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New York Times EPA moves to rescind Obama plan to slow global warmingABC NewsThe Trump administration is moving to roll back the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s efforts to slow global warming, seeking to ease restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. In a plan expected to be made public in …Trump Takes a…

Common Dreams Harvard Forest study: Global warming could let soil release more carbon into airWorcester TelegramOne of the regular complaints of climate change doubters and skeptics is that scientific projections of a dire future are too heavily based on computer simulations, or models, which — they say — rest on a variety of questionable assumptions.…

Axios Growing majority believes global warming is happeningAxiosNew polling shows that three quarters of the public believes global temperatures have been rising in recent decades, including a growing share of Republicans, but a wide partisan gap on climate change persists.The Partisan Divide on Political Values Grows Even WiderPew Research Center for the People and the…

Stanford University News Soil holds potential to slow global warming | Stanford NewsStanford University NewsThe land under our feet and the plant matter it contains could offset a significant amount of carbon emissions if managed properly. More research is needed to … and more »

The Guardian Yuval Noah Harari’s new book to cover global warming, God and nationalismThe GuardianFaced with a world stuck in “nostalgic fantasies about going back to the past”, where politicians are “no longer capable of producing meaningful visions for the future”, Sapiens author Yuval Noah Harari is turning to the present in a new book…

Chicago Tribune Trump administration to propose repealing Obama’s key effort to combat climate changeChicago Tribune… issued a directive instructing the Environmental Protection Agency to begin rewriting the controversial 2015 regulation, known as the Clean Power Plan, as part of a broader effort to obliterate his predecessor’s efforts to make combating climate …Trump administration to reverse…

Sun Sentinel When climate change comes knocking at your door | OpinionSun SentinelTo find Republicans who share my concern about our shared climate. As a conversation starter, I asked a single question, “Do you think we can safely ignore climate change, or is it something that needs to be addressed?” I realized my search might…

The Guardian Climate change in the Caribbean – learning lessons from Irma and MariaThe GuardianAs a Caribbean climate scientist, I am often asked to speak about how climate change affects small islands. In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, one of two category five storms to batter the eastern Caribbean in just a week, three words…

Gulf Times Disrupting climate changeGulf TimesAfter a season of record-breaking hurricanes in the United States and floods across Asia, it would be easy to despair about the accelerating pace of climate change. Yet, despite the apocalyptic omens, an energy transformation big enough and fast enough … and more »

5 links between erupting volcanoes and climate changeE&E NewsOne of the most persistent is a false claim that the ash disgorged by erupting mountains is the primary driver of current climate change. That said, there is a relationship between volcanoes and the changing environment. Evidence exists that rapid … and more »