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  • Climate Change Is Real & It’s Going To Make Air Travel Even Worse – Refinery29

    Refinery29 Climate Change Is Real & It’s Going To Make Air Travel Even WorseRefinery29Let us say it again: Climate change is real. Rising temperatures and other environmental shifts are endangering our health, our earth, and now, even our travel plans. The Washington Post recently reported that extreme heat due to climate change is … and…

  • Climate Change and Security – ReliefWeb

    Herald Scotland Climate Change and SecurityReliefWebFrom natural disasters, to internal displacement and refugees, to conflicts fuelled by resource constraints, climate change has already had a dramatic impact on the security landscape – and will do so increasingly in the years to come. The election …Campaigners: Climate Change Bill falls shortHerald ScotlandStephen Hawking says Trump’s climate…

  • Climate change threatens nomadic life in Morocco – USA TODAY

    USA TODAY Climate change threatens nomadic life in MoroccoUSA TODAYM’HAMID EL GHIZLANE, Morocco — For generations, they were known as “rain nomads,” herders who moved constantly along the western rim of the Sahara Desert in search of a patch of green where their goats and camels could graze. Then the rain, never …

  • Trump’s alarming environmental rollback: what’s been scrapped so far – The Guardian

    The Guardian Trump’s alarming environmental rollback: what’s been scrapped so farThe GuardianDonald Trump’s decision to withdraw the US from the Paris climate deal may have followed months of anguished division amongst his closest advisers, but his administration has proceeded with quiet efficiency in its dismantling of other major …DC Circuit Court Rules in Favor of…

  • Is inequality bad for the environment? – The Guardian

    The Guardian Is inequality bad for the environment?The GuardianBut it is also better for the environment. The evidence (which is still emerging) suggests the most unequal affluent countries contribute more to climate change via pollution than their more equal counterparts. They may suffer more, too. A new report …

  • Trump administration cuts could stymie climate change research – OCRegister

    Trump administration cuts could stymie climate change researchOCRegisterResearchers working on climate-oriented science at UC Irvine are cutting or scaling back their programs in anticipation of budget cuts that reflect the Trump administration’s skeptical views about global warming. The changes are coming as the school …

  • Bay Area political events: peace talk, environment – SFGate

    SFGate Bay Area political events: peace talk, environmentSFGateFor information: www.wilpfeastbay.org. Environmental action: A conversation with the Sierra Club’s executive director and local environmental justice groups on what people can do to take action against President Trump’s environmental agenda. The event …

  • Evidence supports claim man caused global warming – South Whidbey Record (subscription)

    Evidence supports claim man caused global warmingSouth Whidbey Record (subscription)I read the recent letters by David Powell denying human-caused climate change. Why this is an important debate to have in a small, semi-rural community newspaper’s opinion page, I’m not sure. One thing I appreciate about his arguments is he tries to …

  • Global warming tipped scales in Europe’s heat wave – Salon

    Salon Global warming tipped scales in Europe’s heat waveSalon“Global warming has already put a thumb on the scales; it’s already tipped the odds,” Noah Diffenbaugh, a Stanford University climate scientist who wasn’t involved with the work, said. The heat wave was the result of hot, dry air moving northward from …

  • Court rejects EPA’s attempt to halt Obama-era methane rule – The Guardian

    The Guardian Court rejects EPA’s attempt to halt Obama-era methane ruleThe GuardianThe Environmental Protection Agency cannot freeze the implementation of a rule requiring oil and gas companies to fix methane leaks in their equipment, a federal appeals court ruled on Monday in a setback for Donald Trump’s push to cut environmental …DC Circuit Court Rules in…