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Why the EPA’s Latest Move Could Worsen the Climate Crisis
Opinion Why the EPA’s Latest Move Could Worsen the Climate Crisis If the EPA abdicates its responsibility to address climate change, it will harm health and the planet in exchange for pandering to fossil fuel interests By Rachel Cleetus & Carlos Martinez Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a sweeping effort to do…
Flood Forecasts in Texas and Beyond Could Worsen with Trump NWS Cuts
Flood Forecasts Could Worsen as Trump’s NWS Cuts Take Hold Forecasts and warnings largely worked during the recent flooding catastrophe in Texas. Those systems are expected to degrade as President Donald Trump’s cuts to the National Weather Service, satellites and other key services take hold By Scott Waldman, Chelsea Harvey & E&E News Search and…
Forest Preservation, Tree Planting Could Actually Worsen Climate Change
Tree Planting Efforts Could Actually Worsen Climate Change With wildfires turning forests into “massive carbon emitters,” planting trees in some places could inadvertently increase carbon emissions, a new report says By Anne C. Mulkern & E&E News Ross Moore Lake wildfire in British Columbia, Canada on July 28, 2023. CLIMATEWIRE | Carbon markets that fund…
Child Asthma Will Worsen with Trump’s Pollution Rollbacks and RFK, Jr.’s CDC Cuts
Childhood Asthma Will Worsen with Pollution Rollbacks and CDC Cuts President Trump has ordered agencies to act “urgently” to curb asthma—a goal at odds with moves to roll back air pollution limits and with RFK, Jr., cutting CDC experts By Ariel Wittenberg & E&E News CLIMATEWIRE | When EPA announced its intent to roll back…