A Trump team member just compared climate science to the flat-Earth theory; Humans have now fragmented the Earth’s wilderness into 600,000 little pieces; Feds deny request to renew mining lease in Minnesota wilderness area; Trump transition says request for names of climate scientists was ‘not authorized’; The U.S. solar industry is booming — and it isn’t afraid of Trump; Rex Tillerson’s view of climate change: It’s just an ‘engineering problem’; Trump taps former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to head Energy Department he once vowed to abolish; Trump taps Montana congressman Ryan Zinke as interior secretary; These are the climate myths guiding Trump’s EPA team; The Arctic just had its hottest year on record ‘by far,’ scientists say; EPA changes its stand on fracking, says it can harm drinking water in ‘some circumstances’; Scientists are frantically copying U.S. climate data, fearing it might vanish under Trump; Offshore wind, which Trump fought in Scotland, is finally up and running in the U.S.; Perry, Manchin and Washburne are top finalists for Trump’s Energy pick, people briefed on the list say; Shrinking mountain glaciers are ‘categorical evidence’ of climate change, scientists say; This stunning Antarctic lake is buried in ice. And that could be bad news; Atmospheric levels of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, are spiking, scientists report; Trump says ‘nobody really knows’ if climate change is real; Trump transition team for Energy Department seeks names of employees involved in climate meetings; Amidst funding fears, NASA announces another climate research mission;   With Chris Mooney   A Trump team member just compared climate science to the flat-Earth theory "We get a lot of things wrong in the scientific community," said the official. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more » Humans have now fragmented the Earth’s wilderness into 600,000 little pieces New research finds that the world's truly roadless areas are mostly quite small and unlikely to be protected. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Feds deny request to renew mining lease in Minnesota wilderness area The 1.1 million-acre expanse near Boundary Waters on the Canadian border the most visited wilderness area in the United States. By Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   Trump transition says request for names of climate scientists was ‘not authorized’ A 74-item questionnaire sent to the Department of Energy asked for the names of scientists involved in climate research. By Chris Mooney and Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   The U.S. solar industry is booming — and it isn’t afraid of Trump The industry saw a record breaking third quarter in 2016. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   Rex Tillerson’s view of climate change: It’s just an ‘engineering problem’ Rex Tillerson may not be a climate change denier -- but how does he know we can adapt? By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Trump taps former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to head Energy Department he once vowed to abolish As a presidential candidate, Perry once vowed to eliminate the Energy Department. By Juliet Eilperin and Steven Mufson  •  Read more »   Trump taps Montana congressman Ryan Zinke as interior secretary Zinke, a lifelong hunter and fisherman, has represented Montana’s at-large congressional seat for one term. By Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   These are the climate myths guiding Trump’s EPA team Trump's EPA 'landing team,' includes individuals who have expressed doubt about human-caused climate change or worked to combat regulations that would address it. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   The Arctic just had its hottest year on record ‘by far,’ scientists say Warming of the Arctic in 2016 was unprecedented since the year 1900. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   EPA changes its stand on fracking, says it can harm drinking water in ‘some circumstances’ A prior draft report had failed to find “widespread, systemic impacts” from the practice. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   Scientists are frantically copying U.S. climate data, fearing it might vanish under Trump “People have felt a call to arms. We need to be outspoken.” By Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   Offshore wind, which Trump fought in Scotland, is finally up and running in the U.S. The U.S. now has a fledgling offshore wind industry. But will it thrive under Trump? By Chris Mooney and Brady Dennis  •  Read more »   Perry, Manchin and Washburne are top finalists for Trump’s Energy pick, people briefed on the list say All three men are supporters of expanding fossil fuel production. By Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   Shrinking mountain glaciers are ‘categorical evidence’ of climate change, scientists say Glaciers are the 'poster child' of a changing climate, one researcher says. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   This stunning Antarctic lake is buried in ice. And that could be bad news Persistent, stored water inside of a floating East Antarctic ice shelf could make it much By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Atmospheric levels of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas, are spiking, scientists report Researchers point the finger at agriculture, rather than fossil fuels, in attributing the increase. By Chris Mooney  •  Read more »   Trump says ‘nobody really knows’ if climate change is real The president-elect said he is “studying” whether the United States should withdraw from the Paris agreement. By Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   Trump transition team for Energy Department seeks names of employees involved in climate meetings The Trump transition team has issued a list of 74 questions for the Energy Department, asking officials there to identify which employees and contractors have worked on forging an international climate pact as well as domestic efforts to cut the nation's carbon output. By Steven Mufson and Juliet Eilperin  •  Read more »   Amidst funding fears, NASA announces another climate research mission NASA wants to better understand the global carbon cycle -- from space. By Chelsea Harvey  •  Read more »   Recommended for you   Fact Checker Count the pinocchios. A weekly review of what's true, false or in-between. Sign Up »         Share Energy and Environment:       Twitter      Facebook Trouble reading? Click here to view in your browser. You received this email because you signed up for Energy and Environment. For additional free newsletters or to manage your newsletters, click here. We respect your privacy. If you believe that this email has been sent to you in error or you no longer wish to receive email from The Washington Post, click here. Contact us for help. ©2016 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071