Hartford Courant Siting Council Reviews Simsbury Solar ProposalHartford CourantSome Simsbury residents say a 26-megawatt solar farm proposed for Simsbury farmland will create irreversible negative impacts to the town, including diminishing the town’s character, a reduction in property values and adverse environmental impacts on …

InsideClimate News After the Hurricane, Solar Kept Florida Homes and a City’s Traffic Lights RunningInsideClimate NewsMost rooftop solar arrays are connected to the grid, so when the public power goes down, the rooftop solar power can’t be accessed—unless the customer has a stand-alone inverter, like Pereira does, or a battery storage system like the Tesla…

Scientific American The Window Is Closing to Avoid Dangerous Global WarmingScientific AmericanThat’s the finding of a pair of related reports released yesterday by an international group of climate science and policy luminaries who warned that the window is closing to avert dangerous warming. They say carbon dioxide might have to be removed … and more »

Times of San Diego Scripps: 5% Chance of ‘Catastrophic’ Global Warming by Century’s …Times of San DiegoA new study by Scripps Institution of Oceanography finds a 5 percent chance that rapid global warming will be “catastrophic” or worse for the human race.“Catastrophic” to “Unknown” –New Global Climate-Change …The Daily Galaxy (blog)1-in-20 chance climate change will…

Los Angeles Times You might think that living through a hurricane will change people’s minds about global warming. Not so much.Washington PostWhile the science suggests that severe weather will become more frequent thanks to global warming, it is difficult to say that global warming caused any specific storm. Scientists, however, are more certain that effects…

CNN Yes, climate change made Harvey and Irma worse – CNN – CNN.comCNNScientists say the effects of climate change, from rising sea levels to warmer oceans, made the hurricanes more destructive than they would have been in …If Now’s Not the Time to Talk About Climate Change, When Is?Natural Resources Defense CouncilHarvey and Irma sent a…

Environmentalists get win in US coal-climate change lawsuitABC NewsHanding a major victory to environmentalists, a court cast doubt Friday on a longstanding U.S. government argument that blocking federal coal leasing won’t affect climate change because the coal could simply be mined elsewhere. Environmentalists have … and more »

The Guardian The Florida Keys are the canaries in the climate–change coalmineThe GuardianI’m wondering if its 70,000 inhabitants may be the canaries in the coalmine for the realities of climate change as it hits the developed world. The Keys are extreme. Curving away from the bottom tip of Florida, they nose out to sea in…

CNN Trump dismisses Irma-climate change question – CNNPoliticsCNNTrump says there have been ‘bigger storms’ than hurricanes Irma and Harvey when asked about climate change.Florida governor remains unsure about climate change after Hurricane IrmaPoliticoTrump weighs in on climate change: Hey, there have been big hurricanes beforeWashington PostTrump on climate change and hurricanes: ‘We’ve had bigger storms’The…

Daily Mail The chance of ‘catastrophic’ climate change completely wiping out humanity by 2100 is now 1-in-20Daily MailClimate change events which are statistically unlikely but could cause the extinction of humanity could strike by the end of the century, a new study warns. Researchers projected warming scenarios that vary based on what societal actions are…