Trump Administration Forced To Release Report That Confirms Humans Are Causing Climate Change

By: Robin Andrews/IFLScience   A major scientific report has just been published that concludes that the climate is warming, that it is affecting the lives of everyday Americans, and that humans are the driving cause of it. This is well known by now, of course – but what’s strange about this particular report is that the Trump administration released…

EPA Chief Scott Pruitt: “Science Shouldn’t Dictate American Policy”

By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science  You know the drill. The head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Scott Pruitt, has been asked about something scientific and has said something ludicrous in response. Shortly after announcing that he wants climate researchers to “debate” climate deniers on live TV, he gave a characteristically painful interview to a Texas radio show. Just after…

Study Confirms ExxonMobil Knew About Climate Change Decades Ago, And Deliberately Misled Public

By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science  Nowadays, ExxonMobil – one of the foremost energy giants in the world – is attempting, slowly, to move on from its oil-guzzling past. It was part of a list of companies that wanted the President to remain in the Paris agreement, and it’s part of a coalition of groups that wish to cut its carbon emissions regardless…

France’s Effort To Steal America’s Climate Scientists Is Working

By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science  Back in February, before his successful election as the President of the French Republican, Emmanuel Macron had a message for Americans beleaguered federal scientists: come to France. Eventually, details emerged of a program, mischievously entitled “Make Our Planet Great Again,” that set aside $69 million and four-year-long research grants for climate scientists that took…

Africa Set To “Leapfrog” Over Coal And Choose Renewable Energy Instead

By: Robin Andrews/IFL Science  Despite America’s temporary lack of leadership on the climate crisis, there is a good chance that a prolonged catastrophe can be avoided. Thanks to a combination of market forces, an unprecedented surge in climate activism, and the increasingly concrete global cooperation on the issue, renewable energy is proliferating across the planet like never before….

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