‘Sources at the Department of Energy say the agency received the 74-point memo, which was obtained by ABC News, from the Trump transition team this past Tuesday, Dec. 6. Environmental groups said they fear the questionnaire is an indication of a potential purge of policymakers working to combat climate change.’

Source: Trump Team Asking for Energy Department Staff Who Worked on Climate Change, Document Shows – ABC News

‘…Pruitt, 48, a staunch ally of the fossil fuel industry, has taken a lead nationally in resisting Obama’s environmental agenda. He is an architect of the multi-state legal effort to block the administration’s sweeping national mandates for cleaner-burning power plants, a linchpin of its program to combat global warming.’

Source: Trump names climate change skeptic and oil industry ally to lead the EPA – LA Times

‘Donald Trump picks an outspoken critic of Obama climate policies to head the environment body.’

Source: Trump picks climate sceptic Pruitt for environment chief – BBC News

‘…a new study in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics by researchers at the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change shows that at least one widely-used climate model is overestimating the cooling effect of these aerosol emissions by as much as 23 percent.’

Source: Climate models may be overestimating the cooling effect of wildfire aerosols

‘A woman protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline who was wounded earlier this week might lose her arm as a result of the injury, her family says. Sophia Wilansky’s injury is the most gruesome to date of the months-long standoff at Standing Rock, N.D.’

Source: Woman Injured At Standing Rock Protest Might Lose Arm, Family Says : The Two-Way : NPR

‘Tear gas, freezing cold water and rubber bullets were used to disperse a crowd of 400 protesters at the Dakota Access Pipeline in clashes late Sunday and early Monday that left more than 150 activists and one law enforcement officer injured.’

Source: Dakota Pipeline: Protesters Soaked With Water in Freezing Temperatures – NBC News

‘Donald Trump wrote in a tweet that global warming is “nonexistent.” NPR’s Rachel Martin talks to climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe about what Trump’s presidency will mean for climate policy.’

Source: Climate Scientist Ponders Trump Presidency’s Effect On Climate Change Progress

‘China couldn’t have invented global warming as a hoax to harm U.S. competitiveness because it was Donald Trump’s Republican predecessors who started climate negotiations in the 1980s, China’s Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin said.’

Source: China Tells Trump That Climate Change Is No Hoax It Invented – Bloomberg

‘President-elect Donald Trump is seeking quick ways to withdraw the United States from a global accord to combat climate change, a source on his transition team said, defying broad international backing for the plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions.’

Source: Donald Trump Looking for Fast Exit of Climate Agreement: Source

‘The election of a U.S. president who has called global warming a “hoax” alarmed environmentalists and climate scientists Wednesday and raised questions about whether America, once again, would pull out of an international climate deal.’

Source: Trump Win Raises Questions About UN Climate Deal – ABC News