Environmental Politics

EPA Staff Slam Trump Anti-Diversity Orders as "Punitive And Demeaning"

"Environmental Protection Agency staffers are organizing against President Donald Trump’s recent executive order banning diversity trainings, mounting what may be the fiercest opposition to Trump administration policy from within to date."

Source: HuffPost, 11/03/2020

"What Voters in Battleground States Think About Climate Change"

"Climate change has emerged as a major issue for voters this year, both nationally and in crucial battleground states like Arizona and Florida, new polls from The New York Times and Siena College suggest.

Nationwide, 58 percent of Americans said they were either “very concerned” or “somewhat concerned” about their communities being harmed by climate change, according to a survey conducted in mid-October, with 39 percent saying they were “not too concerned” or “not at all concerned.”

Source: NYTimes, 11/02/2020

"Make Science Great Again: U.S. Researchers Dream Of Life After Trump"

"From his lab in Toulouse, France, Benjamin Sanderson models the range of extreme risks to humans from climate change, research he hopes can inform policymakers planning for worsening wildfires and floods. It is the kind of work he once performed in the United States - and hopes to again soon."

Source: Reuters, 10/30/2020

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