Before science reporter Scott Waldman joined Climatewire in 2016, he covered state energy policy at Politico New York and has worked for the Albany Times Union, Erie Times-News and The Baltimore Sun. His work also has appeared in Scientific American. He won an Associated Press award for his reporting on the Iraq War in 2006. Scott holds a master's degree in journalism from Syracuse University and a bachelor's degree from Earlham College.
President Trump's emergency declaration to support a border wall will be issued against a violent backdrop of natural disasters that killed roughly 3,200 Americans since he took office two years ago.
For the first time in years, the House Science, Space and Technology Committee will hear from a full slate of researchers who accept climate science.
The last time congressional Democrats tried to pass major climate legislation, the effort barely cleared the House before hitting a wall in the Senate. A decade later, its two main authors are back — this time in support of the "Green New Deal."
The Trump administration is rolling back lightbulb standards designed to save consumers money and reduce home energy use.
Globally, 2018 was the fourth-warmest year on record, and nine of the last 10 years are the hottest in recorded human history, the Trump administration announced today.