Many of Trump’s nominees for key roles are his MAGA friends. They’ve also questioned climate change
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Many of Trump’s nominees for key roles are his MAGA friends. They’ve also questioned climate change

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I think it would be very productive if we could just get to exactly what is real and what is not real because I think both sides of the climate change debate are filled with people who are stretching truths.Every time I’ve had any type of a conversation, they are purposefully talking over my head.” On Monday, Zeldin said he would seek to ensure the US could “pursue energy dominance. In a video posted on LinkedIn last year, he said: “There is no climate crisis, and we’re not in the midst of an energy transition either.” He also previously said he doesn’t care where energy comes from “as long as it is secure, reliable, affordable and betters human lives.” Trump announced that Wright would work alongside Burgum on the newly formed Council of National Energy. Hegseth has been a vocal critical of climate change ) Pete Hegseth, a host on Fox News’ morning show “Fox & Friends,” is Trump’s pick for Defense Secretary. The rest of us want to deal with real threats that want to take away our freedoms.” More recently, he sounded off on Democrats’ “climate change blame game.” “It used to be global cooling.

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Opinion | Climate Activists Need to Radically Change Their Approach Under Trump
1 month ago

Opinion | Climate Activists Need to Radically Change Their Approach Under Trump

New York Times  

Donald Trump’s return to Washington might seem like a terrifying moment for the fight against climate change. The incoming administration is not just hostile to the energy transition; it’s also expected to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, roll back a wide range of pollution regulations and promote domestic fossil fuel production — decisions likely to …

Letters to the Editor: Regardless of Trump, the battle against climate change is picking up. Let’s keep it going
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: Regardless of Trump, the battle against climate change is picking up. Let’s keep it going

LA Times  

Postal Service worker inspects trucks in a flooded area of New Port Richley, Fla., after Hurricane Milton on Oct. 11. Last year, the average global temperature was 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average, a tipping point for much greater damage. The renewable energy transition has also reached a tipping point; new renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels, and almost …

Environmental groups call for Biden to take ‘bold action’ on climate ahead of Trump’s second term
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Environmental groups call for Biden to take ‘bold action’ on climate ahead of Trump’s second term

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Environmental groups are calling on the White House to take action on climate and the …

US top climate negotiator: ‘We won’t revert back’ as Trump prepares to take over
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

US top climate negotiator: ‘We won’t revert back’ as Trump prepares to take over

Associated Press  

BAKU, Azerbaijan — No matter what kind of U-turn President-Elect Donald Trump will make on climate change, America’s clean energy economy won’t reverse into the dirty past, a combative but “bitterly disappointed” top American climate negotiator said Monday. He said Trump will likely pull the United States out of the landmark Paris Agreement and try to roll back many of …

Trump's win is a victory for the "petrostate" and a major loss for climate action, experts say
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2 months ago

Trump's win is a victory for the "petrostate" and a major loss for climate action, experts say

Salon  

When the science journal Nature surveyed more than 2,000 scientists last month about the 2024 presidential election, 86 percent said they preferred Vice President Kamala Harris over former president Donald Trump. His proxies, like Tucker Carlson and JD Vance, have respectively blamed abortion for causing freak hurricanes or have dismissed climate science as “weird.” Last month, climate scientists told Salon …

Climate scientists fear Trump will destroy progress in his second term – and the outcome could be ‘grim’
2 months ago

Climate scientists fear Trump will destroy progress in his second term – and the outcome could be ‘grim’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “As I stated before the election, a second Trump term, which includes implementation of ‘Project 2025,’ is the end …

US Presidential Election: A Make-or-Break Moment for Global Science
2 months ago

US Presidential Election: A Make-or-Break Moment for Global Science

India Today  

The 2024 US Presidential election is a pivotal moment for the global scientific community, with the outcome potentially significantly influencing national and global science policy. A victory for Vice President Kamala Harris would likely extend the Biden administration's science priorities, emphasizing climate action, robust funding for research, and enhanced international collaboration. Conversely, a Trump victory would likely bring significant shifts …

The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election
2 months, 2 weeks ago

The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election

Salon  

Helene and Milton, the two massive hurricanes that just swept into the country — killing hundreds of people, and leaving both devastation and rumblings of political upheaval in seven states — amounted to their own October surprise. With early voting already underway and two weeks before Election Day, when voters will decide between Vice President Kamala Harris, who has called …

Hey, presidential candidates, climate change would like a word
3 months, 1 week ago

Hey, presidential candidates, climate change would like a word

LA Times  

It is Wednesday, Oct. 2. The Cedar fire killed 15 people and destroyed more than 2,500 structures in San Diego’s inland suburbs and rural communities; at the time, it was the largest California wildfire in 75 years. A fire season surpassing 1 million scorched acres of land that doesn’t feel like a big deal — that’s climate change. A hurricane …

