Lisa Friedman
Climate change reporter for the New York Times. I still tweet about puppies, though. [email protected]
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NOAA Officials Feared Firings After Trump’s Hurricane Claims, Inspector General Says
The report examined the aftermath of Mr. Trump’s insistence that Hurricane Dorian was headed toward Alabama, which government forecasters contradicted.
Lisa Friedman
NOAA Officials Feared Firings After Trump’s Hurricane Claims, Inspector General Says - with @cflav flav
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Televangelists take a slice as churches accept billions in US coronavirus aid
Concerns raised about separation of church and state, as Guardian analysis shows Jimmy Swaggart and other controversial pastors have accepted loans
I’ve Seen a Future Without Cars, and It’s Amazing
Why do American cities waste so much space on cars?
Lisa Friedman
Wow. This brilliant, beautiful @fmanjoo piece envisioning a world without cars is so worth your time. Please read!
I’ve Seen a Future Without Cars, and It’s Amazing
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WSJ News Exclusive | FBI Probes Chinese Exile, Including Work With Former Trump Aide Steve Bannon
The FBI is examining exiled Chinese businessman Guo Wengui and the money used to fund his media efforts in the U.S., including his work with Steve Bannon, a former senior adviser to President Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.
Northern Right Whales Are on the Brink, and Trump Could Be Their Last Hope
The species is being declared critically endangered on Thursday, with fewer than 450 left.
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Lisa Friedman
Today the IUCN listed the North Atlantic Right whale as critically endangered, the last classification before they are gone from the wild. It will be up to the Trump administration — which has actively pursued policies that hurt the species - to save it.
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Lisa Friedman
There are only about 400 North American right whales left and it's going to be up to the Trump administration to make sure this critically endangered species does not go extinct. Things are going about as well as you might imagine.
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6 Takeaways From the Biden-Sanders Joint Policy Proposals
Signature progressive programs like “Medicare for all” and the Green New Deal did not make it into the recommendations. But Senator Bernie Sanders’s allies pushed some policies to the left.
In Parched Southwest, Warm Spring Renews Threat of ‘Megadrought’
Rapid melting this year showed that good snowpack doesn’t necessarily translate into full reservoirs.
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Lisa Friedman
In Parched Southwest, Warm Spring Renews Threat of ‘Megadrought’ - via @henryfountain
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Counting the Infected
How The Times got access to a federal database of 1.5 million coronavirus cases — and what it revealed.
Legal and Environmental Setbacks Stymie Pipelines Nationwide
Defeats at three projects reflect increasingly sophisticated legal challenges, shifting economics and growing demands by states to fight climate change.
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Lisa Friedman
Legal and Environmental Setbacks Stymie Pipelines Nationwide - via @hirokotabuchi & @bradplumer
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Intense Arctic Wildfires Set a Pollution Record
High temperatures and dry soil mean ideal conditions for fires. Blazes in June produced more carbon emissions than any other fires in almost two decades of monitoring.
House GOP under pressure from allies to support planks of Democratic climate plan
GOP and business groups are pressing House Republicans to support components of a sweeping climate plan proposed by Democrats last week.
Dakota Access Pipeline to Shut Down Pending Review, Federal Judge Rules
The ruling, a victory for the Native American and environmentalist groups who oppose the pipeline, said that it must be emptied of oil by Aug. 5.
Progressives Doubted Joe Biden on Climate Change. Can He Win Them Over?
A task force designed to help shape Mr. Biden’s climate plan has recommended that he embrace moving to 100 percent renewable electricity in 15 years and a rapid transition to energy-efficient buildings.
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Lisa Friedman
The Biden climate task force has recommended the campaign chart a path for 100% clean electricity by 2035, rapid move to energy efficient buildings & new vehicle standards, sources tell us. The question now: will Biden adopt those policies? W/ @katieglueck
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Inquiry Prompted by Trump’s Hurricane Dorian Claim Is Being Blocked, Investigator Says
The Commerce Department is impeding findings into whether it coerced the top NOAA official to support President Trump’s inaccurate claim that Dorian would hit Alabama, the department’s inspector general said.
Lisa Friedman
NEW: Inspector General tells Wilbur Ross his agency is thwarting Hurricane Dorian inquiry - via @cflav
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Even the South Pole Is Warming, and Quickly, Scientists Say
Surface air temperatures at the bottom of the world have risen three times faster than the global average since the 1990s.
Democrats Detail a Climate Agenda Tying Environment to Racial Justice
The policy road map, expected on Tuesday, could guide the party if it gains control of Congress and the White House in November.
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Lisa Friedman
Democrats Detail a Climate Agenda Tying Environment to Racial Justice - via @cflav
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Pandemic’s Cleaner Air Could Reshape What We Know About the Atmosphere
Coronavirus shutdowns have cut pollution, and that’s opened the door to a “giant, global environmental experiment” with potentially far-reaching consequences.
Lisa Friedman
And finally @CoralMDavenport takes us inside the “giant, global environmental experiment” of Covid-19.
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How a Ruling on Gay and Transgender Rights May Help the Climate
Also this week, how to help reinvent your workplace.
Lisa Friedman
In today’s Climate Fwd., - How a Ruling on Gay and Transgender Rights May Help the Climate, via @jswatz
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Projects to Stash Carbon Dioxide Underground Get a Boost
The government, after years of delays, is finally clarifying rules on tax breaks for companies that use carbon capture to fight climate change.
California Set to Require Zero-Emissions Trucks
The new rule, expected Thursday, would mean more than half of trucks sold in the state must be zero-emissions by 2035, and all of them by 2045.