Irish Times Future of the environment desperately needs a new storylineIrish TimesThat memory triggers other thoughts: who could have imagined then, on this very morning’s news, that US president-elect Donald Trump had, among many other terrifying decisions, just nominated a fossil-fuel advocate to head up the US Environmental …

Seeker Obama’s last stand for the environmentSan Francisco ChronicleA web of protected zones for fish and wildlife exist for now, and this state’s environmental outlook make serious talk of drilling unthinkable. Still, it would be better if the White House would cancel all doubts with a similar ban here. By sealing off …Here’s the Best…

CapitalGazette.com 2016 brings news both good and bad for the environmentCapitalGazette.comIt was a year of up and downs for the environment in 2016. The bay earned one of its highest grades on its annual report card since 1986, an indication of its improving health, the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science announced in June.

Not Even Bacteria Are Safe from Climate ChangeMotherboardClimate change has started to touch every living thing, and not even bacteria are immune from its effects. The Earth’s warmer environment is killing off some of the world’s microbiological diversity, some of which acts as warning signals for greater … and more »

Climate Central Google Earth Shows 30 Years of Climate ChangeClimate CentralAs climate change has helped crank up the temperature there, it has led to the spectacular collapse of some of the previously stable ice shelves on its edges. The vivid images of the demise of the Larsen A and B ice shelves are clearly visible…

Washington Post This one GIF encapsulates global warming in the US in 2016Washington Post“We all live in the United States of Warming,” Kahn mused. Climate Central did an exhaustive analysis of 1,730 weather stations in the Lower 48 and found that just two percent are having a colder than average year. Yes, that means 98…

Vatican Radio Filipinos urged to care for environment during ChristmasVatican RadioA missionary in the Philippines is urging people of the predominantly Catholic nation to protect the environment during the Christmas season. “We must think of ways to celebrate [Christmas] with less of a carbon footprint,” said Irish Columban priest …

Cold Weather Predicts Skepticism Towards Global WarmingUtah Public RadioHere’s something you’ve probably heard before, “If global warming is real, why is it so cold outside?” Oklahoma Senator James Inhofe, chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, made a similar case against global warming last …

Environment & Energy Publishing The year in climate changeEnvironment & Energy Publishing“This was a year, from December of last year through the beginning of November, where the pace of action, the pace of consensus of world cooperation on climate change, was just building,” said David Doniger, director of the climate and clean air …Will We…

Bloomberg Ignoring Climate Change Just Got More ExpensiveBloombergIf President-elect Donald Trump stops taking climate change into account when making federal energy policy, he’ll do so just as a leading projection of climate-related costs bolts upward. William Nordhaus of Yale University is a central figure in the …On Climate Change, Obama Lays Down a Scientific Gauntlet…