TV meteorologist blasts Florida’s new climate law
7 months, 2 weeks ago

TV meteorologist blasts Florida’s new climate law

CNN  

CNN — As vast parts of Florida sweltered in oppressive heat over the weekend, South Florida TV meteorologist Steve MacLaughlin criticized the state’s new legislation that deleted most references to climate change from state law, and urged his viewers to vote. “The entire world is looking to Florida to lead in climate change,” NBC 6’s MacLaughlin said during a May …

Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden’s climate law will help, an AP-NORC poll finds
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Climate change concerns grow, but few think Biden’s climate law will help, an AP-NORC poll finds

Associated Press  

Like many Americans, Ron Theusch is getting more worried about climate change. “It’s like, what’s our grandkids’ world going to be like?” A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that 45% of adults in the United States say they have become more concerned about climate change over the past year, including roughly 6 in …

Column: Meet John Curtis, the Utah Republican who cares about climate change
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: Meet John Curtis, the Utah Republican who cares about climate change

LA Times  

Solving climate change would be a hell of a lot easier if the Republican Party would get on board. The caucus is centered on the idea that “climate is changing, and man’s had some influence on it,” Curtis told me. Curtis offered the analogy of a timeshare sales pitch where “you have somebody across the table from you who is …

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on climate change
1 year, 2 months ago

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on climate change

NPR  

Where the Republican presidential candidates stand on climate change Enlarge this image toggle caption Anna Moneymaker, Brandon Bell, Win McNamee, Michael M. Santiago, Robyn Beck/AFP, Ethan Miller/Getty Images Anna Moneymaker, Brandon Bell, Win McNamee, Michael M. Santiago, Robyn Beck/AFP, Ethan Miller/Getty Images The climate is changing. Here is where Republican presidential candidates stand on the nuances of climate change. Regardless …

Climate Change-Denying GOP Lawmaker Comes ‘So Close’ To Figuring It Out
1 year, 4 months ago

Climate Change-Denying GOP Lawmaker Comes ‘So Close’ To Figuring It Out

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Tuesday was among those who mocked Rep. Barry Loudermilk for his latest dismissal of climate change, saying the GOP lawmaker came “so close to figuring it out.” Loudermilk, talking with Fox Business’ Stuart Varney about incoming Hurricane Idalia, lamented how global warming had become the go-to explanation for extreme weather events. Or this …

GOP candidates on climate change: How can Republicans meet the public?
1 year, 4 months ago

GOP candidates on climate change: How can Republicans meet the public?

Slate  

About 20 minutes into Wednesday’s Republican presidential nominee debate, the Fox News anchors turned things over to a college student with a pertinent question. “How will you, as both president of the United States and leader of the Republican Party, calm their fears that the Republican Party doesn’t care about climate change?” It was, honestly, a remarkable moment. As John …

Climate change made it in the GOP debate. Some young Republicans say that's a win
1 year, 4 months ago

Climate change made it in the GOP debate. Some young Republicans say that's a win

NPR  

Climate change made it in the GOP debate. "The climate change agenda is a hoax," said former tech and finance executive Vivek Ramaswamy, in the night's clearest answer. "It is an issue that is mainstream for conservatives, swing voters and Democrats, and I am glad we got to see the candidates speak to it," said Danielle Butcher Franz, CEO of …

Presidential debate shows how GOP candidates are struggling to address concerns about climate change
1 year, 4 months ago

Presidential debate shows how GOP candidates are struggling to address concerns about climate change

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The eight Republican presidential candidates on the debate stage were asked to raise their hands if they believed human behavior is causing climate change. Ambassador Nikki Haley, said during Wednesday night’s debate in Milwaukee that climate change “is real.” A day later, frustrated leaders in the GOP’s small but growing movement of environmental activists said their party …

Coming soon: Donald ‘Godfather’ Trump, part II
3 years ago

Coming soon: Donald ‘Godfather’ Trump, part II

Al Jazeera  

Trump will, in all likelihood, be the Republican nominee for president in 2024 with a better than good chance of occupying the White House once again. As president, Trump enabled, encouraged and applauded not just rhetorical but violent attacks against citizens and institutions he has denounced as treasonous for being obstacles to or having thwarted his loony designs and actions, …

GOP push to shake label of climate crisis denier runs into Trump
3 years, 2 months ago

GOP push to shake label of climate crisis denier runs into Trump

CNN  

CNN — As global temperatures rise, some congressional Republicans are feeling the pressure to show they’re embracing climate change and offer up their own plan for how to deal with it. “It’s kind of a recent phenomenon in conservative politics, and really has developed well in the last few years,” said Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas, one of the Republicans …

