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Otago Daily Times More Kiwis believe climate change is realNew Zealand HeraldIn a just-published study, Auckland University and Victoria University researchers examined the two key climate change beliefs between 2009 and 2015, finding that belief in both steadily increased over time, and particularly from 2013 onward. “Overall …New Zealanders’ beliefs in climate change increasingScoop.co.nz all…

GOOD Magazine The great American disconnect on global warmingDallas NewsFifty percent of Americans are now “concerned believers” in global warming. That’s the finding of a new Gallup “cluster analysis” of responses to a poll conducted earlier this month. It’s also a record, although the percentage was actually pretty …Trump Is Causing A Massive Shift In…

CT Post Connecticut vows to fight rollback on environmentCT PostThe order signed by Trump directs the federal Environmental Protection Agency to dismantle former President Barrack Obama’s signature Clean Power Plan, which placed strict emission standards on power plants and factories that burn fossil fuels.On environment, Blunt says Obama overreached, McCaskill says Trump overpromisesSTLtoday.comTrump dramatically changes…

NewsBusters (blog) Left-Wing ‘Historian’ Accuses Trump of ‘Treason,’ ‘Assault’ on EnvironmentNewsBusters (blog)He’d be aghast at it, as would Theodore Roosevelt, and anybody who loves conservation and the environment. I mean, this idea of – Donald Trump shopping this idea of clean coal, that’s like alternative fact. That’s like “happy poison.” There’s no such … and…

The Trump administration has a Kafkaesque explanation for why we don’t need regulation to have a healthy environmentQuartzThe evening before US president Donald Trump signed his executive order to dismantle many of the policies meant to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and pollution from fossil fuels, an unnamed senior White House official spoke to reporters…

NBCNews.com Global Warming Is a Matter of Survival for Pacific Islander WomenNBCNews.comGlobal Warming Is a Matter of Survival for Pacific Islander Women. by Kristi Eaton. Image: A handout aerial picture taken by the Air New Zealand defense force shows the. A handout aerial picture taken by the Air New Zealand defense force shows the …

Los Angeles Times Trump orders the unwinding of Obama’s Clean Power PlanLos Angeles TimesPresident Trump on Tuesday ordered the federal government to retreat from the battle against climate change launched by President Obama, issuing a directive aimed at dismantling the core policies that have made the U.S. a global leader in curbing … and more »

Chicago Tribune Trump signs order rolling back Obama’s anti-global warming projectsChicago TribuneThe order makes good on Trump’s campaign pledge to unravel former President Barack Obama’s efforts to curb global warming, eliminating nearly a dozen measures in an effort to boost domestic energy production, especially oil, natural gas and coal.President Trump Touts Job Creation Amid Climate…

E&E News White House outlines more cuts for energy, environmentE&E NewsAccording to budget documents obtained by E&E News, the Trump administration is proposing that $1.75 billion be cut from the Energy and Water Development appropriations bill and $714 million be carved from the Interior and Environment spending … and more »

The Independent Rare deadly heatwaves could strike every year even if global warming targets are met, warn scientistsThe IndependentEven if global warming was restricted to 2 degrees Celsius, cities such as Karachi in Pakistan and Kolkata in India could experience deadly heatwaves like the one which killed more than 3,400 people in 2015 on an…