Lisa Friedman
Climate change reporter for the New York Times. I still tweet about puppies, though. [email protected]
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Trump Eases Pollution Controls on Streams and Wetlands
The Trump administration has finished a new rule that roles back environmental controls on many wetlands and intermittent streams, delivering a win to rural landowners.
Lisa Friedman
nytimes.com/2020/01/22/cli… via @CoralMDavenport
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Conservative States Seek Billions to Brace for Disaster. (Just Don’t Call It Climate Change.)
A Trump administration program to help states prepare for natural disasters has become a window into the tortured political language of talking about climate change.
Court Quashes Youth Climate Change Case Against Government
Two of three judges on the panel said that climate change was an issue for lawmakers, not the courts.
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Lisa Friedman
“So for now, all three branches of the federal government are sitting on their hands as the planet burns.” nytimes.com/2020/01/17/cli… via @jswatz
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Checking In at Trump Hotels, for Kinship (and Maybe Some Sway)
To ethics lawyers, the most extraordinary aspect of the daily merging of President Trump’s official duties and his commercial interests is that it has now become almost routine.
It’s a Topsy-Turvy World. Can We Make Some Money From That?
Bad news used to spook the markets. Now it seems to lift them. How weird is that?
I tried to interview Sen. Peter Lucido. He told me a group of schoolboys ‘could have a lot of fun’ with me. ⋆ Michigan Advance
I waited outside the Michigan Senate chamber to ask Sen. Peter Lucido (R-Shelby Twp.) on Tuesday for a comment about the Detroit Metro Times’ story reporting that he was a member of a violent, anti-Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Facebook group, which has...
Lisa Friedman
Really proud of this brave young reporter.
I tried to interview Sen. Peter Lucido. He told me a group of schoolboys ‘could have a lot of fun’ with me. michiganadvance.com/2020/01/15/i-t… via @michiganadvance
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How Hard Is It to Quit Coal? For Germany, 18 Years and $44 Billion
The 18-year time frame shows how costly and politically complicated it is to leave the world's dirtiest fossil fuel in the ground.
Why the Deal With China Amounts to More than a Hill of Soybeans
The temporary resolution was bound to be underwhelming, but it’s a blueprint for progress.
Lisa Friedman
‘In the details, the agreement looks more like a temporary cease-fire than a lasting peace.’ Good analysis via @Neil_Irwin
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How to Rebound After a Disaster: Move, Don’t Rebuild, Research Suggests
A paper in the journal Science makes a case that, sometimes, retreating from nature instead of fighting it can open up new opportunities for communities.
Lisa Friedman
For more on the managed retreat Steyer is talking about: read this excellent @KendraWrites piece
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Ex-lobbyist used Trump agriculture job to boost industry allies, emails reveal
Rebeckah Adcock, former chief lobbyist for the herbicide industry, helped Dow as it sought approval of its seeds in China
Lisa Friedman
Ex-lobbyist used Trump agriculture job to boost industry allies, emails reveal - via @emilyhholden & @derekkravitz
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2019 Was a Record Year for Ocean Temperatures, Data Show
A new analysis found 2019 was the hottest for the world's oceans. The five hottest years have also be in the past five years.
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Lisa Friedman
Last year was the warmest year on record for the world’s oceans, part of a long-term warming trend, @KendraWrites reports
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INTERIOR: BLM's Pendley on green 'radicals' and the 'war on the West'
In five nonfiction books between 1994 and 2015, acting Bureau of Land Management chief William Perry Pendley scorned environmentalists, lauded President Reagan and cheerleaded for the West. Those writings are under scrutiny as Pendley awaits a...
The Merchants of Thirst
In Nepal and many other countries, private tanker operators profit from growing water scarcity.
Lisa Friedman
Terrific story by @PSchwartzstein: “The tanker industry might also be an early illustration of how parts of the private sector stand to profit from a warming & fast-urbanizing world.” Climate change is a threat-multiplier, & here’s how it manifests
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House Democrats Push Environmental Bills, but Victories Are Few
Climate and environmental activists are growing impatient with a Democratic-led House that they view as not doing enough to enact their agenda.
Lisa Friedman
NEW with @ESCochrane - House Dems approved lots of climate bills in 2019. But when it came to must-pass legislation, the environment lost big-time.
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An Environmental Rule Change That Ignores Climate Change | The Takeaway
Federal agencies would no longer have to take climate change into account when measuring the environmental impact of major infrastructure projects.
Lisa Friedman
Thanks @TheTakeaway for having me on this morning to discuss changes to NEPA and climate change!
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Trump Moves to Exempt Big Projects From Environmental Review
The White House, hoping to speed infrastructure projects like pipelines, will formally introduce changes to a half century-old landmark environmental law.
Lisa Friedman
Interior @SecBernhardt calls the proposed NEPA changes a "home run" for Americans and says it will speed up critical projects. "“I have a wildlife deer management plan that has been in the NEPA process for over eight years,” he said.
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How Rupert Murdoch Is Influencing Australia’s Bushfire Debate
Critics see a concerted effort to shift blame, protect conservative leaders and divert attention from climate change.
Lisa Friedman
More outstanding reporting, this from @damiencave, on how Murdoch and others are fueling falsities about the Australia wildfires.
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Bots and trolls spread false arson claims in Australian fires ‘disinformation campaign’
Online posts exaggerating the role of arson are being used to undermine the link between bushfires and climate change
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Lisa Friedman
Bots and trolls spread false arson claims in Australian fires ‘disinformation campaign’
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Marine Labs on the Water’s Edge Are Threatened by Climate Change
A marine lab built to withstand hurricanes faces a slower menace: climate change. Problems arising wherever science operates at the shifting border of soil and sea.
Lisa Friedman
A marine laboratory 85 miles southwest of New Orleans was designed to be a fortress against extreme weather. But it might be defeated by climate change. nyti.ms/2tBCIsU via @jswatz
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