News Roundup
‘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. ‘
‘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
‘The United States will switch course on climate change and pull out of a global pact to cut emissions, said Myron Ebell, who headed U.S. President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) transition team until his inauguration.’
Source: Donald Trump to Withdraw from Paris Agreement on Climate Change | Fortune.com
‘Amid a growing state-level crackdown on civil disobedience, climate activist Ken Ward appeared at the Skagit County Superior Courthouse in Washington state on Monday resolute in the face of a potential 30-year sentence because, he says, Americans now have no option but to take radical action to defend our planet.’
‘…At a time when President Trump’s new administration is ordering federal government scientists to stop communicating with the public, the array of data depicting carbon sequestration, ocean acidification and water temperatures at a conference on climate change was for some a political act of defiance. ‘