On climate change, Biden $3.5T plan making up for lost time
3 years, 3 months ago

On climate change, Biden $3.5T plan making up for lost time

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As President Joe Biden visited one disaster site after another this summer — from California wildfires to hurricane-induced flooding in Louisiana and New York — he said climate change is “everybody’s crisis” and America must get serious about the “code red” danger posed by global warming. “This is a ‘code red’ moment, but Democrats are answering the call,’’ …

In break with Trump, House GOP forms group on climate change
3 years, 6 months ago

In break with Trump, House GOP forms group on climate change

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Utah Rep. John Curtis says he’s tired of hearing that Republicans — his party colleagues — don’t care about climate change or slowing global warming. Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan, another caucus member, said it’s long past time for Republicans to acknowledge the reality of climate change and put forward solutions that reduce carbon emissions while remaining “aligned …

Trump told us himself he’s lost the war on climate change | Tom Steyer
4 years ago

Trump told us himself he’s lost the war on climate change | Tom Steyer

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Yet during Trump’s re-election campaign in …

Biden Nominees Signal A New Era Of Climate Federalism
4 years ago

Biden Nominees Signal A New Era Of Climate Federalism

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING President-elect Joe Biden has assembled what environmentalists are calling an “all-star” team to lead his government’s efforts to curb climate change and reverse the Trump administration’s astoundingly pro-polluter legacy. To oversee the effort, Biden picked Gina McCarthy, Barack Obama’s former EPA chief and architect of the administration’s regulatory suite, as his domestic climate czar, a position Obama …

Georgia Clinched Biden’s Victory. Now It Will Decide His Climate Agenda’s Fate.
4 years ago

Georgia Clinched Biden’s Victory. Now It Will Decide His Climate Agenda’s Fate.

Huff Post  

President-elect Joe Biden speaks during a drive-in rally for U.S. Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Rev. Biden’s climate agenda, the new conventional wisdom posited, would be largely limited to the executive actions and regulations he could enact without seeking an obstructionist Senate’s consent. Partisan Power With the margin for control of the Senate as thin as a single seat, individual …

Climate Change Tracker: Will a Joe Biden administration bring the US back on track?
4 years, 1 month ago

Climate Change Tracker: Will a Joe Biden administration bring the US back on track?

Live Mint  

Now that Joe Biden has won the US presidential election, the key global issue is his administration’s approach to the fight against climate change. Indeed, on 4 November, the US formally left the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, which seeks to limit global warming to within 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. However, a Biden administration’s climate plans will have to …

Polls Show Climate Concerns Among Voters in Battleground States
4 years, 2 months ago

Polls Show Climate Concerns Among Voters in Battleground States

New York Times  

Climate change has emerged as a major issue for voters this year, both nationally and in crucial battleground states like Arizona and Florida, new polls from The New York Times and Siena College suggest. Total Total Very concerned 37% Somewhat 21 Not too 14 Not at all 25 Voting for Biden 66% 24 5 4 Trump 6% 17 25 51 …

If you care about climate, your vote matters (opinion)
4 years, 2 months ago

If you care about climate, your vote matters (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: John D. Sutter is a CNN contributor and a National Geographic Explorer. In September, as the western United States burned and temperature records fell, Trump said without evidence that “It’ll start getting cooler.” It won’t; humans already have warmed the planet about 1 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Biden’s climate goals Yes, there were climate policy experts and …

There's A Lot At Stake For The Climate In The 2020 Election
4 years, 2 months ago

There's A Lot At Stake For The Climate In The 2020 Election

NPR  

There's A Lot At Stake For The Climate In The 2020 Election Enlarge this image toggle caption Scott Olson and Loren Elliott/AFP/Getty Images Scott Olson and Loren Elliott/AFP/Getty Images Despite the cascade of other crises this year, climate change has emerged as a key election issue. Sponsor Message Here are six takeaways from Trump's first term on climate and energy, …

As The Climate Crisis Intensifies, Trump Digs In On Denial
4 years, 3 months ago

As The Climate Crisis Intensifies, Trump Digs In On Denial

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING With tens of thousands of Americans reeling from the devastating impacts of climate change and the 2020 election looming, President Donald Trump is out to prove as he seeks a second term that he has no intention of accepting the crisis as reality ― much less lifting a finger to combat it. Jemal Countess via Getty Images …

‘It’ll start getting cooler. You just watch': Trump states categorical denial of climate crisis during California wildfire visit
4 years, 3 months ago

‘It’ll start getting cooler. You just watch': Trump states categorical denial of climate crisis during California wildfire visit

