Weekly News Roundup

As President Trump meets with members of his administration and outside experts to weigh whether or not to stay a party to the 2015 Paris agreement, America’s doctors are asking him to honor the commitment made by the United States. 

The green energy trend for municipalities has been growing: Aspen, CO; Burlington, VT; Georgetown, TX; San Diego; San Francisco have all set similar goals.

The rule limits venting and flaring gas, a move estimated to prevent 180,000 tons of methane from leaking into the atmosphere every year. READ MORE

Global temperatures could exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius above their pre-industrial levels within the next 15 years, according to a new scientific study, crossing the first threshold under the Paris climate agreement and placing the world at a potentially dangerous level of climate change. READ MORE

The hardest part of reversing climate change may be convincing skeptics of the need to do so. Although scientists who study the issue overwhelming agree that the earth is undergoing rapid and profound climate changes due to the burning of fossil fuels, a minority of the public remains stubbornly resistant to that fact. READ MORE

Climate change makes a new chronic kidney disease worse, "and it will grow and grow.”
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