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SCOOP: EPA, in last day that Pruitt is administrator, moves to circumvent limit on manufacturing of "super polluting" diesel trucks, undoing a 20-year effort embraced by Dems and GOP administrations to curb toxic emissions. https://t.co/OQLjBGJf3d
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) July 7, 2018
“Coal is killing the planet. Trump loves it.”
"This report makes it clear: There is no way to mitigate climate change without getting rid of coal," said an author of a landmark report from the United Nations' scientific panel on climate change https://t.co/5rdLWRrnKh
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 8, 2018
.@usatodayopinion: The Trump administration is committed to saving coal, when what it really needs to do is save the planet. https://t.co/TLuU4HfP2N
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) August 22, 2018
Mitch McConnell tells group of businessmen that Coal will “never be the way it was before”
Yet he and other candidates go and promise coal miners every election cycle that coal is the future
That blatant hypocrisy told to Eastern Kentuckians infuriates me https://t.co/j5mRXb8unF
— Matt Jones (@MattJonesRadio) October 23, 2018
isn’t this statement of obvious reality pretty much like what Rs have been attacking Ds for saying over last few years? https://t.co/CwgA0ytTwG
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) October 24, 2018
In Indiana, building new solar and wind is now cheaper than keeping *existing* coal power plants running. https://t.co/xOsPy0PE79
— Ramez Naam (@ramez) October 23, 2018
https://twitter.com/UCSUSA/status/1055116254019760129
Trump promised coal miners the world. He's made their lives worse in every way that matters. https://t.co/H4MOyC8i0O pic.twitter.com/JUGrTkKXyT
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) September 19, 2018
After shuttering his company during the Obama years, an Alabama coal miner is back in business and has named his new excavator "Trump," Elaina Plott reports: https://t.co/9NvlDxzKYr pic.twitter.com/V0j4t4rwvR
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) September 2, 2018
This is an effort to justify using national security as a rationale for mandating that coal plants stay open. https://t.co/FG39VxdQPT https://t.co/TrwSHlFqjM
— Philip Bump (@pbump) August 22, 2018
With EPA rule change, worries linger for those near coal ash ponds https://t.co/iTAym7SdNQ pic.twitter.com/Yd7rFTaMdS
— CNN (@CNN) July 21, 2018
Phasing out coal and investing in renewables has kept the U.S. on track to meet #AmericasPledge – but we need even more ambitious action to continue to make progress. https://t.co/J8U9I6ovQ2
— America's Pledge (@AmericasPledge) October 30, 2018
EPA smaller in staff than the 1980's w/ many more responsibilities https://t.co/6kU9NrOjjc via @YaleE360
— Knowledge & Community (@KnowledgeCommu2) October 5, 2018
The exodus at @EPA: During the first 18 months under Trump, records show, nearly 1,600 workers left EPA, while fewer than 400 were hired. The agency’s workforce has fallen to levels not seen since Reagan. w/@eilperin @abtran https://t.co/iljJlzgB2j
— Brady Dennis (@brady_dennis) September 8, 2018
Nearly half the political appointees hired at EPA under Trump have industry ties. Of the 60+ EPA hires tracked by the AP, about 1/3 worked as registered lobbyists & lawyers for chemical manufacturers, fossil fuel producers or other EPA-regulated companies. https://t.co/rypikAkZ8D
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) June 2, 2018
They don’t care about science or our health.
