New York Times Climate Change Conversations Are Targeted in Questionnaire to Energy DepartmentNew York TimesWASHINGTON — President-elect Donald J. Trump’s transition team has circulated an unusual 74-point questionnaire at the Department of Energy that requests the names of all employees and contractors who have attended climate change policy …Trump Transition Asks Energy Dept. Which Employees Work…

Mother Jones A water deal that’s bad for California’s environmentLos Angeles TimesThere is much for Southern Californians to like in departing U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer’s final bill — to authorize federal water projects — including funding to restore the Los Angeles River and to pay for various water storage and groundwater efforts …California Water Bill…

Ars Technica Just one candidate in Louisiana’s Senate runoff embraces climate change factsArs TechnicaFoster Campbell, the top remaining Democratic candidate, has been vocal about the fact that climate change could cause “irreversible damage” to Louisiana’s ample coastline. John Kennedy, the Republican candidate and current polling favorite, has … and more »

PRI With Trump’s EPA pick, the prospects for stopping dangerous global warming just got a lot coolerPRIAttorney General Scott Pruitt of Oklahoma, center, appears at the 2016 Conservative Political Action Conference. Pruitt, who Donald Trump has nominated to run the Environmental Protection Agency, is a fierce critic of the EPA in general and its efforts…

Washington Post A dire week for climate change activists closes on a grim noteWashington PostThere was a brief flurry of optimism on the left earlier this week when Ivanka and then Donald Trump met with Al Gore to discuss the long-term threat of climate change. Gore came out of his meeting with the president-elect expressing…

Mother Jones Donald Trump’s Interior Secretary Pick Doesn’t Want to Combat Climate ChangeMother JonesOn Friday the Wall Street Journal reported that Donald Trump has chosen Washington Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, chair of the House Republican Conference, to be his secretary of interior. The Interior Department is responsible for three-quarters of the …Donald Trump’s Interior Pick Thinks…

Deutsche Welle More dire data, less climate change concern?Deutsche WellePruitt does not believe that manmade climate change is a certainty, and has described the issue as “far from settled.” United States campaign group Sierra Club described his nomination, which must still be confirmed by the US Senate, as “putting an … and more »

Global Warming Protesters Met With Bitter Cold, SnowDaily CallerA man stands near a burned out truck as Veterans and activists march to Backwater Bridge just outside of the Oceti Sakowin camp during a snow fall as “water protectors” continue to demonstrate against plans to pass the Dakota Access pipeline adjacent …

Yahoo News Leonardo DiCaprio Gives 90-Minute Presentation to Donald Trump on EnvironmentYahoo NewsDiCaprio has long leveraged his celebrity status to champion environmental causes. He serves as a United Nations Messenger of Peace for climate change, and he received the Clinton Global Citizen Award in 2014. He established the Leonardo DiCaprio …Leonardo DiCaprio meets with Trump to…

NBC4 Washington Trump Moves Cast Cloud Over Climate Change Work in MarylandNBC4 WashingtonMaryland state officials and the Environmental Protection Agency have worked to restore the Chesapeake Bay and combat climate change over the past eight years, but uncertainty surrounds the future of these policies as a new regime enters the White …Democrats warm to fight anti-climate…