The Independent Donald Trump’s stance on global warming is ‘sociopathic, paranoid and malevolent’, world-leading economist saysThe IndependentIn a forthright article on the Project Syndicate website, Professor Sachs suggested the next major storms linked to global warming should be named Typhoon Donald, Superstorm Ivanka and Megaflood Jared after the President, his daughter and son-in-law, …

Newsweek Trump Calls Global Warming a ‘Hoax.’ This Converted Skeptic Could Change ThatNewsweekPresident Donald Trump was skeptical of global warming long before he announced on June 1 he was withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate accord. The researchers at Berkeley Earth, a nonprofit, were skeptical too, until they conducted their …

New York Times Canada’s Strategy on Climate Change: Work With American StatesNew York TimesMr. Trudeau has made battling climate change a top priority since his election in 2015, and Canadian provinces and American states have been dealing directly with one another on a variety of initiatives. Quebec and California have linked their cap-and … and…

Asheville Citizen-Times International climate change, national security expert speaks in AshevilleAsheville Citizen-TimesASHEVILLE – As the global conversation on climate change continues to heat up, two local nonprofits are hosting a public talk Friday by David W. Titley, a retired Navy Rear Admiral and international expert on national security and climate change.

Military still fretting climate change despite Trump’s global actionsFederalNewsRadio.comJust days after President Donald Trump announced the United States will leave a landmark global pact to fight climate change, military officials warned of the dangers and detailed the precautions the military takes regarding climate change. That …

The Guardian Lib Dems are best for the environmentThe GuardianWith greenhouse gases and habitat depletion, together, they are having a catastrophic effect on our environment, contributing to global climate change, wildlife, crop and forest damage, rising sea levels, floods and haze. Whole countries could drown …

University of Virginia UVA Launches New Institutes: One on Environment, One on Global InfectionsUniversity of VirginiaThe huge societal challenges of global infectious diseases and a rapidly changing climate are now key transdisciplinary focus areas at the University of Virginia under two newly established, pan-University institutes. The UVA Environmental Resilience …

Irish Times Dramatic shift in environment subsidies towards renewable energyIrish TimesThere has been a dramatic shift in environmental subsidies in Ireland over the past decade towards the generation of renewable energy and support of better energy efficiency, according to CSO figures. The supports, however, are doing little to boost … and more »

U.S. News & World Report Brazil Rollback of Environment Rules Blow to Paris PactU.S. News & World ReportBrazil is considering measures that would roll back environmental protections and make it difficult to meet its Paris climate accord targets, a signal it is stepping back from its global leadership on climate change just as the United…

The Hill (blog) Business must lobby Congress in order to get action on climate changeThe Hill (blog)President Trump has decided to withdraw from the Paris Agreement on climate change — a decision that may be one of the worst foreign policy blunders in our nation’s history. There is no denying the mounting threat of climate…