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump clashed with Democratic officials in California over West …

Trump spurns science on climate: ‘Don’t think science knows’
4 years, 3 months ago

Trump spurns science on climate: ‘Don’t think science knows’

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With the smell of California wildfires in the air, President Donald Trump on Monday ignored the scientific consensus that climate change is playing a central role in historic West Coast infernos and renewed his unfounded claim that failure to rake forest floors and clear dead timber is mostly to blame. Trump countered, “I don’t think science knows, …

In California, Trump continues to deny climate change is real: ‘It will start getting cooler’
4 years, 3 months ago

In California, Trump continues to deny climate change is real: ‘It will start getting cooler’

LA Times  

President Trump walks to speak to reporters as he arrives at Sacramento McClellan Airport on Sept. 14, 2020, for a briefing on the California wildfires. The president said, “Absolutely.” A few moments later, however, during a presentation by California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot, Trump said: “It will start getting cooler, you just watch.” When Crowfoot said that science disagreed, …

Climate crisis or ‘hoax’: Where Biden and Trump stand on environmental policy
4 years, 4 months ago

Climate crisis or ‘hoax’: Where Biden and Trump stand on environmental policy

LA Times  

This was supposed to be the climate change election — or so many Democrats thought. President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, hold radically different beliefs on climate policy as well as other environmental issues, such as clean energy infrastructure and land conservation. He has insisted that he’s an environmental champion for whom climate change is …

Bernie Sanders talks about ‘silver linings’ and his climate change plan in fire-devastated town
5 years, 4 months ago

Bernie Sanders talks about ‘silver linings’ and his climate change plan in fire-devastated town

LA Times  

Sen. Bernie Sanders is hugged by Geralynne Radar, a volunteer with the Paradise, Calif., Police Department, as he tours a mobile home park destroyed by last year’s wildfire. Surveying the ruins of a mobile home park incinerated in November here in the deadliest wildfire in California history, Bernie Sanders said there could be a “silver lining” to the tragedy: public …

Readers React: We knew about climate change in 1989. It’s time to do something
5 years, 5 months ago

Readers React: We knew about climate change in 1989. It’s time to do something

LA Times  

To the editor: We’ve moved on from the outright denial of climate change from 30 years ago, when the California Energy Commission warned that the state faced more droughts, floods, fires and heat waves because of global warming. To the editor: We knew about global warming long before 1989, when this article says it was merely a “blip on the …

Calls increase for Democrats to face climate change in Miami
5 years, 6 months ago

Calls increase for Democrats to face climate change in Miami

Associated Press  

MIAMI — Rising sea levels could threaten the very existence of Miami and much of the rest of South Florida, and Democrats are facing calls to confront climate change squarely during this week’s presidential debates in the low-lying city. It’s also ground zero for climate change and the impacts of rising sea levels and increasingly destructive storms,” said Democratic U.S. …

Trump-appointed energy official: Climate change is real and we must lower carbon emissions
5 years, 8 months ago

Trump-appointed energy official: Climate change is real and we must lower carbon emissions

CNN  

New York CNN Business — A top federal energy regulator appointed by President Donald Trump is calling for urgent action to address climate change. Wednesday’s comments by Neil Chatterjee mark a striking contrast with Trump, who has voiced skepticism about climate change and recently suggested wind power causes cancer — despite no evidence to support that. Power emissions drop Natural …

Republican Efforts To Counter Green New Deal Show How Far Climate Debate Has Shifted
5 years, 9 months ago

Republican Efforts To Counter Green New Deal Show How Far Climate Debate Has Shifted

Huff Post  

Two take steps forward. Rep. Matt Gaetz, who is a close ally of President Donald Trump and who in the last Congress proposed a bill to abolish the Environmental Protection Agency, drafted a nonbinding resolution staking out a Green Real Deal that would acknowledge the threat climate change poses to “human health and safety” in “communities across the United States.” …

Here’s How The 2020 Candidates Rate On Climate
5 years, 9 months ago

Here’s How The 2020 Candidates Rate On Climate

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Climate change is already a major campaign issue for the many Democrats running to replace President Donald Trump in 2020. But while some candidates have expressed support for the ambitious Green New Deal or pledged to reject fossil fuel money, others have called the legislation “unachievable” or left the door open to Big Oil. The environmental group …

Climate change gets worse management under Trump, investigation finds
5 years, 10 months ago

Climate change gets worse management under Trump, investigation finds

CNN  

CNN — The federal government is doing a worse job managing the problem of climate change under President Donald Trump, according to an investigation from the Government Accountability Office that included climate change on its High Risk List report on Wednesday. Testifying Wednesday before the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, GAO Comptroller General Eugene Louis Dodaro said that of the …

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