Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/08/20/arctic-warming-stalls-summer-weather-study-warns-intensifying-very-extreme-extremes Published on Monday, August 20, 2018 by Common Dreams “This is #climatechange, and the time to act on it is now.” By Jessica Corbett, staff writer Flooding from monsoon rains has killed hundreds of people in India’s … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-08-15/climate-change-air-quality/warming-climate-puts-pa-summer-recreation-at-risk/a63694-1 August 15, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Tick-borne diseases are increasing as climate change increases summer temperatures. (Kaldari[CC0]/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Climate change already is affecting summers here … Continued
From GreenFaith (http://greenfaith.org): In exactly one month, as leaders from around the world meet in San Francisco for the Global Climate Action Summit, we will Rise for Climate, Jobs and Justice, Rise for Climate Action! To share how people of … Continued
From the Environmental Defense Fund (https://www.edf.org/): On Monday, Representatives Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-08) and Carlos Curbelo (FL-26) introduced the MARKET CHOICE Act – an innovative proposal to fund American infrastructure and cut carbon pollution. This bill marks a return to bipartisan … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): A spending bill just passed the House with many anti-environment policy riders in tow, but it’s not too late to stop the worst of these dangerous provisions in the Senate. The House Interior-Environment appropriations bill included numerous … Continued
From Food and Water Watch (http://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/): We’re excited to share that Food & Water Watch released a report today on renewable portfolio standards – highlighting the urgent need to clean up RPS programs across the country. To sum up (read … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): With the support of CUSP (Climate and Urban Systems Partnership) and environmental documentary film maker Ben Kalina (Founder/Director of Mangrove Media), PennEnvironment is releasing this video highlighting the clean energy and job opportunities from solar energy in Pennsylvania. The … Continued
Posted at https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/global-warming-may-be-twice-what-climate-models-predict Sunset. Credit: Patrik Linderstam, Unsplash Future global warming may eventually be twice as warm as projected by climate models and sea levels may rise six metres or more even if the world meets the 2°C target, according … Continued
By Juliet Eilperin June 26 ABOARD THE SHIP MORE SPACIOUS THAN THE HEAVENS — Off the island of Spetses, the leader of 300 million Christians worldwide told a group of nearly 200 religious leaders, academics and activists that they needed to move beyond … Continued
James Hansen, who gave a climate warning in 1988 Senate testimony, says real hoax is by leaders claiming to take action Oliver Milman in New York @olliemilman, Tue 19 Jun 2018 01.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 19 Jun 2018 11.40 EDT Thirty years after a … Continued