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The Intercept Donald Trump Is Slashing Programs Linking Climate Change to U.S. National SecurityThe InterceptOver the last several decades, top government officials and even military brass have come to view climate change as a national security issue. Under President Barack Obama, the notion was codified through recognition of the link by the Department of …

Yale News El Niño and the end of the global warming hiatusYale News“Our main conclusion is that global warming never went away, as one might imply from the term ‘global warming hiatus,’” said Fedorov, who has conducted extensive research on the oceans’ role in climate. “The warming can be masked by inter-annual and …

The Independent ‘Artificial plants’ could turn carbon dioxide into fuel helping to reduce global warmingThe IndependentAn artificial form of photosynthesis that sucks carbon dioxide from the atmosphere has been invented by a scientist who claims the “breakthrough” device could be used to reduce global warming. Plants use sunlight to turn carbon dioxide into sugar and…

Bloomberg Global Warming Costs Mount as Heatwave Hits Chile’s Glaciers …BloombergHigh, high up in the Andes mountains above Chile’s capital, at the foot of the glaciers that date from the last ice age, the temperatures were almost balmy this … and more »

Deutsche Welle Cheer up! Can optimism help protect the environment? | eco@africa …Deutsche WelleIs the state of our environment really all doom and gloom? The first Conservation Optimism Summit suggests a need, as well as a cause, for optimism. and more »

Aljazeera.com March 2017 continues global warming trendAljazeera.comOnce again, the degree of warming is quite alarming. March was a massive 1.12 degrees Celsius above the long-term average. With January and February of 2017 among the warmest months ever recorded, there is an outside chance that 2017 could …

  Straight Keenan 2 is up and in it, I go to Topo Summit 2017 in San Francisco, I kick off The Real Deal of Sales and I answer the burning question, where did the Keenan red plaid shirts (Yes there are more than 1) come from? Hint: You can thank Jill Konrath.    …

Note from Sean:  The first time I met Vanessa Van Edwards, I was terrified. All I knew was that she was a body language expert and trained to be a human lie detector. The whole time I was second guessing myself, and wondering if I was putting out the wrong vibes. Fortunately I must have…

When employees aren’t just engaged, but inspired, that’s when organizations see real breakthroughs. Inspired employees are themselves far more productive and, in turn, inspire those around them to strive for greater heights. Our research shows that while anyone can become an inspiring leader (they’re made, not born), in most companies, there are far too few…

It’s hard to find a major cyberattack over the last five years where identity — generally a compromised password — did not provide the vector of attack. Target, Sony Pictures, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) and the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) each were breached because they relied on passwords alone for authentication. We…