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California’s ‘Hot Drought’ Ranks Worst in at Least 1,200 Years – Bloomberg
California’s ‘Hot Drought’ Ranks Worst in at Least 1,200 Years – Bloomberg. Record rains fell in California this week. They’re not enough to change the course of what scientists are now calling the region’s worst drought in at least 1,200 years. Just how bad has California’s drought been? Modern measurements already showed it’s been drier […]
Stop Stephen Harper’s Assault on our National Parks | Elizabeth May
Stop Stephen Harper’s Assault on our National Parks | Elizabeth May. Unlike our current Prime Minister’s attack on climate policy and push for every pipeline and tanker in sight, this one is flying under the radar. In fact, Conservative Party talking points make great claims of having expanded the national park system. The following is from the […]
Survey shows Canadians want action on climate change | News
Survey shows Canadians want action on climate change | News. Most see B.C.-style carbon tax as part of the solution VANCOUVER — As Canada’s environment minister heads to the United Nations climate change summit this week, a survey on Canadians’ views about climate change reveals an overwhelming majority (88 per cent) want Canada to commit to significant […]
George Shultz, Reagan’s Secretary Of State, On Climate Change: “The Potential Results Are Catastrophic” | DeSmogBlog
George Shultz, Reagan’s Secretary Of State, On Climate Change: “The Potential Results Are Catastrophic” | DeSmogBlog. George Shultz, who served as President Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of State from 1982 to 1989, is not only willing to buck the Republican Party’s orthodoxy on global warming by acknowledging climate science, he’s outright calling for action. And he’s even willing […]
Political Will Pushing Energy East Pipeline In Canada
Political Will Pushing Energy East Pipeline In Canada Alberta Premier Jim Prentice met his Ontario peer Kathleen Wynne Wednesday as he presses for approval of TransCanada’s (NYSE, TSE:TRP) proposed Energy East pipeline, which would pass through the Central Canadian province. After their first face-to-face meeting they sounded conciliatory, saying they consider the controversial $12 billion […]
2014 Likely ‘Hottest’ Year on Record, Ocean Temps Spike | Environment News Service
2014 Likely ‘Hottest’ Year on Record, Ocean Temps Spike | Environment News Service. LIMA, Peru, December 3, 2014 (ENS) – The year 2014 is likely to go down in the record books as one of the hottest years in modern history, according to estimates released today by the World Meteorological Organization. One cause is record […]
BBC News – World on course for warmest year
BBC News – World on course for warmest year. This year is in the running to be the hottest globally and for the UK since records began, early estimates show. In the first 10 months of 2014, global average air temperature was about 0.57 Celsius above the long-term average. And the first eleven months in […]
In Decades Since Leaders First Got Together On Climate, World Has Gotten Hotter, Weirder
In Decades Since Leaders First Got Together On Climate, World Has Gotten Hotter, Weirder. WASHINGTON (AP) — In the more than two decades since world leaders first got together to try to solve global warming, life on Earth has changed, not just the climate. It’s gotten hotter, more polluted with heat-trapping gases, more crowded and […]
Blundell: The Missing Link Between Oil Baron Charles Koch and British Climate Denial | DeSmog UK
Blundell: The Missing Link Between Oil Baron Charles Koch and British Climate Denial | DeSmog UK. John Blundell is welcomed into the inner circle of the Koch elite at at time of inner-family squabbling and political scandal. He soon gains insight into an empire run by obsession and apparent deception. This is part two of […]
Canada Falling Short on Arctic Sovereignty – Geopoliticalmonitor.com
Canada Falling Short on Arctic Sovereignty – Geopoliticalmonitor.com. While some policymakers insist on debating the validity of climate change, Arctic sea ice continues to melt. Some scientists predict that the region will be free of summer ice in as few as 30 years. Without question, the effects of environmental change have led to increased activity […]
Only a Few Drops of Water at the Lima Climate Summit — Global Issues
Only a Few Drops of Water at the Lima Climate Summit — Global Issues. Climate change already threatens water supplies for agriculture due to the reduction in the availability of fresh water, which is expected to be aggravated over the next decades. It also causes drought, torrential rainfall, flooding and a rise in the sea […]
Weather Extremes Will Be the Norm As World Warms – Truthdig
Weather Extremes Will Be the Norm As World Warms – Truthdig. As the planet continues to warm, heat waves and other weather extremes that happen perhaps once in hundreds of years—if ever—would become the “new climate normal”, a World Bank report says. The consequences for development would be severe: failing harvests, shifting water resources, rising […]
Six Myths About Climate Change that Liberals Rarely Question – Transition Milwaukee
Six Myths About Climate Change that Liberals Rarely Question – Transition Milwaukee. Myth #1: Liberals Are Not In Denial “We will not apologize for our way of life” –Barack Obama The conservative denial of the very fact of climate change looms large in the minds of many liberals. How, we ask, could people ignore so […]
Green Revolution Trebles Human Burden on Planet – Truthdig
Green Revolution Trebles Human Burden on Planet – Truthdig. LONDON—Humans are changing not just climate overall, but also the difference between seasons in any given year. Researchers in the US believe they now know why global warming has begun to announce itself both in annual rises in temperature and in the seasonal records of carbon […]
Tomgram: Michael Klare, The New Congress and Planetary Disaster | TomDispatch
Tomgram: Michael Klare, The New Congress and Planetary Disaster | TomDispatch. Looking for a little hope on climate change? Believe it or not, it’s here and it’s real. And I’m not referring to the fact that, at least temporarily, oil prices have gone through the floor, making environmentally destructive “tough oil” projects like western oil-shale fracking and Canadiantar sands extraction […]
