NPR Why We Are Naively Optimistic About Climate ChangeNPRThere is comfort in distance, especially when the distance is in time. Things that will happen far in the future seem not to bother us much, given that we will, most likely, be out of the picture. This is certainly true when I put on my astrophysicist…

CBS News Al Gore Warns That Trump Is A ‘Distraction’ From The Issue Of Climate ChangeNPRAs a climate change activist, former Vice President Al Gore is used to speaking in front of both hostile and friendly audiences. But there is one individual he has all but given up on. “I have no illusions about the…

PBS NewsHour Interior official turns whistle-blower, claiming retaliation for climate change workPBS NewsHourA government scientist who studied dangerous climate change in the Arctic got an ironic reassignment at the Interior Department from the Trump administration: collecting checks from oil and gas companies. Joel Clement, the former director of the … and more »

Miami Herald This contest lets you take pictures and help the environment all at the same timeMiami HeraldA picture says a thousand words and in this upcoming exhibit, they’re all about the environment. Dade Heritage Trust, in partnership with Million Trees Miami and TREEmendous Miami, is having its first-ever photo contest in an effort to…

The Guardian Ministers must support farmers to save wildlife from ‘damaging uncertainty’The GuardianBritish farmers are returning to intensive measures that deplete wildlife and damage the environment as a vacuum in government policy leaves them facing an uncertain future after the Brexit vote, the director general of the National Trust is warning.Countryside faces ‘damaging uncertainty’BBC News…

The Conversation US Why shifting regulatory power to the states won’t improve the environmentThe Conversation USPresident Trump and his appointees, particularly Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt, have made federalism a theme of their efforts to scale back environmental regulation. They argue that the federal government has become too … and more »

FederalNewsRadio.com USDA creating better quality of life, safer environment through technology transferFederalNewsRadio.com“And so we touch everybody, but to do it in a sustainable way, to be able to meet other people’s values on the environment and water quality, we’re very conscious of that. A lot of this return on investment is how you do work…

Forbes Trump’s Unconventional Stance On Nuclear Power Could Bigly Benefit The EnvironmentForbesPresident Trump supports nuclear power. It is zero-emission, always on, and is available today. By supporting nuclear power, Trump may be doing more to stop global warming than would any Paris Accord. He is one of the few global leaders taking this …

Quartz India’s wind energy sector is a complete mess right now—thanks to the Modi governmentQuartzCapacity addition hit a record high of 5,400 megawatt (MW), global giants such as Enercon and Vestas re-entered the Indian market, wind turbine manufacturers prepared to expand their manufacturing facilities, and the sector looked set to create 25,000 …

Reuters The energy patch: where rights offerings are ‘sexy’ againReutersCHICAGO (Reuters) – Energy businesses that are trying to exit bankruptcy are finding a savior in some of their own creditors, which have been scooping up newly issued stock from the companies at hefty discounts. More than a dozen so-called rights … and more »