President TrumpDonald John TrumpHouse drip-bombing of witness testimony softens landing zone for public support Republican who aided in Clinton impeachment trial: Trump Ukraine phone call 'troublesome' Trump highlights Gingrich comments on 'coup' by 'left-wingers' MORE touted his environmental successes in a speech from the White House on Monday that focused heavily on his steering of the economy and help for the nation’s energy sector, and that didn’t include the phrase “climate change” once.Flanked by Cabinet heads from the Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Interior Department, Trump said he alone had proved that job creation and environmental protection could go hand in hand.ADVERTISEMENT“For years politicians told Americans that a strong economy and vibrant energy sector were incompatible with a healthy environment, that one thing doesn’t go with the other,” he said. “And that’s … [Read more...] about Trump touts environmental policies, but says nothing of climate change
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Rare dragonfly fossils could teach us about climate change
(CNN)Rare dragonfly fossils dating from about 50 million years ago show how life recovered after the mass extinction of the dinosaurs and could benefit our understanding of climate change. Canadian scientist Bruce Archibald, who examined the fossilized remains of the insects, said the dragonflies would have lived in a period of increasing atmospheric carbon and higher global temperatures. "These fossil sites in British Columbia and northern Washington provide an unusually clear window into forest ecosystems in a cool upland during a time of hot global climates with high atmospheric carbon. "There were palm trees at times growing in this temperate upland of British Columbia, in fact, at times growing right up to the Arctic Ocean." The wing of the new fossil dragonfly species Eoshna thompsonensis from the 53-million-year-old McAbee fossil beds. The name refers to the Thompson River in British Columbia, Canada, which fossil site overlooks. Archibald, a research associate … [Read more...] about Rare dragonfly fossils could teach us about climate change
Research Shows More Children Experiencing Eco-Anxiety
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — With hotter and more frequent wildfires and hurricanes getting more devastating every year, researchers say children are being afflicted with a new worry: eco-anxiety. Research shows that stress over the environment and climate change is hitting kids especially hard, and prompted teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg to urge world leaders and politicians to take action. “The planet is outside its comfort zone and we also need to be outside of our comfort zone to prevent the worst consequences from happening,” she told CBS This Morning. WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 18: Founder of Fridays For Future Greta Thunberg (L) and co-founder of This Is Zero Hour and plaintiff in Piper v. State of Washington Jamie Margolin (R) testify during a House Foreign Affairs Committee Europe, Eurasia, Energy and the Environment Subcommittee and House (Select) Climate Crisis Committee joint hearing September 18, 2019 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. … [Read more...] about Research Shows More Children Experiencing Eco-Anxiety
There’s a hidden consequence of climate change: A deadly virus that’s killing key marine species
(CNN)Climate change means melting ice and habitat loss for animals in the Arctic. But there's an invisible side effect of warming temperatures and rising tides, and it's killing key marine species. Melting Arctic sea ice has opened new pathways for Arctic and sub-Arctic species to interact, and that contact has introduced a potentially deadly virus to mammals in the Northern Pacific Ocean, according to a new study in Scientific Reports. Over 15 years, researchers identified two new channels linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans between Russia and Alaska. Animals who live there are interacting for the first time, creating a reservoir of the deadly pathogen Phocine distemper virus. The virus, also called PDV, was first identified in European harbor seals, killing thousands in 1988 and again in 2002. It reemerged in 2004, but this time in northern sea otters in Alaska. It was surprising that the disease jumped to a different species in a different ocean, said study author Tracey … [Read more...] about There’s a hidden consequence of climate change: A deadly virus that’s killing key marine species
Don Cherry Body Checks ‘Cuckaloos’ Who Believe In Climate Change
Former Boston Bruins general manager and iconic hockey broadcaster Don Cherry called out climate change believers Saturday night, labeling them “cuckaloos.” Cherry made a detour from his usual sports commentary during “Coach’s Corner.” Cherry asked co-host Ron MacLean if he or his “left-wing, pinko friends” had anything to say about the increasingly cold winter in light of so many global warming predictions. “I’m just asking you, the cuckaloos are always saying there are warming trends — we’re freezing to death.” Not only has Canada been in the midst of a severe winter but on Friday, Ontario’s official groundhog Wiarton Willie predicted that winter would endure for another six weeks. Cherry’s heresy prompted a swift rebuke from Canada’s own Climate Change Minister Catherine McKenna, who tweeted: For hockey you can turn to Coach’s Corner if you want, for climate change, Canadians turn … [Read more...] about Don Cherry Body Checks ‘Cuckaloos’ Who Believe In Climate Change
