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Category Archives: EPA
Trump’s Absurd Science Budget Cut Proposals, and Their Defeats
Trump’s Absurd Science Budget Cut Proposals, and Their Defeats It is sad to see Trump and his Political Appointees attempt to remove funding for projects related to climate science and environmental protection, while the Congress again ignores them, and in … Continue reading
Costs of Weather Related Disasters Are Increasing in the US
Costs of Weather and Climate Related Disasters Over the Last 40 Years, and During the Trump Presidency The data and maps are from the NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information. I’m jumping the storm a little since the data for 2019 … Continue reading
Posted in 2018 Midterm Election, 2020 Election, 2020 Primaries, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Donald Trump, Economies, EPA, Fossil Fuel Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Houston Flooding, Hurricane Florence, Hurricane Irma, NOAA, Paris Climate Accord, Renewable Energy, Trump on Climate Change
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The Silencing Science Tracker in December, 2019
Happy Holidays. It’s time to update the Silencing Science Tracker. This just lists news articles that refer to silencing science, or attempting to silence science, in various bills, agencies, schools, or research. It starts with the beginning of the Trump … Continue reading
Posted in CAFE Standards, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Education, Climate Science, Coastal Flooding, Coastal States, Donald Trump, EPA, Fossil Fuel Energy, Governors and State Legislatures, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Houston Flooding, Natural Gas, Paris Climate Accord, Paris Climate Agreement, Politics, Regulations, Renewable Energy, Science and Engineering Education, Science Funding, Sea Level Rise, Transportation, Trump Administration, Trump on Climate Change
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Rates of Emission Declines to Reach California’s Goals
Rates of Emission Declines to Reach California’s Goals Estimates of rates needed to meet climate goals or GHG (greenhouse gases) reductions by 2030 and 2050 have come out. These seem to be generated by simple mathematical methods, so we will … Continue reading
Posted in California Oil, California Power Mixes, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Science, Donald Trump, Electric Cars, Electric Power, Energy Efficiency, EPA, Equivalent Electric Car Emissions, Fossil Fuel Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hybrid Cars, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Transportation, Trump on Climate Change, US Climate Mayors, Wind Energy
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Main California Cities in the Top 20 in Clean Energy
California’s main cities rank in the top 20 in The 2019 City Clean Energy Scorecard of the ACEEE, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy We list the rank, city name, and overall score out of 100 of California cities. Rank … Continue reading
Posted in Autos, CAFE Standards, California Power Mixes, Clean Energy, Climate Change, Climate Education, Conservation, Electric Cars, Electric Power, Energy Efficiency, EPA, Fossil Fuel Energy, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hybrid Cars, Los Angeles Congested Traffic, Mayor's Climate Action Plan, Natural Gas, Nuclear Energy, Power Content Labels, Renewable Energy, SC Edison, SDG&E, Solar Energy, Transportation, US Climate Mayors, Wind Energy
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Trump Does Not Misunderstand Air Pollution, He Hides It
Trump Does Not Misunderstand Air Pollution, He Hides It The G20 reporting claims that Trump confuses air pollution with climate change. But Trump is also sweeping harmful US air pollution under the rug as well. He doesn’t misunderstand them. … Continue reading
Trump’s Decrease in Fuel Economy Standards
Trump’s Decrease in Fuel Economy Standards No, I did not read the 515 page plan for the new CAFE standards from 2021 to 2026, now called SAFE (The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient Rule for Model Years 2021-2026). I just read the … Continue reading
New Year’s Political Niblets
New Year’s Political Niblets The only real military action Trump has initiated is to attack air facilities of Syria after they used nerve gas against civilians. That was actually the only clean air action that Trump has taken. As far … Continue reading
Effects of Mercury, PM2.5, and Donald Trump
Effects of Mercury, PM2.5, and Donald Trump Is Trump Mercurial? Could one who refuses to remove mercury vapor from coal burning be called Mercurial? The above were three possible titles for this article. Having read again about Trump and his … Continue reading
Unexpected Heroes During The Trump Administration
Unexpected Heroes During The Trump Administration A number of the top appointments in the Trump administration were opposed by liberals as being unqualified or severely conflicted for their positions. Yet by the time they were denigrated and fired/resigned by Trump, … Continue reading