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Two former Trump officials to be investigated for posting papers denying climate change The Commerce Department’s Office of Inspector General said it will investigate how two former Trump officials posted dubious papers questioning man-made climate change using government logos but without the approval of the Trump administration. “After careful consideration, we decided to review this matter further,” the Commerce Department’s Office of Inspector General wrote in a Friday letter to Dem...

Snow Ends Saturday Night, Leaving Us With Clearing Skies Sunday We should have a grand total of 3-6" of new snow in the Twin Cities by the time the snow ends Saturday Night. While getting anywhere could be a bit slow Sunday morning with slick roads, we will see clearing skies throughout the day. Click for more. - D.J. Kayser   By D.J. Kayser Text size Copy shortlink: Snow Continues Into Saturday Night Snow will continue to fall acr...

Environmental News For The Week Ending 16January 2019 This is a collection of interesting news articles about the environment and related topics published last week. This is usually a Tuesday evening regular post at GEI (but can be posted at other times). Please share this article - Go to very top of page, right hand side, for social media buttons. Note: Because of the high volume of news regarding the coronavirus outbreak, that news has been published separately: Summary: New US Covid infect...

As NASA and NOAA warn of climate emergency, they weather last-minute denial by Trump appointees As 2020 smashed hurricane and wildfire records, doing $90 billion worth of damage in the U.S. alone, new data shows last year neck and neck with 2016 as the hottest year in recorded human history. Posted: Jan 17, 2021 11:00 PM Updated: Jan 17, 2021 11:00 PM Posted By: By Bill Weir, CNN Chief Climate Correspondent The numbers are in. The hottest seven years in recorded history are: 2020, 2019, 2018...

Controversial UD climate professor reassigned from White House role after producing unauthorized papers Jeff Neiburg, Delaware News Journal Biden rolled out his climate and environment team Replay Video UP NEXT A University of Delaware professor and climate change skeptic was reassigned this week by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy after he and another man published controversial papers without White House approval, the Washington Post reported. © The ...

As NASA and NOAA warn of climate emergency, they weather last-minute denial by Trump appointees The numbers are in. The hottest seven years in recorded history are: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 and 2014. But at this point, says NASA climate scientist Kate Marvel, rankings are worthless. It’s all about that horrifying trend towards a level of global overheating impossible to control. “What really matters, and what I think is really significant and really concerning, is that the seven h...

Climate Change Weekly #385 In less than a month, three separate reports have been released repeating the same half-truth: the costs of natural disasters are rising, setting records in recent years, and human-caused climate change is to blame. I say half-truth because it is also a half-lie. Each of the studies received copious amounts of prominent coverage by the mainstream media. I suspect the timing of the releases and the coordinated coverage were not by coincidence. They were intended to gin...

Governors Wind Energy Coalition Why climate critics were sidelined in Trump’s final days Source: By Scott Waldman, E&E News reporter • Posted: Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Kelvin Droegemeier, who heads the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, removed two political appointees yesterday for trying to undermine climate science. Francis Chung/E&E News A last-ditch effort by climate critics to cement their views in the public record fell apart yesterday after...

With Only a Week Left in Trump’s Presidency, a Last-Ditch Effort to Block Climate Action and Deny the Science An EPA rule finalized Wednesday barred future regulation of greenhouse gases in “stationary sources” like oil refineries, and two administration scientists published climate science-denying papers. January 14, 2021 Andrew Wheeler, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), testifies during a hearing titled "Oversight of the Environmental Protection Agency" in the...

Unite the country, fight COVID-19, rather than impeach Trump, says GOP hypocrites.