Environment and Climate Change

Obama Environmental Chief Says Trump Rollbacks Won't Wash

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10/04/2017

President Barack Obama’s former environment chief bemoaned the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back environmental oversight, but said moves to undo his climate legacy would not withstand legal challenges.

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De Blasio Taps Acting Commissioner Vincent Sapienza To Head Department of Environmental Protection

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10/03/2017

Mayor de Blasio will officially name Vincent Sapienza commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection, more than a year after the last permanent head left.

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General Motors Is Going All Electric

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10/03/2017

After more than a century peddling vehicles that pollute the atmosphere, General Motors is ending its relationship with gasoline and diesel.

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New York State Seeks Leases for Extensive Offshore Wind Program

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10/03/2017

New York State has asked the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to consider identifying and leasing at least four new wind energy areas off its Atlantic Coast.

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How Many Big Storms Before People Abandon Coastal Cities?

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10/02/2017

For homeowners in flood zones, one big question looms: Rebuild or retreat after another “500-year storm?”

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Could This Major Grant by Paul Allen Signal Deeper Climate Giving to Come?

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10/02/2017

The tech donor’s latest major grant is right in the sweet spot between the two fields, a $4 million commitment that will back the deep ocean probes monitoring how ocean temperatures are changing.

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Assemblyman Peter Lopez Picked as New EPA Regional Administrator

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09/29/2017

State Assemblyman Peter Lopez will take over this weekend as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's top official in a region that reaches from the Adirondacks to the storm-wracked Caribbean.

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Filling New York Harbor with Millions Of Oysters to Fight Pollution

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09/28/2017

Nearly every weekday trucks pick up 4 tons of oyster shells from 70 restaurants across the city for the Billion Oyster Project. Peter Malinowski and a team of students and employees use them—an estimated one-tenth of the total amassed in the city...

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Iceberg That Broke Off Antarctica Was 4 Times the Size of Manhattan

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09/27/2017

A massive iceberg about four times the size of Manhattan broke off Antarctica on Saturday, the U.S. National Ice Center confirmed to CBS News.

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Rockefeller Supported Program Signs Up More Than 100 Schools To Teach Health Risks Of Climate Change

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09/26/2017

Since its launch earlier this year, the Global Consortium on Climate and Health Education has recruited 125 health professions schools and programs around the world to ensure future health professionals are educated on the health impacts of climate...

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