Read what scientists are saying about the Trump administration and climate change.
By disregarding the necessity for bold action on climate change, the Trump administration and climate deniers everywhere (the United States, China, India, and Russia have the highest emission rates) are ensuring that communities across the globe continue to be displaced and have no choice but to migrate for their own survival.
"It starts a negotiation that allows but doesn't require an outcome where the U.S. takes a cap," or a national limit on greenhouse gases, said David Doniger, a former climate negotiator in the Clinton administration and the climate policy director of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Gov. Brown, a vocal critic of the Trump administration and longtime climate change crusader, was described as "America's de facto climate ambassador" in the days leading up to his China trip. . Brown was among the 13 U.S. governors and hundreds of mayors who committed to upholding the Paris Agreement in the wake of Trump's withdrawal from the accord last week.
Talk to disabled people actually experiencing it and they report payment delays, incompetent administration, and a "climate of suspicion" around their claims.
His supporters say the litigation might eventually help the Russian government escape its ossified past and strengthen Russia's public administration and business climate.
"It's just throwing some red meat to their political constituencies, that they're fighting the good fight against the Obama administration and the climate policies and the international negotiations," he said.
As Donald Trump prepares for his first Monday as president, he's already taken aim at the outgoing administration's energy and climate policies.
Media topics include the national and global impact of Trump Administration policies; science and climate denialism; climate change and extreme weather; energy, climate and development; the future of fossil fuels, renewable energy and nuclear power; and the changing Arctic.
It covered topics ranging from what Trump perceives as the media's "unfair" treatment of him, to the roles his children and business will play in his administration, to Syria and climate change.
[7:26 p.m. | Updated | Much more background on the administration's energy and climate policies has been distributed now.] As Obama hit the road to press his agenda on Wednesday, Americans were posting thousands of questions through a White House "Ask Obama" invitation to participate on Thursday in a Google+ "Fireside Hangout" with the president.
