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While Americans obsess about ISIL, Rest of World Fears Global Warming

By Thalif Deen | (Inter Press Service) | – – UNITED NATIONS (IPS) – The world at large is apparently divided over what constitutes the biggest single threat to human kind: the devastation caused by climate change or the unbridled terror unleashed by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)? Severe flooding is one […]

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GOP attacks USA Clean Power Plan, again seceding from reality-based community

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The Tree | – – Republicans in the US Senate and Governor’s offices continue to lampoon the Obama administration’s plans addressing climate change despite facts showing the overwhelming benefits for Americans. On Wednesday, the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee held a hearing where conservative Senators tried to undermine President Obama’s Clean Power Plan, which […]

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Ten Easy Steps to save the World: 96% of needed CO2 Emissions Reduction Possible by 2030

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By Kitty Stapp | (Inter Press Service) | – – NEW YORK (IPS) – Up to 96 percent of the emissions reductions needed by 2030 to keep global warming below a critical threshold of two degrees C [3.6 degrees F.] could be achieved through a series of 10 steps, says a new report released by […]

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Dirty Energy vs. Clean Power The Past Battles the Future at Seneca Lake

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By Ellen Cantarow | (Tomdispatch.com) | – – Let’s amend the famous line from Joni Mitchell’s “Yellow Taxi” to fit this moment in the Finger Lakes region of New York State. There, Big Energy seems determined to turn paradise, if not into a parking lot, then into a massive storage area for fracked natural gas. […]

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Big Oil, Coal Racketeering: Corp. Memos Reveal Decades of Climate Lies

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Union of Concerned Scientists | (Video Report) | – – “For nearly three decades, many of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies have knowingly worked to deceive the public about the realities and risks of climate change. Their deceptive tactics are now highlighted in “The Climate Deception Dossiers,” a new report from the Union of […]

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As Glaciers Melt in Ecuador, Pope Francis challenges Technocrats, touts “Keeping” the Environment

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By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Pope Francis continues to preach environmentalism as he addresses crowds in Latin America, a challenging message in poor countries where over-exploitation of natural resources is a constant temptation. These are also countries and populations, however, most at risk from pollution and the ravages of climate change. […]

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California’s Drought Is Part of a Much Bigger Water Crisis. Here’s What You Need to Know

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By Abrahm Lustgarten, Lauren Kirchner and Amanda Zamora | (ProPublica) | — Why do I keep hearing about the California drought, if it’s the Colorado River that we’re “killing”? Pretty much every state west of the Rockies has been facing a water shortage of one kind or another in recent years. California’s is a severe, […]

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To fight Climate Change, we have to Eat Fewer Hamburgers

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By Dora Marinova and Talia Raphaely | (The Conversation) | – – Climate change is the greatest challenge to human health, according to the recent Lancet Commission report which calls for action to protect the global population. The report says that tackling climate change could deliver huge public health benefits, largely through phasing out coal, […]