Keller signs onto Mayors National Climate Action Agenda – ABQ Journal, 1.11.18

By Maddy Hayden / Journal Staff Writer Mayor Tim Keller, joined by environmental activists and others, discusses efforts to address climate change at a Thursday news conference at the Open Space Visitor Center on the city’s West Side. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/Albuquerque Journal) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — President Donald Trump announced in June the United States would pull out [...]

By |2018-01-13T14:29:14-07:00January 13th, 2018|News|0 Comments

Yale opinion maps shift the climate change narrative – Citizens’ Climate Lobby Blog, 1.13.18

Blog Post Yale opinion maps shift the climate change narrative By Stephanie Sides We often make assumptions about what other people think. For example, the climate change narrative commonly has it that Democrats are more likely than Republicans to believe in the reality of climate change and the need to address it. Another common view [...]

By |2018-01-13T10:38:48-07:00January 13th, 2018|News|0 Comments

FERC Rejection of Coal and Nuclear Bailout Is Big Win for Renewable Energy – Environmental Working Group, 1.9.18

By Alex Formuzis Federal regulators' rejection Monday of the White House's scheme to prop up the coal and nuclear power industries is a big win for electricity customers and renewable energy, said Environmental Working Group (EWG) President Ken Cook. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) denied a petition by Energy Sec. Rick Perry to require the use of electricity from coal [...]

By |2018-01-10T11:26:53-07:00January 10th, 2018|News|0 Comments

UNM meteorologist says Southwest ‘on front lines … of climate change’ – Santa Fe New Mexican, 1.6.18

Climate scientist and meteorologist David Gutzler explains a point at his office at The University of New Mexico. Climate scientist and meteorologist David Gutzler has been teaching at The University of New Mexico for the past two decades. Rebecca Moss/The New Mexican ALBUQUERQUE — When the trees are bare, climate scientist and meteorologist David Gutzler [...]

By |2018-01-07T16:12:52-07:00January 7th, 2018|News|0 Comments

Press Release: WildEarth Guardians Challenges Trump and Zinke’s Plans to Frack Chaco Canyon, 1.4.18

WildEarth Guardians Challenges Trump and Zinke’s Plans to Frack Chaco Canyon 4,400 Acres of Greater Chaco Slated for Drilling Despite Indigenous Demands For more information: Rebecca Sobel, WildEarth Guardians, (267) 402-0724, rsobel@wildearthguardians.org Becca Fischer, WildEarth Guardians, (406) 698-1489, rfischer@wildearthguardians.org Santa Fe, NM – Today WildEarth Guardians challenged the Administration’s plans to lease an additional 4,400 [...]

By |2018-01-04T13:11:23-07:00January 4th, 2018|News|0 Comments

WHITE HOUSE STRIPS FRACKING REGULATIONS FROM FEDERAL LANDS – Construction Equipment, 12.29.17

2015 rule intended to protect groundwater from oil and gas extraction companies contamination  December 29, 2017 As posted in the Federal Register, the Trump administration has rescinded the 2015  rule meant to standardize safety and environmental regulations on all federal lands where oil and gas extraction production takes place. The need for standardized regulations is readily apparent. [...]

By |2018-01-03T10:10:48-07:00January 3rd, 2018|News|0 Comments

In his efforts to delay the EPA methane rule, Pruitt rejects American ingenuity – Environmental Defense Fund, 1.2.18

 By Isabel Mogstad / Published: December 27, 2017 We hope our leaders have the public’s best interest in mind. Unfortunately, instead of using sound science, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt appears to be making decisions based on the influence of the worst actors in the oil and gas industry. Although in his recent Congressional testimony he said the outcome of his proposal to suspend [...]

By |2018-01-03T10:09:15-07:00January 2nd, 2018|News|0 Comments

Climate Change 2017: What Happened and What It Means – Truthout, 12.31.17

By Bruce Melton The Thomas Fire, viewed from Via Real, just east of Lambert Road and the Bella Vista Polo Club, in Summerland, California, on December 11, 2017. (Photo: Doc Searls) How many more billions of dollars in damages will it take? How many more lives? It's obvious; all the climate extremes we have been experiencing lately [...]

By |2017-12-31T11:54:35-07:00December 31st, 2017|News|0 Comments

16 major environmental protections cut in 2017 – High Country News, 12.28.17

Climate change initiatives were the most targeted by the Trump administration. Elizabeth Shogren NEWSDec. 28, 2017   President Donald Trump has spent the past year steadily undoing Obama-era environmental protections, especially rules designed to fight climate change. By law, agencies must go through a lengthy process to rescind or rewrite many rules, but executive orders and other policies [...]

By |2017-12-29T13:45:04-07:00December 29th, 2017|News|0 Comments
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