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Trump: Climate Change is not a National Security Issue

Donald Trump will cap his ongoing assault on climate change this year by dropping the issue from a list of global threats in his 70-page National Security Strategy (NSS), to be unveiled later today.

Major weather extremes in 2016 due to “human influence on climate”

The report "makes clear that we're experiencing new weather, because we've made a new climate.”

Activists Unveil Giant “Crack” in British Museum in Anti-BP Protest

Oil giant BP’s controversial sponsorship of the British Museum was once again put under the spotlight over the weekend, when some 100 activists from the theatre group, “BP or not BP?” protested against the company’s current exhibition: "Scythians: warriors of ancient Siberia".

New California Wildfires “Out of Control”

The sunshine state is on fire again. But this time the south of the county is being badly hit.

CO2 “Surges” to Levels Not Seen for Millions of Years

The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere “surged” at an unprecedented rate last year to reach record levels.

Climate Change is Costing Billions and Set to Get Worse, Says GAO

The GAO concludes the Federal US Government has spent over $350 billion over the last decade paying out for extreme weather and fire events.

EPA Silences Its Own Scientists and Scrubs Climate Change From Its Website

Later today, three scientists from the Environmental Protection Agency were due to speak at a conference on climate change in Rhode Island. They have been banned by their boss, the leading climate denier, Scott Pruitt, from speaking.

From Ophelia to the Amazon: the Unthinkable Becomes Thinkable

Nearly every week now we have a new, previously unthinkable climate event

As California Burns, Trump Proposes to Rip Up Landmark Climate Laws

Later today the Trump Administration will propose ripping up climate legislation to save dirty coal jobs at the same time as California burns out of control from wildfires, made worse by climate change.

As Caribbean Scientists Call for Urgent Climate Action, Trump Nominates Coal Lobbyist for Top EPA Job

As scientists from the Caribbean call for urgent action on climate change, Trump nominates a known climate denier and coal lobbyist to help lead the EPA. The President was criticised for throwing paper towels on the island of Puerto Rico last week. But he is doing much worse. He is throwing away the island’s future.