Ex-FEMA Director: Rebuilding Puerto Rico requires acknowledging climate change

By Rebecca Leber 3 October 2017 (Mother Jones) – The former Federal Emergency Management Agency chief has some advice for the Trump administration after back-to-back hurricanes in the past month: You have to look at climate change science if you want smarter disaster relief.Drawing on eight years of experience leading FEMA under President Barack Obama, […]

Will global warming make rockslides worse?

By Rachel Gutman  2 October 2017 (The Atlantic) – Last Wednesday and Thursday, there were two major rockfall events at Yosemite’s El Capitan, a rock formation extremely popular with climbers. Wednesday’s rockslide killed one person, the first rockfall-related fatality in the park since 1999. Thursday’s released a volume of rock larger than 10,000 cubic meters, […]

Gary Numan: How Trump’s “stupidity” on climate change became my twisted inspiration

By Gary Numan 4 September 17 (The Daily Beast) – Usually when I write songs, I use whatever recent turmoil there has been in my life as the source of inspiration. I’m the first to admit I have no talent for happy or uplifting songs, but I can turn out tunes to darker things with […]

UN chief urges global solidarity, accelerated climate action after visit to hurricane-stricken Barbuda – “I have just witnessed a level of devastation that I have never seen in my life”

7 October 2017 (United Nations) – Having seen first-hand the destruction wrought by the recent hurricanes in the Caribbean, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday called for the full mobilization of the international community to support the people of the affected areas, while stressing the need to accelerate climate action.“I have just witnessed a […]

A big-money Catholic group just said it’s yanking all of its cash out of fossil fuels – “As a Catholic Church bank, we feel strongly responsible to participate in tackling the issue of climate change”

By Anmar Frangoul 3 October 2017 (CNBC) – A coalition of 40 Catholic institutions on Tuesday announced a decision to pull their money from — or block future investment in — fossil fuels. The Global Catholic Climate Movement called it the biggest collective announcement of divestment by Catholic organizations ever. The group comes from all […]

Global warming may make Phoenix uninhabitable by 2050 – “It’s currently the fastest warming big city in the U.S.”

By Steve Hanley 29 September 2017 (CleanTechnica) – Phoenix, Arizona, is America’s fifth largest city. As you fly in to Sky Harbor airport, the city stretches from horizon to horizon beneath you. It’s hot in Phoenix. Always has been. The people who live there laugh about it, calling it a “dry heat” because there is […]

Climate change in the Latino mind – “Overall, we find a very consistent pattern: Latinos are much more engaged with the issue of global warming than are non-Latinos”

By Anthony Leiserowitz, Matthew Cutler and Seth Rosenthal 27 September 2017 (Yale Program on Climate Change Communication) – Para leer el reporte en español, haga clic aquí.This report focuses on a critical demographic in the United States – Latinos. Currently 17% of the U.S. population (more than 58 million people) and the second-largest racial/ethnic group […]

Civil servants charge Trump is sidelining workers with expertise on global warming and environment

By Evan Halper 4 October 2017 (The Los Angeles Times) – Interior Department manager Joel Clement figured his new bosses in the Trump administration might disapprove of his climate-change-focused work protecting Alaskan villages from rising seas. But the reassignment slip Clement received in June stunned him. He was not only removed from his post as […]

Slimy green blob invades the Columbia River in Tri-Cities as climate warms

By Paul Krupin 23 September 2017 (Tri-City Herald) – I  was at the boat dock at the west end of Columbia Park watching fellow angler Bill Smith of Kennewick pulling his boat out of the water after spending a few hours fishing for salmon near Bateman Island. As he peered several feet into the water […]

Girl writes poignant letter to Trump, explaining that global warming is real

By Casey Suglia 23 September 2017 (Romper) – The Earth is warming up and the weather is changing. Say what you will, but this year has shown that global warming and climate change can’t be stopped if world leaders and citizens keep ignoring it. It’s frustrating to know that people — especially those with power […]

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