‘…The budget blueprint, released on Thursday, provides $5.7 billion for the EPA, down from $8.3 billion. The budget “discontinues” $100 million in funding for several climate change programs within the agency, including enforcement for a major Obama-era climate regulation, climate change research and international climate change support.’

Source: Trump proposes deep cuts to EPA, federal climate funding | TheHill

‘(CNN)Somalia and three other countries desperately need aid to save more than 20 million people from starvation and diseases, the United Nations said.’

Source: UN: World facing largest humanitarian crisis since 1945 – CNN.com

‘WASHINGTON — Hundreds of activists rallied outside the White House on Friday and even erected a teepee in front of President Trump’s new Washington hotel in a rapidly fading bid by Native Americans to stop construction of the Dakota Access pipeline.’

Source: Native Americans march to White House against Dakota pipeline

‘Despite bitter cold, wind, rain and hail, hundreds of members of Native American tribes and supporters from around the country turned out Friday to march on the White House, in an effort to turn the momentum of the Standing Rock protests into a more sustained movement for native rights.’

Source: Strengthened by Standing Rock, Native Americans march on D.C. What’s next for the movement? | PBS NewsHour

‘The head of the Environmental Protection Agency says he does not agree that carbon dioxide is the main driver of climate change.’

Source: EPA Head Scott Pruitt Doubts Basic Consensus On Climate Change : NPR

‘Scott Pruitt, the nation’s top environmental official, strongly rejected the established science of climate change on Thursday, outraging scientists, environmentalists, and even his immediate predecessors at the Environmental Protection Agency.’

Source: EPA chief disputes established science on cause of climate change – Portland Press Herald

‘On a particularly bad day for Earth’s wellbeing – the EPA revealed massive budgetary cuts while the Trump administration waffled on the Paris Agreement on climate change – environmentalist and 350.org founder Bill McKibben appeared on Real Time With Bill Maher to discuss the dire situation and how the American people can fight back.’

Source: Bill McKibben Talks Climate Change Battle on ‘Real Time’ – Rolling Stone

‘The Keystone XL oil pipeline won’t use American steel in its construction, despite what President Donald Trump says.’

Source: Keystone pipeline won’t use U.S. steel despite Trump pledge | PBS NewsHour

‘MARCH 3, 2017 BEIJING—The latest sign of China’s emergence as a world leader in addressing climate change came Tuesday when the government released data showing that the country’s coal consumption dropped in 2016 for a third year in a row.’

Source: China’s coal consumption drops again, boosting its leadership on climate change – CSMonitor.com

‘The White House is proposing to slash a quarter of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s budget, targeting climate-change programs and those designed to prevent air and water pollution like lead contamination, a source with direct knowledge of the proposal said on Thursday.’

Source: Trump’s EPA budget proposal targets climate, lead cleanup programs