(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)The Trump administration can't seem to escape the topic of climate change. A new study from the Government Accountability Office found that climate impacts threaten 6 in 10 Superfund sites, Brady Dennis and I reported. In 2014, the Obama-era EPA issued an agencywide plan for adapting to climate change that included steps to be taken by the Superfund program. But on the ground, regional offices have inconsistently taken climate change into account. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies holds a hearing on the Energy Department’s role in addressing climate change on Wednesday.

Source: Washington Post November 19, 2019 13:07 UTC