That’s striking because a landmark United Nations report released last fall said that emissions must begin falling by 7.6 percent each year, starting this year, to avert the worst consequences of climate change. It’s 2020, and there’s not much time to tackle climate change.”In Europe, leaders are insisting that climate change remain front and center. (Michael Reynolds/Pool/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)In the United States, the Trump administration is aggressively moving in the opposite direction. Meanwhile, we see daily reminders of the consequences of climate change. “On Friday, President Trump named Howard ‘Skip’ Elliott, the head of a pipeline safety agency, as acting DOT inspector general.

Source: Washington Post May 20, 2020 14:37 UTC