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Hazy cityscape of LA

Trump is wrong – millions of Americans breathe badly polluted air

25 October 2018

President Trump claims the US has the world’s cleanest air, but he is ignoring urban pollution data while actively dismantling regulations that protect air quality


Kelvin Droegemeier

Donald Trump may finally appoint a science adviser after 18 month wait

1 August 2018

Kelvin Droegemeier, a weather researcher, has been nominated to be the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy


Six pollution policies gutted by Scott Pruitt - and what happens next

Six pollution policies gutted by Scott Pruitt - and what happens next

9 July 2018

Scott Pruitt resigned from the US Environmental Protection Agency, and his successor is likely to continue gutting regulations that limit air and water pollution


Solar & Wind Farm

A renewables revolution is afoot – but who will benefit?

6 June 2018

Donald Trump's commitment to coal is short-sighted and wrong-headed. A 100 per cent renewable future is coming – and other countries will reap the rewards


Shark's open mouth

Shark-free world? That's a wish that would come back to bite us

2 February 2018

Sharks may be hard to love for many people, including the US president, but these animals are essential to the health of our oceans, says Lesley Evans Ogden


Donald Trump on his own

When it comes to climate, Donald Trump is in a club by himself

8 November 2017

With pariah state Syria now backing the UN pact to curb global warming, the US stands against the other 195 nations of the world. What a disgrace, says Owen Gaffney


I want to show the courts who's to blame for climate change

I want to show the courts who's to blame for climate change

4 October 2017

Climate modelling allows us to link extreme weather, climate change and emissions so we can use the law to hit big oil where it hurts, says Myles Allen


A seedling sprouting from earth in outstretched cupped hands

Can a crowdsourced mega-forest offset Trump’s climate chaos?

18 August 2017

It's an appealing idea, a vast forest to soak up the extra carbon released due to Trump's policies, but it may not be so easy in reality, says Olive Heffernan


Thermometer in forest

Americans already feeling effects of climate change, says report

8 August 2017

A leaked report says evidence that humans are responsible for climate change is strong – but it remains to be seen how the Trump White House will react


Donald Trump with his hands up covering his face

Trump's wise monkey environment plan: See no evil, hear no evil

22 June 2017

If you don't measure the bad stuff, you don't have to do anything about it. That looks like the Trump philosophy, say Gretchen Goldman and Andrew Rosenberg


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