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The Trump administration has hired three prominent researchers who over the course of their careers have questioned and even rejected the scientific consensus on human-caused climate change. Each were given positions in the Energy Department, which is led by Secretary Chris Wright, a former oil and gas fracking executive.
The move is part of a broader reorganization that includes the elimination of the Office of Global Change, which handles U.S. climate negotiations.
Federal officials are considering reopening vast areas of public lands in Wyoming and Montana to new coal sales.
The U.S. Energy Department has hired two Alabama scientists who are well-known for their skepticism about human-influenced climate change. The New York Times is reporting that John Christy, Alabama’s state climatologist since 2000,
Trump brutally ended Obama’s flagship project to power Africa – but the dream is not dead - IN FOCUS: Power Africa – established more than a decade ago – aimed to help bring stable electricity to 600 million people across Africa,
US retreat from climate commitments under the Trump administration will have “significant consequences” for the planet, EU Climate Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra told Euronews at The Europe Conversation.
The Mauna Loa laboratory in Hawaii has measured atmospheric carbon dioxide, which — along with other planet-warming pollution — has led directly to climate change, driving sea level rise, supercharging weather and destroying food systems.
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