Dearest ecoright Valentines, it's another week in the bag. And what a week it's been. We get you caught up below: ICYMI: Don't believe in climate change? Energy companies do (Houston Chronicle)...
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No surprise: Trump budget axes climate programs
President Donald Trump released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2019, which includes a 34 percent cut for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, taking the agency down to 1990 spending...
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Terminator calls Pruitt EPA tenure “so sad”
Arnold Schwarzenegger called EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt "without any doubt, the wrong person" for the job of overseeing the nation's environmental protections. "He does not represent the...
House Climate Solutions Caucus hits 70!
The House Climate Solutions Caucus added two new members, including Republican Rep. Aumua Amata Radewagen from American Samoa, to reach 70 members. After President Donald Trump announced plans to...
Pruitt backhands science
Perennial climate jester EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt suggested that climate change could be a good thing because human civilizations do well under warming conditions. "I think there's assumptions...
Climate Week En Review February 8, 2018
Dear Member of Congress: Do your lawmakers at the local, state and federal levels know how important climate change is to you? This letter to the editor is a nice reminder not to presume they know...
White House withdraws controversial nominee
The White House withdrew the controversial nomination of Kathleen Hartnett White, President Donald Trump's choice to fill the role of chair of the Council on Environmental Quality. Harnett White,...
Climate Week En Review: Groundhog’s Day Edition
For once, I'm siding with the groundhog seeing his shadow. It's supposed to be winter, people! Beehive climate buzz: In Utah, two state lawmakers are pushing resolutions that would acknowledge...
Pentagon concludes severe weather threat to U.S. installations
A survey submitted to Congress on Friday and conducted by the Pentagon found U.S. military facilities are vulnerable to extreme weather caused by climate change. The Defense Department studied...
Utah GOPers urge climate acknowledgement
In Utah, two state lawmakers are pushing resolutions that would acknowledge climate change is real and urge the state to take action. The resolution offered by Rep. Becky Edwards (R-North Salt Lake)...
Romney on the future, Ruckelshaus on the present
Former EPA Administrator Bill Ruckelshaus, the first to hold that position after the agency's creation, called GOP resistance to climate science "a threat to the country." Given the nickname "Mr....