TIME The Problem With President Trump’s Wall That No One Is Talking AboutTIMEBut conservationists and other scientists are raising a separate issue with the wall: It poses a threat to the local environment and ecosystems, they say. A wall would inhibit movement for animals that need to travel for food and water. It would also…

Environment is in financial troubleDesMoinesRegister.comThese departments are having to do more to help farmers and protect the environment with less. IDALS is being asked to implement a nutrient reduction strategy and DNR has to keep track of all sorts of animal populations, track down poaching activity …

‘Please consider the environment‘Irish TimesSir, – Can we do without the ubiquitous “Please consider the environment before printing this email” message found at the bottom of business emails? The message has surely lost all meaning and is now really nothing more than an example of corporate …

Environment Maine Global Warming SolutionsEnvironment MaineOver the past eight years, we’ve made significant progress to reduce global warming pollution and to make sure we leave kids growing up today a cleaner, healthier planet. For example, in June 2014 President Obama moved forward with what The New York … and more »

PEOPLE.com Government Science Advocates Muzzled by President Trump Troll Him On Climate Change From ‘Alt’ Twitter AccountsPEOPLE.comIn the last few days more than 50 Twitter accounts—some claiming to be from employees at U.S. government agencies—have been set up to protest the actions by President Trump’s new administration effectively muzzling federal climate–change research and …Rogue Nasa account…

MIT Technology Review Trump’s Border Wall Will Be Awful for the EnvironmentMIT Technology ReviewAccording to figures from the Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Environment at University of Bath, there are about 380 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions for every cubic meter of concrete poured. So the wall’s concrete could produce up to 3.7 …

Scientific American CDC’s Canceled Climate Change Summit Raises Self-Censorship ConcernsScientific AmericanWhen a long-planned 2017 climate change summit, slated to be held at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was abruptly canceled without explanation about a week before Pres. Donald Trump’s inauguration, it was not because of a specific …CDC’s canceled climate change conference is…

New York Times As Climate Change Accelerates, Floating Cities Look Like Less of a Pipe DreamNew York TimesBut experts familiar with climate change and the South Pacific said they doubted the project would be feasible on a wide scale in a region with some of the world’s poorest countries. They also wondered whether the money…

Science News Climate change may boost toxic mercury levels in sea lifeScience NewsMEDDLESOME MERCURY Increased runoff into Earth’s oceans could increase methylmercury concentrations in marine ecosystems by altering the food web, new laboratory tests show. Here a researcher adds methylmercury to a vat containing coastal …Climate Change Could Increase Oceanic MercuryVoice of America all 5 news…

Washington Post Top download from any federal site right now is Park Service report on climate changeWashington PostThe events of the past week have been worrying to advocates of government action on climate change, with the removal of climate priorities from the White House website, the order to freeze all Environmental Protection Agency contracts and…