Congressional Auditor Urges Action to Address Climate Change Congressional Auditor Urges Action to Address Climate Change: Fires, floods and hurricanes are already costing the federal government tens of billions of dollars a year and climate change will drive those costs ever higher in coming years, a new federal study warns. […]
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Mosquitoes carrying deadly diseases could invade 75% of America, warns US government Mosquitoes carrying deadly diseases could invade 75% of America, warns US government;- Mosquitoes capable of spreading serious and potentially deadly diseases such as Zika, dengue and yellow fever could invade about three-quarters of mainland United States, the US […]
Climate Report Could Force Trump to Choose Between Science and His Base Climate Report Could Force Trump to Choose Between Science and His Base:- The impending release of a key government report on climate change will force President Trump to choose between accepting the conclusions of his administration’s scientists and […]
US Government department tells staff to not use term climate change US Government department tells staff to not use term climate change:- GOVERNMENT employees in the US have been given a dictionary of accepted words to use — and “climate change” isn’t one of them. In a directive reminiscent of […]
Government Report Finds Drastic Impact of Climate Change on U.S. Government Report Finds Drastic Impact of Climate Change on U.S.:- The average temperature in the United States has risen rapidly and drastically since 1980, and recent decades have been the warmest of the past 1,500 years, according to a sweeping […]
Defying Trump, Hawaii Becomes First State to Pass Law Committing to Paris Climate Accord Hawaii on Tuesday became the first state to pass a law committing to the goals and limits of the Paris climate accord, defying President Trump, who announced last week that he would withdraw the United States […]
Does Donald Trump Still Think Climate Change Is a Hoax? No One Can Say Does Donald Trump Still Think Climate Change Is a Hoax:- As a businessman, President Trump was a frequent and scornful critic of the concept of climate change. In the years before running for president, he called […]
Tillerson, in Alaska, Gives No Hint on Paris Climate Accord Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson said on Thursday that the United States would “continue to be vigilant” in protecting the Arctic, a region that is undergoing rapid change linked to global warming. But he gave no signal as to […]
Trump Signs Executive Order Unwinding Obama Climate Policies Trump Signs Executive Order Unwinding Obama Climate Policies:- President Trump, flanked by company executives and miners, signed a long-promised executive order on Tuesday to nullify President Barack Obama’s climate change efforts and revive the coal industry, effectively ceding American leadership in the international […]
