Here is a well-made video outlining the seven major ways in which Donald Trump has worked to accelerate the rate of climate change and expand the damage that it’s causing. Yes, he has:
Tag: Clean Power Plan
Take a Cool Guess—The Fun Quiz on Renewable Energy and Environmental Sustainability. Today’s Topic: Replacing the Clean Power Plan
Question: How many times more carbon would Trump’s proposed power plan send into the atmosphere than the Clean Power Plan passed during the Obama administration? Answer: Can be found at Clean Energy Answers.
Replacing ‘Clean Power’ with Coal
From today’s Los Angeles Times: President Trump is expected to head to West Virginia coal country today to drum up support for a draft replacement for the federal Clean Power Plan.
Federal Vs. State Government Re: the Environment: Resolving the Inconsistency
Now here’s a little piece of raw curiosity for you. When it comes to fuel standards for autos, the Trump administration wants the states to subjugate their authority to the federal government; in fact, it’s suing to force the state …
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Koch Network Re-evaluating Midterm Strategy Amid Frustrations with GOP, But Should Let Cooler Heads Prevail
According to this article: The network of groups affiliated with billionaire conservative donors Charles and David Koch are taking a new look at which Republican candidates to support this year. The groups still plan to spend up to $400 million on politics and policies this …
Ruining the Environment Made Easy
Scrapping anything and everything that came from the Obama administration is an obsession for Donald Trump, and hats off, he’s ferociously good at it.
The EPA Announces War on Solar and Wind: Best of Luck
Scott Pruitt, Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, is involved in two major offensives aimed at helping huge corporate polluters profit at the expense of the environment. The first is the repeal of the Obama-era Clean Power Plan that …
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the “Triumph of Myth over Truth”
Here’s an article from ThinkProgress.Org outlining why Elizabeth Southerland, 30-year EPA vet, most recently Director of the Office of Science and Technology for the agency’s Water Office, has resigned from her post. The reason shouldn’t come as a shock: the Trump …
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The Environmental Protection Agency’s War on the Environment
As I suggested the other day, it’s useful to look at the nauseating, minute-by-minute drama happening in the White House as an artful distraction, much like a magician’s misdirecting his audience. We need to ask ourselves: What’s happened quietly, behind …
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California Carbon and Low Carbon Fuel Standard Summit
Each year, I attend somewhere between 10 and 15 conferences on energy and the environment, sometimes as a speaker, but always as an active participant in meeting people and encountering new ideas and cleantech business plans. It’s also important to …
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