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TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press Transcript: UMN President Kaler takes down Trump over global warmingTwinCities.com-Pioneer PressUniversity of Minnesota President Eric Kaler explained global warming Thursday during his sixth annual State of the University address. Kaler, who holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, criticized … and more »

CBC.ca Deputy governor of Bank of Canada warns about climate change, touts pricing carbonCBC.caThe deputy governor of the Bank of Canada touted the case for pricing carbon during a speech in Montreal on Thursday, warning that climate change and actions to address it will have “material and pervasive effects on Canada’s economy and financial …Thermometer Rising—Climate…

Grist These maps show what Americans think about climate change.GristWe might think of climate change as purely physical: wildfires blazing through forests, rising seas lapping at the doors of coastal homes. But those brutal conditions also affect our mental health, changing how we think and act. Mental health … and more »

New York Times Top Trump Advisers Are Split on Paris Agreement on Climate ChangeNew York TimesOn one side of that debate is Mr. Bannon, who as a former chief executive of Breitbart News published countless articles denouncing climate change as a hoax, and who has vowed to push Mr. Trump to transform all his major…

The German Environment Ministry Makes The Government Go VegetarianCo.ExistIn a move that perhaps should not come as a surprise, the German environment ministry has decided to ban meat and fish from being served at official government functions. Environment minister Barbara Hendricks has ruled that only vegetarian food is to …

Washington Post Trump Orders EPA To ‘Zero Out’ Global Warming ProgramsDaily CallerThe budget plan sent from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to EPA leadership calls for eliminating dozens of programs, including at least 16 that have to do with global warming and implementing former President Barack Obama’s climate agenda.Trump’s EPA budget proposal targets…

Project Syndicate The Geopolitics of Environmental ChallengesProject SyndicateAllowing environmental issues to fall by the wayside at this time of geopolitical and social instability is a mistake, and not just because this happens to be a critical moment in the fight to manage climate change. Environmental degradation and …

Deutsche Welle Global warming is increasing forest fire risk in the AlpsDeutsche WelleSome of the studies zoom in on the Alps, suggesting fire seasons will be 30-50 days longer by 2050 – not surprising considering the Alps are heating up twice as fast as the global average. With another 4 to 6 degrees Celsius warming…

Jakarta Post Environment document for Patimban port approvedJakarta PostThe Environment and Forestry Ministry has approved the environment document for a Indonesia-Japan flagship deep seaport project in Patimban, West Java, an official has said. The environmental impact analysis (Amdal) document for the U$3 billion project …

Salon Conservatives are willing to combat climate change — when it’s not called “climate change”SalonThe election of Donald Trump as president is catastrophic in many ways, but perhaps one of the worst implications is what it means for the environment. Trump is a climate change denialist who has repeatedly accused climate scientists of conspiring to …Climate…