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Rep. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland. | Photo Source: Gage Skidmore
This is what the NRDC Action Fund has been reading this week:
Donald Trump would abandon Paris climate pact – Donald Trump said this week that as President he would “at minimum” renegotiate the Paris climate agreement, adding, “and I might do something else.” (Business Insider)
Trump and the Paris Climate Agreement – A senior State Department official says market forces pressuring the fossil fuel industry mean the U.S. will likely meet its Paris climate goals even if a President Donald Trump reneged on the deal, but international observers still fear a climate denier in the White House. (The Guardian)
Climate change presents a financial and human risk – The World Bank reports that by 2050 climate change would put 1.3 billion people and $158 trillion at risk without preventative action. (The Guardian)
Donald Trump taps climate denying energy adviser – Donald Trump has tapped U.S. Republican Congressman Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, a climate change skeptic, to help draft his energy policy. (Huffington Post)
Bill Nye on climate deniers – Popular scientist Bill Nye explains his efforts to challenge climate deniers. (Huffington Post)
Farewell to the American West – The Center for American Progress and Conservation Science Partners released an analysis to show that the American West is disappearing to development. (ThinkProgress)
En banc review for the Clean Power Plan – Monday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit announced it will hear en banc from the outset legal challenges to EPA regulations that cut greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. power plants. The regulations are part of President Obama’s Clean Power Plan, a key driver of the global climate agreement reached in Paris. (Washington Post)
