EPA, Trump administration and climate change
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The Trump administration has revoked a scientific finding that climate change is a danger to public health, an idea that President Donald Trump called “a scam.”
The 2009 endangerment finding affirms that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases pose a threat to human health and welfare. Its repeal marks one of the most significant deregulatory actions in U.S.
The move marks the culmination of a decade-long push by the president to tear up climate policies he argues stifle industry.
According to the report, 13 cities have shrunk by three weeks or more. Science is clear that climate change is driven by human activity,
While most of the world's glaciers are retreating as the climate warms, a small but significant population behaves very differently—and the consequences can be severe. A team of international scientists,
The EPA rescission sets a dangerous environmental precedent, critics say. But legal challenges and prevailing trends mean the industry won’t “crank the CO₂ all the way up.”
The two animals chosen as the mascots of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games are stoats, a weasel-like animal that's at risk because of climate change.
Researchers found that women have both stronger climate change belief and greater support for climate policies than men. The post Does climate change dread leave us too powerless to act? appeared first on Talker.