The Indian Express There’s no way around it: Donald Trump is going to be a disaster for the planetVoxAnd there’s no way around it: What he’s planning to do looks like an absolute disaster for the planet (and the people on it). Specifically, all the fragile but important progress the world has made on global…

Washington Post House science chairman gets heat in Texas race for being a global warming skepticWashington PostIn the race for the White House, the climate change debate has been more or less missing in action. In the race for a central Texas House seat, the Democrat hoping to topple 30-year incumbent Republican Lamar Smith has…

Huffington Post Climate Change Is Already Driving Extreme Weather, U.N. Agency SaysHuffington PostThe U.N. agency analyzed 79 instances of extreme weather reported in academic journals in the five-year period and found that climate change contributed to more than half. Some events, such as extreme heat, are up to 10 times more likely to occur due…

Harvard Gazette Fleeing climate changeHarvard GazetteTo explore climate change and population displacement in Alaska, the Gazette interviewed Robin Bronen, a human rights attorney, senior research scientist at the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, and co-founder and executive director of the Alaska …

Grist This really is a climate change electionGristNo, this was not the climate change election we expected (nor the kind of debate anyone who recognizes it as a problem was hoping to see). It’s not what I predicted a year or so ago, when I anticipated both more attention to climate and more backlash …The…

Forbes Green Bonds And Investments Are Key To Fight Climate Change, International Experts In Morocco SayForbesCASABLANCA, MOROCCO – The UN Climate Change Conference, or”Cop22″, is currently unfolding in Marrakesh. Analysts, politicians and other stakeholders will discuss for ten days how to best achieve the targets set in last year’s landmark conference in …The Deal Is Done.…

Don’t bypass Brazil’s environmental protections : Nature News …Nature.comProposals to streamline infrastructure projects are headed in the wrong direction. and more »

NPR Climate Change: The Forgotten Issue Of This Year’s ElectionNPR“We tend to be very focused on the short term,” explains George Marshall, Director of Projects at Climate Outreach and author of Don’t Even Think About It: Why Our Brains Are Wired to Ignore Climate Change. “We tend to discount […] things happening … and more »

New York Times Ralph Cicerone, Scientist Who Sounded Climate Change Alarm, Dies at 73New York TimesRalph J. Cicerone, who as a researcher and the president of the National Academy of Sciences issued an early warning about the grave potential risks of climate change, died on Saturday at his home in Short Hills, N.J. He was…

Irish Times Report stresses links between clean environment and healthIrish TimesWhen you consider that our most basic needs are clean air, safe drinking water and healthy food, it is not surprising that Ireland’s Environment 2016 puts a strong emphasis on the links between a clean, healthy and well-protected environment and our …Environment at risk from…