The Pentagon has removed all references to climate change from its National Defense Strategy document that sets the direction and priorities of the U.S. military, per HuffPost, which says it's still unclear when DoD will release the document in full.
Why it matters: This is the first update to the policy since 2008, HuffPost reports. The move aligns with President Trump's hardline stance on climate change and the efforts he made to rollback Obama-era policies on climate change. Last December, the White House removed climate change from its new national security strategy.
The International Energy Agency predicted Friday that the U.S. will surpass Saudi Arabia in crude output this year and will challenge Russia as the world's top producer on the back of "explosive" growth in shale production.
Why it matters: While the report is consistent with existing production forecasts, it nonetheless starkly underscores how the U.S. has upended global markets in recent years.
NASA analysis reveals that 2017 was the second hottest year on record since 1880, reaching global temperatures 1.62 degrees Fahrenheit higher "than the 1951 to 1980 mean."
Why it matters: Per NASA, the five hottest years ever recorded have all been since 2010, and the change in Earth's surface temperature is "driven largely by increased carbon dioxide and other human-made emissions."