The EPA has reportedly disbanded two expert panels on air pollution https://t.co/iPpXiUnRCU
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) October 14, 2018
The EPA is dissolving a scientific review panel as the agency seeks to revise standards on ozone, particulate matters and other toxic chemicals in the atmosphere https://t.co/PI6Mna3Xmz
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 12, 2018
EPA scraps pair of air pollution science panels https://t.co/syXkEd9jwy
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) October 14, 2018
Scientist: EPA changes are an effort to "gut rules" that protect the public https://t.co/RdTkxgf52D pic.twitter.com/0TYVnzTIQt
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 14, 2018
Particulate matter air pollution is particularly harmful because it can reach deep into the lungs, causing pulmonary and respiratory issues. The Trump admin's decision to cut out scientists from the regulatory process will undoubtedly harm public health: https://t.co/clqJzhd8H6
— Union of Concerned Scientists (@UCSUSA) October 12, 2018
Trump questions cause of climate change while EPA dismisses scientists https://t.co/7l49cniOdW @Rene_MarshCNN reports @TheLeadCNN
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 15, 2018
Trump administration moves to weaken U.S. radiation rules, says a bit of radiation may be good for you. https://t.co/jY1RB3kYSS
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 2, 2018
Getting Radiation Poisoning to Own the Libs: https://t.co/tS2GjzooVw pic.twitter.com/eCZfDPG9ZA
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) October 2, 2018
No, a little radiation is not good for you. It was not good for you in 1945, 1954, 1963, 1986, or 2011. https://t.co/u36Cus0oJs
— Dr. Audra J. Wolfe (@ColdWarScience) October 2, 2018
EPA plans to dissolve its Office of Science Advisor, which counsels the EPA chief on the science underpinning health & environmental regulations.https://t.co/jmQojOHu8M
— Coral Davenport (@CoralMDavenport) September 27, 2018
Climate change is the defining issue of our time – and we are at a defining moment. If we do not change course by 2020, we could miss our chance to avoid the disastrous consequences of runaway climate change. The time for ambitious #ClimateAction is now. https://t.co/Ad19hj3zsD pic.twitter.com/VykZtbYDUi
— António Guterres (@antonioguterres) September 10, 2018
Rising seas could cause a mass migration of Americans seeking higher ground https://t.co/xDQwPUHhOK pic.twitter.com/Vgqhb58OnP
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) September 25, 2018
Increasing heat is a classic example of a chronic climate impact—slow moving, with the most extreme effects in the future—but the effect on regional economies today is too great to be ignored. https://t.co/fmsTtOLc5R
— Foreign Affairs (@ForeignAffairs) September 20, 2018
Climate scientists warn that global emissions need to peak by 2020 if the planet is to dodge catastrophic warming. At the summit Thursday, 27 cities announced they have already met that goal. https://t.co/IVAdzewzRb
— Los Angeles Times (@latimes) September 13, 2018
“Climate change wrought this freak of nature”
Category 6? Climate change may cause more hurricanes to rapidly intensify.
The communities already losing ground to climate change: https://t.co/6VXfjvzHHN pic.twitter.com/vz4CGMfOyr
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) September 7, 2018
and your president thinks climate change is a Chinese hoax. Sad!
Nine of the 10 costliest hurricanes to hit the US mainland since 1900 have been in the last two decades. Here's a look at how coastal development and climate change are making hurricanes more costly. https://t.co/hJcJhJIeSE pic.twitter.com/JJqsQNpU4q
— CNN (@CNN) September 12, 2018
Opinion: As Hurricane Florence closes in on the East Coast, the Trump administration’s reversal on U.S. climate policy has made the situation all the more dire. https://t.co/HYHWB04QRd
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) September 11, 2018
Just now: The first-ever pre-event attribution study has been published.
Compared to a world w/o climate change:
– Florence will have 50% heavier rainfall
– 50mi wider at landfall, boosting storm surgeClimate change is making #HurricaneFlorence worse.https://t.co/VQQAotPCWu pic.twitter.com/zl26mW29CQ
— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) September 12, 2018
Climate change has increased the vulnerability of North Carolina’s low-lying eastern plain, expanding the size and water mass of hurricanes by as much as 50%. https://t.co/2W1XIjJLcN
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) September 18, 2018
The other side:
Rush Limbaugh on Hurricane Florence: "The forecast and the destruction potential doom and gloom is all to heighten the belief in climate change." https://t.co/YvwZm8vTO5
— Media Matters (@mmfa) September 12, 2018
update 9/18/18
The Trump administration justifies its rollback of methane standards by saying it will be a cost-saver for industry. But what about the costs to our health, and the costs of the climate crisis? We need to put people and our planet over polluters’ profits.
— Al Gore (@algore) September 18, 2018
Trump Administration Officially Ends Obama-Era Restrictions on Methane Pollutionhttps://t.co/h8NDxvKSxb (
— TIME (@TIME) September 18, 2018
FOLLOW ALONG HERE–IT YOU EAT FRUIT & VEGETABLES. My colleague @dannyhakim and I took a deep journey this summer into the world of pesticides, corporations that make them, workers who grow the food and the E.P.A., which decides if they are toxic or safe. https://t.co/okLyrV88YW
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) August 25, 2018
To unpack the previous tweet a bit. CropLife America is Monsanto, Bayer, Dow, etc & the other top global manufacturers of pesticides. Shortly after Trump was elected, CropLife petitioned EPA to STOP relying on epidemiology to make pesticide decisions. SECRET SCIENCE effort starts pic.twitter.com/13A7t8kaQS
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) August 25, 2018
We spoke with CropLife America (pesticide industry) & with EPA. Both said they very much support use of good epidemiology & that this is all about making sure regulatory decisions are FACT BASED. It is not about quashing science. They embrace all science. This is from CropLife pic.twitter.com/6qnMcxcdsU
— Eric Lipton (@EricLiptonNYT) August 25, 2018
Sad!