
Keith Schneider
Correspondent at The New York Times
Freelance Writer at Freelance
Senior Editor and Chief Correspondent at Circle of Blue
New York Times writer, also correspondent for The Guardian, The New Lede, Energy News Network, Mongabay, Circle of Blue. See his blog https://t.co/m7NzsVhcFy
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3 weeks ago |
circleofblue.org | Keith Schneider
I was a very young cat, just turned 14 years old, when 20 million Americans celebrated the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. Schools closed where I was raised in White Plains, N.Y., to give students like me freedom to take part in all manner of eco-sustaining activities. I gathered a few friends to join me downtown to paint the White Plains train station and drag tires and old appliances from the dark, heavily polluted waters of the Bronx River.
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1 month ago |
circleofblue.org | Keith Schneider
The Trump administration’s campaign to pare down the federal government, end federal funding for science, and waive environmental regulations is having severe consequences for ensuring water quality. A ‘pandemic-level shock to the system’: RFK Jr’s old environmental group weighs EPA cutsEPA may weaken drinking water protections as PFAS contamination spreadsNIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change The US and Canada have long managed the Great Lakes together.
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1 month ago |
thestar.com.my | Keith Schneider
IN the weeks since Donald Trump took office in his second term as US president, he has moved aggressively to expand oil and gas production while signing executive orders halting America’s transition to renewable energy. Yet, in Washington state, a government-led initiative is forging ahead with what is set to be the country’s largest solar power station.
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1 month ago |
circleofblue.org | Keith Schneider
Say this much, President Trump’s vow to “go as far as we have to” to control Greenland is pernicious, consistent, and ironic. Though he’s obscured his reasons for bringing the world’s largest island under American management, Trump’s aides and geopolitical experts offer three justifications. The first: gaining access to critical minerals, even those for batteries to power the electric vehicles that Trump purportedly dislikes.
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1 month ago |
circleofblue.org | Keith Schneider
Readers of Circle of Blue know well that industrial agriculture is the largest source of water pollution in the United States. Fertilizer draining from farmland and manure pouring out of factory poultry, hog, cattle, and dairy operations generate more contamination than any other industry in our history. The Department of Agriculture took a step to address a bit of the pollution while also supplying food where it is needed.
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The President is on a rampage to wreck America’s best values and principles. The environment is a feature of the purge. Circle of Blue https://t.co/VfXKIecFhK

Is water the unmentioned resource in Trump’s campaign to control Greenland? There’s a lot of it there, ready to monetize for a fiercely thirsty planet. https://t.co/4Vda0c7mwq

Dirtier communities, degraded air and water, more exposures to hazardous compounds will grievously injure the economic advantage America has gained from its cleaner environment. https://t.co/VwE0ZsVHsF...