Jun 27 WATCH: Inslee says next president will have last chance to address ‘climate crisis’ By Associated Press Washington Gov. Jay Inslee called his state's progress on the issue of climate change the "gold standard."… Continue reading
Jun 26 Top EPA official resigns amid congressional probe By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press Ethics questions have dogged EPA Assistant Administrator Bill Wehrum since his 2017 nomination by President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Jun 26 Record-breaking heat wave scorches Europe By Associated Press And it's about to get even hotter. Continue reading
Jun 24 2020 hopeful Inslee proposes ending government partnership with fossil fuels By Bill Barrow, Associated Press Jay Inslee wants to end tax breaks for oil companies and ban all drilling and extraction on federal lands and in federal waters. Continue reading
Jun 24 Medical groups warn climate change is a ‘health emergency’ By Elana Schor, Associated Press Public health groups are pressing presidential candidates to strengthen U.S. commitments under the 2015 United Nations climate agreement from which Trump has vowed to withdraw. Continue reading
Jun 22 Militia threat shuts down Oregon Statehouse amid walkout By Sarah Zimmerman, Gillian Flaccus, Associated Press The Oregon Capitol will be closed Saturday due to a “possible militia threat” from right-wing protesters as a walkout by Republican lawmakers over landmark climate change legislation drags on. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch 5:45 Despite Trump’s more lenient emissions rules, coal industry faces uphill battle President Trump is keeping a signature pledge to roll back environmental regulations as part of his goal of boosting the coal industry. His new Affordable Clean Energy rule favors incremental improvements and grants discretion to individual states to determine whether… Continue watching
Jun 19 EPA guts Obama rule on coal power plants By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press The final Trump administration rule that would replace Obama's Clean Power Plan would give individual states wide discretion to decide whether to require efficiency upgrades at coal-fired power plants. Continue reading
Jun 08 AP fact check: Trump and the credit and blame game By Hope Yen, Seth Borenstein, Calvin Woodward, Associated Press The apportioning of credit and blame went awry in President Donald Trump’s remarks over the past week. Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch 6:39 How 2020 Democrats plan to address climate change In a year when floods, hurricanes and wildfires have devastated parts of the United States, climate change has been polling as a top issue in the 2020 Democratic primaries. All 23 of the party’s current candidates agree that this global… Continue watching