The Guardian Big Oil must pay for climate change. Now we can calculate how muchThe GuardianWe know that the costs of both hurricanes will be enormous and that climate change will have made them far larger than they would have been otherwise. How much larger? Careful studies will take time but the evidence that climate…

Quartz Even Fox News is admitting that climate change helped make Irma super strongQuartzHurricane Irma struck the Caribbean last night (Sept. 6), killing at least ten people and causing thousands of dollars in infrastructure damage on affected islands. It’s the strongest storm ever recorded in the Atlantic, and it comes just a week after …Irma…

The Atlantic Has Climate Change Intensified 2017’s Western Wildfires?The Atlantic“Now, thinking about temperature trends due to human-caused climate change, we think that the western United States is 1.5 [degrees] Celsius, or 3 degrees Fahrenheit, hotter than it would be in absence of climate change. And there’s a heat wave on top … and more »

EcoWatch Millennials: Climate Change Is World’s Biggest ProblemEcoWatchFar and wide, young people consider climate change to be the world’s most serious issue, according to the World Economic Forum’s 2017 Global Shaper Survey of more than 31,000 millennials from 186 countries and territories. Close to half (48.8 percent …Maryland Charges Forward in Fight Against Climate ChangeFood…

Washington Post At a moment climate change is hard to ignore, the EPA is being pointed elsewhereWashington PostOnce confirmed by the Senate, Pruitt got to work reshaping the agency in precisely that way. In April, the organization’s page on climate change was removed; in May, a page focused on educating children was as well. Pruitt’s…

Solubility study could impact energy, biology, environmentScience DailyChapman, the William W. Akers Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and associate dean of engineering for energy, said the research could have far-reaching impacts in fields as diverse as biology, environmental systems and energy and …

The Independent Trump environment agency could reach lowest staff numbers in 30 yearsThe IndependentNearly 400 people have left the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently, which could push the federal agency to its lowest employment levels in three decades. According to the Wall Street Journal, the majority of departures have come from …How President Trump and…

Mental Floss Your Basic T-Shirt Has a Big Impact on the EnvironmentMental FlossDig through your closet at home and you’ll likely find at least one basic cotton t-shirt. The t-shirt is a wardrobe staple that transcends the fashion boundaries of age, class, and gender, but its life cycle is a little more complicated than its…

CBC.ca Toronto, parts of Ontario could see funnel clouds today: Environment CanadaCP24 Toronto’s Breaking NewsEnvironment Canada says conditions are favourable for the development of funnel clouds today in Toronto and many areas of the province. Toronto, Hamilton, Halton-Peel, York-Durham and Niagara are included in the widespread weather advisory issued …Funnel clouds could develop over southwestern Ont.…

The Guardian The unprecedented drought that’s crippling Montana and North …The GuardianIt came without warning, and without equivalent. Now a flash drought is fueling fires and hurting the lives of those who work the land. and more »