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EPA Considers Relaxing Restrictions on What Spews From Your Car’s Tailpipe
Traffic jams up on eastbound 91 freeway near Corona, California, Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010. This photo was taken just days before California voted on new rules that would require automakers to build cars and trucks by 2025 that emit about three-quarters less smog-producing pollutants and also mandate that one of every seven new cars sold in the states be a zero-emission or plug-in hybrid vehicle. (AP Photo/Orange County Register, Bruce Chambers) The Trump administration is reportedly about to relax restrictions...
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Oceans Are Warming Much More Than We Thought, Study Says
This photo provided by NOAA Corps shows the deploying an Argo float to capture ocean temperature data. (NOAA Corps, Lt. Elizabeth Crapo via AP) At a Glance A new study finds that the world's oceans are storing 13 percent more heat than previously thought.Since 1990, significant amounts ofheathave begun to seep deeper into the ocean layers, the researchers found. The oceans are storing 13 percent more heat than previously thought, a new study says, which may helpexplain an increase in...
White House: Climate Funding Is ‘A Waste of Your Money’
At a Glance Trump budget slashes EPA funding, including $100 million for climate change programs. In defense of Trump's budget, White House budget director Mick Mulvaney says climate change programs are a "waste of your money." Despite years of research proving that climatechange is real, the White House defended a proposal Thursday to slash federal funding for climate change programs, deeming it “a waste of your money.” “I think the president was fairly straightforward on that: We’re not spending money...
Underwater Heat Wave Bleaching Great Barrier Reef for Second Year in a Row, Scientists Say
At a Glance "What we’re seeing is unprecedented,” says the biologist who captured the latest images."If this is the new normal, we're in trouble,” he said. Warm water temperatures have caused new mass coral bleaching at Australia's Great Barrier Reef for the second year in a row, scientists reported Thursday. The discovery was made during the first aerial survey of 2017, conducted by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), between Cairns and Townsville in northern Queensland. Marine Park...
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