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The Nation. Lying About Climate Change Is What Makes a Good RepublicanThe Nation.What was really new about this news? Given the attention lavished on Trump’s decision, an observer might imagine that addressing climate change had long been deemed a matter of crucial political importance. Think back to last year’s campaign: Remember …How my climate change musical…

GreenBiz 4 ways AI helps business protect the environmentGreenBizThe environment is a hot topic, literally. As global temperatures have warmed since 1850, the discussion on what to do about it has heated up as well. Humanity is having an undeniable impact on the natural world. Our growing demand for resources is …

Financial Times Apple raises $1bn through ‘green bond’ in environmental pushFinancial TimesThe 10-year bond, which will pay investors a coupon of 3 per cent and yield 82 basis points over comparable US Treasuries, has earmarked projects that meet “three environmental priorities where [Apple believes it] can make the most environmentally …How Apple’s $1 Billion Bond Could…

Slate Magazine (blog) Lefty Cities Say They Want to Fight Climate Change, but Won’t Take the Most Obvious Step to Do ItSlate Magazine (blog)On June 1, the U.S. Climate Mayors—a network of more than 300 city leaders, including the mayors of the country’s five largest cities—published a commitment to “adopt, honor, and uphold the commitments…

Scientist: Saying Global Warming Is Causing A Mass Extinction Is ‘Junk Science’The Daily CallerEnvironmentalist significantly overstate the negative ecological effects of global warming when they compare it to previous extinction events in Earth’s history, a Smithsonian paleontologist told The Atlantic Tuesday. “Many of those making facile …

The Hill (blog) On climate change, the future of one nation is in the hands of the worldThe Hill (blog)While the government takes every available measure to mitigate the effects of climate change, we can only hold back the tide so long. Instead, the Maldives must rely on international cooperation to solve what is otherwise…

The Texas Observer Mean to Green: How the Texas Legislature Took its Toll on the Environment This SessionThe Texas ObserverThis session, between debates about where kids can pee and whether helping women get an abortion should be a crime, lawmakers at the pink dome continued their tradition of gutting environmental and public health protections. They…

Smithsonian Climate Change Cuts Climate Change Study ShortSmithsonianBut as The Guardian’s Ashifa Kassam reports, for one group of Canadian climate scientists, the obstacle standing in their way was their research subject itself: climate change. A huge study called BAYSYS launched earlier this year with the goal of …Climate change study canceled due to climate change –…

Washington Examiner Senate environment leaders lukewarm on bill to allow higher ethanol blendsWashington ExaminerRepublican and Democratic leaders on the Senate environment committee said they are on the fence about a bill to allow year-round blending of 15-percent ethanol fuels. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., chairman of the Environment and Public Works … and more »

National Geographic Climate Change Pushing Tropical Diseases Toward ArcticNational GeographicIt’s no secret that climate change can spread illnesses such as West Nile virus, Zika, and malaria, as rising temperatures push disease-carrying mosquitoes into new places, from the highlands of Ethiopia to the United States. But warm temperatures and …