Environment

“Catanzaro’s appointment as a key Trump administration energy and climate adviser so soon after he served as a fossil fuel lobbyist is an outrageous conflict of interest.”

The Office of Research and Development has been at the front line of virtually every environmental crisis. Trump wants to cut its funding in half.

“The greatest threat to global public health is the continued failure of world leaders to keep the global temperature rise below 1.5°C and to restore nature,” warn journals in unprecedented joint editorial.

“A balance must be struck between ranching and mining interests and wild horses and other wildlife as part of a fair interpretation of BLM’s multiple-use mandate on the range.”

Trump's stance on climate change and his withdrawal from the Paris Agreement has generated intense global criticism.

The research comes on the heels of other recent studies showing microplastics having a negative impact on human cells.

Contrary to some environmentalists’ fears, putting a price on natural resources has encouraged decision-makers to recognize that natural capital is finite.

A report by a private research company found that U.S. emissions, which amount to one-sixth of the planet's, didn't fall in 2018 but instead skyrocketed. The 3.4 percent jump for 2018, projected by the firm, would be second-largest surge in greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. since Bill Clinton was president.

In remarks at the Vatican, the leader of the Catholic Church condemned "the large-scale delinquency of corporations."

The GOP platform includes a provision that would leave national parks, wildlife refuges, and national forests vulnerable to privatization.