta Dispatches: Bonnet Carre’s Unprecedented 2019 Opening appeared first on Restore the Mississippi River Delta.

By Hanling Yang and Stefan Schwietzke Even as China races to reduce heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and conventional air pollutants from across its growing economy, new concerns are arising over methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas. The latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UN IPCC) Special Report confirms that deep reductions in […]

By Hanling Yang and Stefan Schwietzke Even as China races to reduce heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and conventional air pollutants from across its growing economy, new concerns are arising over methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas. The latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UN IPCC) Special Report confirms that deep reductions in […]

By Hanling Yang and Stefan Schwietzke Even as China races to reduce heat-trapping carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and conventional air pollutants from across its growing economy, new concerns are arising over methane, an extremely potent greenhouse gas. The latest United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (UN IPCC) Special Report confirms that deep reductions in […]

Richard Denison, Ph.D., is a Lead Senior Scientist. I blogged last month about the Trump EPA’s corrupt actions to bury the long-awaited assessment of the carcinogen formaldehyde conducted by the agency’s Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS) program.  That post cited an article in the Wall Street Journal that noted a forthcoming report by Congress’ Government Accountability Office […]

Just last week, the Senate confirmed Andrew Wheeler as EPA administrator. His installation signals a broader pivot point in defending EPA safeguards. Over the last two years, the Trump administration’s efforts to categorically suspend crucial safeguards without public notice or comment failed across the board. Looking ahead, Wheeler has almost two years to build on […]

Just last week, the Senate confirmed Andrew Wheeler as EPA administrator. His installation signals a broader pivot point in defending EPA safeguards. Over the last two years, the Trump administration’s efforts to categorically suspend crucial safeguards without public notice or comment failed across the board. Looking ahead, Wheeler has almost two years to build on […]

Just last week, the Senate confirmed Andrew Wheeler as EPA administrator. His installation signals a broader pivot point in defending EPA safeguards. Over the last two years, the Trump administration’s efforts to categorically suspend crucial safeguards without public notice or comment failed across the board. Looking ahead, Wheeler has almost two years to build on […]

Written by Diane MacEachern

A new report from the United Nations warns that we have only 12 years to limit climate change catastrophe. We already have a sense of what it could mean if we don’t: severe drought, catastrophic floods, devastating forest fires, extreme hurricanes and superstorms, and poverty...