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New Republic Cities can’t lead on climate change mitigationBulletin of the Atomic ScientistsLast September, The Guardian ran the following headline: “New York City accelerates emissions efforts in face of daunting sea level rise.” The story described a city trying to combat climate change and its impacts, a laudable goal. Given the global …Can the World…

WIRED Watch Shell’s 1991 Video Warning of Catastrophic Climate ChangeWIREDThis story originally appeared on the Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The oil giant Shell issued a stark warning of the catastrophic risks of climate change more than a quarter of century ago in a prescient 1991 film that has …In 1991,…

The Federalist Watch Bill Nye Refuse To Answer Basic Science Questions About Global WarmingThe FederalistBill Nye the Science Guy joined Fox News’s Tucker Carlson on Monday to talk about global warming, but refused to answer any basic questions about it, and instead went on a weird rant about the White House. When Carlson asked Nye…

TechRepublic Amazing Space: Why green tech is good for business and the environmentTechRepublicThe two not only interoperate, tech and the environment complement each other.” Science and technology are also good for business. The Indian Creek Nature Center (ICNC) is Iowa’s only private nonprofit nature center. The organization’s headquarters and …

Environment groups fear cost rules may deter vital court challenges …The GuardianA protest against Heathrow expansion. Environmental groups say the changes to cost protection orders mean they will face much larger liabilities. Photograph: … and more »

NPR With Climate Change, California Is Likely To See More Extreme FloodingNPRSome are calling this a wake-up call for California as climate change could bring similar damage. In the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, about 60 feet of levee is just gone, having been eaten away. A huge crane is dumping rocks in that gash to try…

EUobserver Finland: Time for EU to lead on environment – EUobserverEUobserverEurope should focus on implementation of environmental laws instead of making new ones, Finnish minister Kimmo Tiilikainen told EUobserver. and more »

Fears for environment as automatic legal ‘cost cap’ scrapped – BBC …BBC NewsNew rules have come into force which could dramatically reduce the ability of individuals and non-governmental organisations to bring legal challenges to … and more »

Legal Vacuum Harming EnvironmentFinancial TribuneDecades-old regulations and a lack of laws have contributed to years of environmental degradation that has now plagued Iran, according to a legal expert at the Department of Environment. Speaking during a panel discussion at the Iran International …

Outside Magazine 6 Words That Could Go Extinct Because of Climate ChangeOutside MagazineClimate change will eventually force many populations to migrate and put a quarter of all species at risk of vanishing. But not all of the doomsday scenarios will unfold before our eyes. The subtleties of climate catastrophe are already affecting …