The Bush administration is drastically scaling back efforts to measure global warming from space, just as the president tries to convince the world the U.S. is ready to take the lead in reducing greenhouseย gases.
Scientists said they will face major gaps in data that can be collected only from satellites about ice caps and sheets, surface levels of seas and lakes, sizes of glaciers, surface radiation, water vapor, snow cover and atmospheric carbonย dioxide.
Itโs a massive subsidy to Equinor, the Norwegian oil company behind the Bay du Nord offshore oil project.
A new childrenโs book by a Chevron-backed clean energy venture paints a sympathetic portrait of coal, oil, and gas.
Fossil fuel interests and climate science deniers have been leading the charge for more drilling.
After months of protests โ and a rushed legal deadline โ officials deny Texas developerโs project as residents warn of pollution and impacts on wildlife, water, and power.
