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What we're writing

Behind Trump pipeline orders, a pledge to deliver energy jobs

He's issued executive orders backing pipelines, and wants to open federal lands and loosen regulations. All that may add jobs in the industry, but market forces are in driver's seat. //听Henry Gass

Trump's first week sparks听confusion and fear

News headlines blared about media blackouts and orders to delete climate-change information. Some of the reports proved overblown. And there's the prerogative of a听new administration to set its own priorities. Yet the Trump team's defiance of the consensus view on climate change is real, which explains why watchdog groups remain on high alert. A听closer look at ethical boundary lines that are in play.听//听Zack Colman

Scientists, in unusual activism, go on the march

Amid worry about a possible Trump crackdown on researchers, science-community responses range from defending facts to actually entering the political fray.听//听Henry Gass

Can Gore reach听GOP? How his hope lies in听Texas town.

'An Inconvenient Sequel'听takes viewers to Georgetown, a place听in听energy-rich Texas听that听will soon draw all its electricity from wind and solar. But filmaker Al Gore is still a polarizing messenger on听climate change.听//听Patrick Reilly

What we're reading

Growing lettuce on world's largest rooftop farm

听A Chicago greenhouse grows nearly 10 million heads of leafy greens a year, with 'coddled' plants that require 25 percent less energy than conventional techniques.听// Yale Climate Connections

Flooding听events have soared听in Europe and globally

For every degree of global warming, the atmosphere can听hold about 6 percent听more moisture by some estimates. // The Guardian

Solar-roof installations: the bipartisan truth

Forget the D.C. shouting for a moment; here's a study on home-solar rates, and donors to the two major parties are roughly tied.听// Grist

Carbon-storage payments: solution for deforestation?

Well, there's a difference between Indonesian peat forests and low-carbon forests in Tanzania, one study concludes. // Mongabay

What's trending

Sea level forecast is now higher (and it's highest in the Northeast)

"Under a worst-case scenario,听climate change听could听raise the oceans an average of more than 8 feet by 2100, about 20 inches more than a听previous federal estimate听published in 2012. The best case now projected would be an average of about a foot." // A new听NOAA report, as summarized by Nicholas Kusnetz of InsideClimate News

Climate believer Musk surprises with praise of听Tillerson

"Rex is an exceptionally competent executive, understands geopolitics and knows how to win for his team. His team is now the USA."听 // Tweet by Tesla CEO Elon Musk,听as reported by CNBC.

Scotland seeks half its energy from renewables by 2030

"The Scottish Government is determined to support a stable, managed transition to a low carbon economy." // Paul Wheelhouse, minister for business,听innovation, and energy, in a statement released by the Scottish government