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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is emerging as one of the government entities most targeted by the new Trump Administration for change. In this case, if reports of the administration's draft budget proposal are accurate, change means wholesale elimination of staff, funding, and programs. Yesterday, however, an even more remarkable fact came to light. DON'T MISS: Trump budget to slash EPA funds, ax staff, kill climate-change plans: reports For the first time in its 45-plus years of existence, the EPA Science and Technology Office no longer has the word "science" in its mission...
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Trump EPA: climate science still live, gag order remains, grants unfrozen (updated)
Following the removal of all mentions of climate change from the White House website, the new administration has apparently trained its sights on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA and a handful of other government agencies are now reportedly under gag orders: employees are forbidden...
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2016 was planet's hottest year on record, third new high in a row
Despite scientists having reached a consensus years ago, considerable debate still appears to be raging over the reality of climate change. Climate-science deniers can count several people appointed to key environmental-regulatory positions in the incoming presidential administration among their...
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Fuel from emissions? Catalyst converts carbon dioxide to ethanol
At least in North America, ethanol is a contentious fuel. A decade ago, it was seen as a homegrown and carbon-neutral way to use less gasoline—and federal legislation mandated that increasing volumes be blended into U.S. fuel supplies. Much debate followed over using "food for fuel," its...
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Bankruptcy shows scope of Peabody Coal's climate denial lobbying
These are tough times for the coal industry. Coal plants are being retired at an increasing rate in North America and Europe, replaced by a combination of natural-gas and renewable generating capacity. These days, virtually any way to produce electricity is seen as better than coal, which produces...
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Tesla electric cars are step to Carl Sagan's future vision: fan video
A fan-made ad uses a Carl Sagan speech to promote Tesla electric cars.
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Exxon-conducted research confirmed climate change decades ago, new reports say.
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Refuting Selective, Slanted Coverage Of Electric Cars: The Pioneer's Never-Ending Task
It's a hard-wired human response to be wary of new or changing things. In past millennia, it may have kept us alive longer. And when you're talking about a household's second-most-expensive purchase, it's not surprising that most car buyers are cautious, letting others be pioneers first. But for...
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Top 5 Ways To Get Flamed, Moderated, Or Banned In Comments On Green Car Reports
Remember when your parents sat you down to have a little chat about how you should behave? It may be time for us to have one of those chats with a small fraction of our readers, just to point out this site's requests, customs, and no-nos. Here's our compilation of things that will see your comments...
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U.S. Senate Votes Against Affirming Climate Science Validity
Would you trust a politician who believes the earth is flat? Or that the sun revolves around the earth? Or that the Holocaust never happened? No? Then what do we make of politicians who continue to deny the accepted scientific consensus that human activity is affecting the climate? DON'T MISS: U.S...
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Time Running Out, Global Carbon Emission Must Fall To Zero: UN Panel
While mankind has been pumping carbon into the atmosphere since the discovery of fire, the modern era of carbon emissions began roughly 250 years ago. Now a new report by global scientists goes further than any before: Carbon emissions must ultimately be cut to levels so low that they approach...
John Voelcker