Orlando Sentinel Global warming: Be fair to both sidesOrlando SentinelThe public is vastly misinformed on the global warming/climate change issue, because of the utter one-sidedness of the media’s coverage. I know doom and gloom sells, but whipping up hysteria with headlines about rising seas, melting glaciers and …

The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines Scientists highlight deadly health risks of climate change – CNN.comCNNFuture climate change events will cause premature deaths, said former Vice President Al Gore and a panel of experts who gathered at a Climate & Health …Gore warns of climate change risks at Atlanta conferenceThe Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking…

Dallas News Scott Pruitt: Controversial Trump environment nominee sworn inBBC NewsUS President Donald Trump’s nominee has been sworn in to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Scott Pruitt, a fierce critic of the agency, was approved by the Republican-controlled Senate despite Democratic attempts to delay the confirmation.Environment America: Scott Pruitt Won’t Protect America’s Air, Water or…

Washington Post Federal Highway Administration changes mentions of ‘climate change‘ to ‘resilience’ in transportation programWashington PostAfter Donald Trump won the presidency, the Federal Highway Administration switched the reference to “Climate Change” to “Resilience” in the name of a program aimed at coping with climate impacts, agency officials confirmed Friday. Federal highway …Highway agency drops mentions of…

Newsweek How Our Changing Environment Requires a New Definition of CitizenshipNewsweekThe hottest year on record was 2016. It was also the year scientists advised that Earth’s citizens were now living in the Anthropocene, the name proposed for an epoch in which humans influence geology and environment on a global scale. The concept of … and more »

NPR In Massachusetts, Coastal Residents Consider How To Adapt To Climate ChangeNPRClimate scientists predict that devastation of these areas from storms will become more common. Higher seas mean even a less powerful storm could push the tides up over Nahant’s seawalls. That is a problem Sam Merrill spends his days grappling with. and more »

Los Angeles Times After bruising battle, climate change skeptic Scott Pruitt confirmed to lead EPALos Angeles TimesPresident Trump’s nominee to run the Environmental Protection Agency, a climate change skeptic who has for years been an ardent critic of the department he will now lead, got final Senate approval Friday after a prolonged assault from environmentalists.Scott…

CNBC Murray Energy CEO claims global warming is a hoax, says 4000 scientists tell him soCNBCMurray Energy Chairman and CEO Robert Murray on Friday claimed global warming is a hoax and repeated a debunked claim that the phenomenon cannot exist because the Earth’s surface is cooling. Murray appeared on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” to discuss …Murray Energy’s…

Science Daily How desert ants find their way in a featureless environmentScience DailyWhen they set out in search of food in their flat, bare, hostile environment, they are nevertheless always able to find their way back to their nest on the shortest route possible. They have an internal navigation system. The ants measure the distance…

Science Daily Roads are driving rapid evolutionary change in our environmentScience DailyRoads are causing rapid evolutionary change in wild populations of plants and animals according to a Concepts and Questions paper published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. The paper is available now online in ‘early view’ ahead of being … and more »