‘On Saturday (Feb. 11), 200 programmers crammed themselves into the Doe Library at the University of California, Berkeley, furiously downloading NASA’s Earth science data in a hackathon, Wired reported.  The group’s goal: rescue data that may be deleted or hidden under President Donald Trump’s administration.’

Source: Coders Are Racing to Save NASA’s Climate Data

‘BERKELEY, CALIF. – A new case study is the first of its kind to use life-cycle assessment data to show how meat and cheese reduction in school food is an effective strategy for both mitigating climate change and serving affordable, healthy meals. Friends of the Earth partnered with Oakland CA Unified School District to document how a 30 percent reduction in meat, poultry and cheese purchases over two years shrank the school district’s carbon footprint by 14 percent.’

Source: New Data Finds Climate-Friendly, Healthy Meals Within Reach for Public Schools | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community

‘Trashing the Paris Agreement made for a great campaign prop at Donald Trump’s rallies, where the climate change accord was portrayed as a product of the out-of-touch, insufferable elites that Trump pledged to sweep from power.’

Source: Trump’s vow to scrap the Paris climate change accord faces skepticism from corporations, GOP moderates – LA Times

‘For the first time, researchers have developed a mathematical equation to describe the impact of human activity on the earth, finding people are causing the climate to change 170 times faster than natural forces.’

Source: Humans causing climate to change 170 times faster than natural forces

‘Wind power overtook hydropower to become the biggest source of renewable electric capacity in the U.S. in 2016 and is now the nation’s fourth-largest energy source overall, according to figures released Thursday by the American Wind Energy Association.’

Source: Wind Power Becomes America’s Largest Renewable Resource

‘The Trump administration’s arrival has forced the U.S. nuclear industry to revise its climate-based pitch for government assistance for at-risk reactors.’

Source: Nuclear power industry revamps climate pitch for Trump era | Science | AAAS

‘…The Quinnipiac University poll shows that 61% of Americans oppose removing regulations that combat climate change, with remaining 29% supporting the rollback. Trump has aggressively pursued deregulation in the environmental area during his first weeks in office, working with Congress to undo a slew of rules recently implemented under former President Barack Obama.’

Source: Climate Change: Donald Trump Environment Policies Unpopular | Time.com

‘…Judging from what we learned at his confirmation hearing on January 11, Tillerson is a “lukewarmer,” someone who acknowledges that the climate is changing, but doesn’t think it will be that bad and doesn’t think we know enough to take serious action anyway..

Source: Don’t expect climate action from Rex Tillerson. He’s a lukewarmer. – Vox

‘…Sanctuary jurisdictions — 39 cities and 364 counties across the country have policies that limit local law enforcement’s involvement in enforcing federal immigration laws — increase public safety. ‘

Source: Giving sanctuary to undocumented immigrants doesn’t threaten public safety—it increases it – LA Times

‘A massive climate march is coming soon to Washington. The People’s Climate March will descend on D.C. with an intersectional coalition of green and environmental-justice groups, indigenous and civil-rights organizations, students and labor unions. The march will take place on Saturday, April 29, exactly 100 days into Trump’s presidency.’

Source: A massive climate march is coming soon to Washington. | Grist