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Throwing regulations out the window is a hallmark of the Trump administration. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its new rule to replace the Obama-era Clean Power Plan. ...

Gutting regulations is nothing new for the Trump administration, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is not immune. The USDA announced the decision in the spring to withdraw from the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP) ... Water is a basic human necessity. We need it to live. But some folks in Washington want to weaken environmental protections for that necessity. ... Activists opposing the Keystone XL pipeline have a new way to fight it using solar panels. ... Sustainability is becoming an increasingly important business objective, and growing numbers of companies are setting sustainability goals.

Making commitments is one thing, but actually keeping them has proven to be a challenge. ... The California Energy Commission recently adopted building standards requiring solar photovoltaic systems on new homes starting in 2020.

... President Trump is no friend to the environment. Months after being in office, he pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate treaty. He has made it clear he wants more fossil fuels pumped out of the ground, even at the expense of public lands. ... Land degradation now threatens the lives and livelihoods of 40 percent of world population, some 3 billion people give or take, according to a landmark, three-year, global assessment produced by the UN Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Bio ... Farmers, ecosystems, and societies around the world all benefit by adopting sustainable agroforestry methods. Doing so conserves and enhances soils, water resources and livelihoods while taking in and storing carbon.
... A scientific research team led by NASA is tracking global trends in freshwater availability worldwide in a bid to better understand how these critical natural resources are changing in light of a variety of factors. ... President Trump signed an executive order last year promoting energy independence. The day after, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke issued two orders with the intention of implementing Trump’s executive order. ... “Drill baby drill” is more than a mantra by those that want to increase domestic output of fossil fuels. It is a way of life, as the recent proposal by U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke to increase offshore drilling on both coasts proves. ... Climate Change Could Force 143 Million Across Sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia and Latin America to Migrate Climate change is hereby canceled
A story published last week in Reuters led with the headline “Pentagon strategy document will not include climate change”
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The sad irony of Trump's abdication of leadership on Climate Change: The Trump Effect 

 The psychology field may not be the first sector that comes to mind when thinking about how different professionals are working together to preserve the planet. However, what you’re about to read may surprise you ... A new, cross-disciplinary white paper authored by three prominent international climate experts for the US-based Universal Ecological Fund refutes the notion against proactive actions to mitigate and adapt to rapid climate change ... One death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic:
Be it from social unrest, economic upheaval, or environmental collapse, forced human migration is at unprecedented levels. According to the UNHCR, there are more than 65 million displaced ... Buying on credit:
Today is Earth Overshoot Day. As of today, the year is done for planet Earth, she has given a year’s worth of natural resources ... When the Trump administration’s 2018 fiscal budget proposal included 40 percent of funding cut for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), few were surprised. The president doesn’t seem to understand what is at stake with such cuts ... An apocalyptic future is materializing that threatens human civilization and all life on the planet. The truth about climate change is more terrifying than our worst nightmares. We are teetering on the brink ... Rising levels of greenhouse gasses are increasing global temperatures and this is causing sea levels to rise. Global warming causes sea levels to rise by melting ice sheets, glaciers, and sea ice; it also causes water to warm and expand. ... Indiana is going solar.
That may seem an odd thing to declare say about a state that gets 85 percent of its electricity generation from coal. Indeed, coal may be king, but the king is approaching the end of its reign.
... Positive narratives may be our best hope for fostering desperately needed environmental action. Decades of ecological warnings have failed to produce the necessary societal changes ... The water-energy nexus - the fundamental connection between water and energy ... At the national and international level climate action is stalled under the unyielding weight of factionalism and meeting the diverse agenda of a global community. At the personal level the issues of climate change and building a sustainable future ...

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Britain's water shortage isn't going away

Britain’s Water Shortage: What Have We Learned From Summer 2018?

Posted on September 21, 2018 by Guest Contributor | 0 Comments

The combination of climate change, increased demand, and aging infrastructure, the summer of 2018 taught Britains that water shortages are not going away.

Pollution in our drinking water

Drinking Water Pollution May Be Ruining Our Health

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Emily Folk | 0 Comments

As human consumption of natural resources grows, so does the stress we put on our supply of fresh drinking water, risking the health and well-being of millions of people.

The corruption of Ryan Zinke

The Latest Happenings of Zinke’s Corrupt Interior Department

Posted on September 17, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

The happenings within the Trump administration can read like a soap opera. The recent departures of two top Interior Department officials are the latest storyline. Downey Magallanes, former deputy chief of staff and a top adviser to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, resigned on August 24. She already started a new job at BP. She worked on policy and operations, according…

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new climate economy

Path to New Climate Economy Leads to $26 Trillion in Economic Benefits

Posted on September 14, 2018 by Andrew Burger | 0 Comments

The potential rewards of making the transition to sustainable, circular economies are greater than originally estimated – including $26 trillion worth of economic benefits globally out to 2030. We’re at a critical juncture regarding the forging a new, climate-conscious economy and avoiding the profound impacts of runaway global climate warming, however, according to the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate.

On the eve of the Global Climate Action Summit, Jerry Brown signs SB100 into law

California Governor Signs Historic Bill on the Eve of Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco

Posted on September 10, 2018 by Thomas Schueneman | 0 Comments

Where ambition finds a home World leaders and participants from around the world are gathering this week in San Francisco for the Global Climate Action Summit. The goal of the summit is to “take ambition to the next level.” Since agreed to in Paris in December 2015 and signed on Earth Day the following year, the Paris Agreement has looked…

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Trump's EPA guts Clean Power Plan

The EPA Guts the Clean Power Plan

Posted on September 6, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

In true form to his administration, the EPA proposes gutting the Clean Power Plan, a move that will further damage the climate, cost lives, and create economic loss.

Under Trump's USDA, buying organic may not mean what you think it does.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Is Being Gutted Under Trump

Posted on August 29, 2018 by Gina-Marie Cheeseman | 0 Comments

Gutting regulations is nothing new for the Trump administration, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is not immune. The USDA announced the decision in the spring to withdraw from the Organic Livestock and Poultry Practices (OLPP) final rule published on January 19, 2017. Withdrawal became effective on May 13, 2018. The rule sets production standards for organic livestock and…

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