The era of corporate silence on climate policy is ending – ‘Tackling climate change is one of America’s greatest economic opportunities’

By Andrew Winston  17 July 2013 (Harvard Business Review) – “Tackling climate change is one of America’s greatest economic opportunities.” So proclaims the Climate Declaration, a public statement signed by a fast-growing list of U.S. corporate giants, including GM, Nike, Intel, Starbucks, Unilever, eBay, Swiss Re, and even The Weather Channel. This new attempt to […]

Gulf of Mexico oil sheen traced to wreckage of Deepwater Horizon rig

By Bettina Boxall 16 July 2013 (Los Angeles Times) – When oil sheen appeared on the sea surface last fall not far from the site of the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, authorities wanted to know where it was coming from. Was BP’s sealed Macondo well — the source of the biggest […]

The climate change real estate boom is coming

By Neal Ungerleider19 July 2013 (Fast Company) – Before he passed away, British futurist James Martin predicted a massive real estate boom in fortified “Climate Change Cities,” where the global elite go to escape the ravages of rising sea levels and unstable weather patterns. Fabulously wealthy British futurist James Martin spoke about climate change at […]

DC Court affirms climate scientist Michael Mann’s right to proceed in defamation lawsuit against National Review and CEI

19 July 2013 (Climate Science Watch) – Two decisions handed down July 19 in DC Superior Court affirmed climate scientist Michael Mann’s right to proceed in his defamation lawsuit against the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the National Review Online for their statements accusing him of data manipulation and fraud. The Court is not buying the […]

Detroit prepares to file for bankruptcy as soon as Friday, largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history

By Nancy Kaffer, Stephen Henderson, and Matt Helms 18 July 2013 (Detroit Free Press) – The City of Detroit is in final preparations to file for federal bankruptcy as early as Friday morning, several sources told the Free Press today. The filing would begin a 30- to 90-day period that will determine whether the city […]

80 wildfires burn in the Yukon – Smoky conditions creating health risk

By by Adam Voiland17 July 2013 (NASA) – On July 14, 2013, the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this image of three large wildfires burning in the Yukon territory of western Canada. Red outlines indicate hot spots where MODIS detected unusually warm surface temperatures associated with fire. The image is […]

Fishermen dump hundreds of dead stingrays on Mexico beach – Local mayor says fishermen dumped stingrays because they couldn’t get a good price for them

17 July 2013 (BBC News) – Hundreds of dead stingrays have been found on a beach in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz. The stingrays – more than 250 in total – were spotted on Chachalacas beach near the town of Ursulo Galvan on Tuesday. Some locals reported seeing fishermen dumping the rays on the […]

Photo gallery: Mutated plants from farms near Fukushima

Mutated tomato (left) from Mata-Hyun, compared with normal tomato (right). 15 July 2013 (MSN) – It might be wise to steer clear of vegetables from Japan’s Fukushima area for, oh, say a few hundred years. A Korean website assembled this image collection of produce from towns and villages surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. […]

Next time someone claims global warming has stopped, show them this graphic

16 July 2013 (Climate Nexus) – Next time someone claims #climatechange has paused, show them this great graphic. Climate Nexus Technorati Tags: global warming,climate change,propaganda,glacier,deglaciation,Arctic,sea ice,sea level

Losing our monarchs: iconic monarch butterfly down to lowest numbers in 20 years – ‘It is perhaps a deadly combination of climate change and human behavior’

By Lacey Avery 15 July 2013 (mongabay.com) – In the next few months, the beating of fragile fiery orange and black wings will transport the monarch butterfly south. But the number of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) reaching their final destination has steadily declined, dropping to its lowest level in two decades last winter, according to […]

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