CBS News Climate change fingerprints seen on 24 weird weather cases, study saysCBS NewsAn annual report released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found climate change was a factor, however small or large, in 24 of 30 strange weather events. They include 11 cases of high heat, as well as unusual winter … and…

Washington Post Trump can’t deny climate change without a fightWashington PostThe incoming Trump administration will face passionate and hostile resistance if it tries to deny the reality of human-induced climate change. We can already hear the drums of war. ○The Department of Energy flatly denied a demand from the Trump …Gov. Jerry Brown Vows to…

New York Times Donald Trump Should Know: This Is What Climate Change Costs UsNew York TimesLast week, Donald J. Trump’s transition team sent a startling questionnaire to the Department of Energy. Among other things, the questionnaire asked for the names of all employees and contractors who attended meetings of the Interagency Working Group … and…

Donald Trump’s Choices: Energy and EnvironmentNew York TimesIt smacks of a pending Soviet-style purge: If you can’t win the argument, create a fact-free environment for policy making by dismissing or at least intimidating those with whom you disagree. Florida officials have already prohibited state … and more »

Pupil data shared with Home Office to ‘create hostile environment‘ for illegal migrantsThe GuardianLater, it adds that the “strategic aims” of the data sharing include re-establishing contact with families the Home Office has lost contact with, to reduce the population of illegal migrants, and to “create a hostile environment for those who seek to ……

Politico Climate change denial in the Trump cabinet: where do his nominees stand?The GuardianIn a joint op-ed in the National Review, Pruitt wrote that the debate on climate change is “far from settled”, adding: “Scientists continue to disagree about the degree and extent of global warming and its connection to the actions of mankind.” In…

Montgomery Advertiser Time to unite against global warmingMontgomery AdvertiserIn many past wars in American history, Democrats and Republicans united against a common enemy. The new common enemy is global warming. It threatens to diminish polar ice, raising sea levels enough to inundate coastal regions, such as southern …

Bloomberg Diesel Scandal Hurt the Environment More Than VWBloombergThanks to the VW scandal and heftier environmental regulations, UBS predicts diesel cars will “almost disappear” from the market in the next 10 years, so much of the multibillion-dollar investment in diesel engine development in Germany and France will … and more »

New York Times Feeling a Chill? Blame the Polar Vortex. And Global Warming.New York Times(And we wanted to pre-empt the inevitable chatter about climate change that usually crops up when the thermometer drops — “It’s bone-shakingly cold, how could the Earth be warming?” We’ll tell you how.) First, the polar vortex always exists. That …The…

Nicholas Stern: Donald Trump may not be as bad for the environment as fearedThe GuardianThe impact of Donald Trump’s presidency on the environment may not be as catastrophic as some fear, says leading climate economist Lord Nicholas Stern. The cross-bench peer said that while it was difficult to predict what Trump would do in office…