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Great Lakes advocates hope new administration will take on climate change

Great Lakes advocates hope new administration will take on climate change Morgan Greene, Chicago Tribune © Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune/Chicago Tribune/TNS High water levels from Lake Michigan flood the lakefront trail south of Chess Pavilion on North Avenue Beach in Chicago on June 16, 2020. CHICAGO With the Earth on track to finish out another year among the warmest on record and the impact of climate change mounting around the globe, advocates around the Great Lakes are looking ahead to what a new administration could mean for the Midwest, the region containing one of the world’s largest freshwater sources. Much is at stake when it comes to the Great Lakes region. Warming temperatures and more precipitation can mean more flooding. Shoreline protections are up against rising lake levels and million-dollar damage storms. Invasive species threaten to upend ecosystems and toxic algae blooms are intensifying. Human health is at risk if water quality tak

Great Lakes advocates look to Biden administration to take on climate change: A breath of fresh air

Great Lakes advocates look to Biden administration to take on climate change: A breath of fresh air
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Trump to put climate change denier in charge of key U S report

President Donald Trump’s administration is focused on promoting climate denial even as it counts down the president’s final days. The Trump team is preparing to appoint a climate denier to head development of the National Climate Assessment for the next two months, a key step that involves contracting scientists to write it, according to advisers close to the White House. Those contracts could be structured to keep researchers who reject climate science in place after President-elect Joe Biden takes office in January. On Friday, the administration quietly removed Michael Kuperberg from his job as executive director of the U.S. Global Change Research Program (GCRP), according to two sources with knowledge of the move. The program comprises the 13 federal agencies that conduct or use climate research.

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