Donald Trump will cap his ongoing assault on climate change this year by dropping the issue from a list of global threats in his 70-page National Security Strategy (NSS), to be unveiled later today.
US politics
Sen. Merkley Opposes LNG Terminal as “the largest carbon polluter in Oregon”
Senator Jeff Merkley from Oregon has abandoned his support for the controversial Jordan Cove Project LNG project in Coos Bay, as it will, amongst other things “become the largest carbon polluter in Oregon.”
Senate Tax Bill Fallout: “America as we knew it is very much on the edge”
The Republican assault on hard-working American families and the environment reached an unprecedented level late on Friday night
Trump Plans “Illegal” Assault on Sacred Utah National Monuments
Next week, Trump’s attack on First Nations will get worse, when he is due to fly into Utah to make a formal announcement that he will reduce the size of the iconic and sacred Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments.
Trump’s $20 Billion-a-Year Hand Out to Dirty Energy
Millions of Americans may be struggling to pay routine household bills, but still US taxpayers are handing out a whopping $20 billion in fossil fuel subsidies a year. This is the major finding of a new report Dirty Energy Dominance: Dependent on Denial published by Oil Change International (OCI) today. Subsidies are where the government … Read More
Welcome to DC’s #DirtyEnergyWeek
The ultimate corporate greenwashing experience starts in DC today when some of America’s dirtiest polluters participate in what is being billed as the “National Clean Energy Week”
Trump’s Response to Climate-Related Disasters: Open America’s “Crown Jewels” to Oil Drilling
You would have thought that after being battered by two devastating hurricanes in recent weeks, which experts believe were fuelled by warmer seas caused by climate change, even the most die-hard climate denier would think again.
Big Oil to Blame for Harvey’s Toxic Legacy
Yesterday, the Governor of Texas warned that the bill for reconstruction after Superstorm Harvey could be as high as $180 billion.
Houston, Tell Your President We Have a Problem: It’s Called Climate Change
If we don’t want this to become the new normal, and worse, we need to bring fossil fuel companies to justice, hold fossil fueled politicians accountable and move our economy, our country, and our world off of fossil fuels.
Trump Promotes “Clean Coal” But Stops Research into Health Impacts of Mountaintop Removal
In a rambling, often incoherent speech, to his die-hard supporters in Phoenix on Tuesday night, President Trump boldly predicted that “clean coal” was back.