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Pew Research Center for the People and the Press 7. Global warming and environmental regulation, personal environmentalismPew Research Center for the People and the PressAn increasing share of Americans – Republicans and Democrats alike – say there is solid evidence that the Earth’s average temperature has been getting warmer. But attitudes about global warming and…

Fox News Thanks to global warming, airplane turbulence is on the riseFox NewsStudy authors are blaming global warming for the rise in turbulence, saying universal temperature changes are strengthening wind instabilities at high altitudes in the jet streams, which can cause pockets of rough air to become more strong and common. and more »

Washington Post Interior Department rejects 25 endangered species petitions, including several linked to climate changeWashington PostThe federal Fish and Wildlife Service on Thursday declined 25 separate petitions to list a variety of species as endangered or threatened, including the high-profile Pacific walrus, which is contending with sharp climate change trends in the Arctic …Trump Administration…

Washington Post One of the oldest climate change experiments has led to a troubling conclusionWashington PostOne 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.…

CNN Interior Department whistleblower resigns after reassignment from climate change dutiesCNN“They are clearly not going to address the climate change issue at all there and my voice is far more useful outside the agency than in it,” Clement said. “I’m not shocked. I’m discouraged. This kind of thing is not surprising anymore and I guess…

Bloomberg Dutch Regulator Warns Banks and Insurers to Factor in Climate ChangeBloomberg“Dutch insurers will have to deal with an increasing claims-burden as a result of climate-related damage,” the central bank said in the report. “This in turn may lead to shock-induced price rises in premiums. Furthermore, climate change is making it … and more »

The Park Record Interfaith Council and Citizens Climate Lobby readies climate changeThe Park RecordCharles Robinson, pastor of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church and member of the Park City Interfaith Council, attended a climate change discussion by Dr. Robert Davies that hosted by the Citizens Climate Lobby last December. The presentation got him thinking …

Environmental Defense Fund (blog) Annual festival reinforces strong Latino connection to the environmentEnvironmental Defense Fund (blog)The festival, organized by the Americas for Conservation and the Arts in partnership with the U.S. Forest Service, is a weekend-long gathering focused on the many ways in which Latinos and Latin Americans practice and promote environmental awareness.

The Guardian ‘Supreme wake-up call’: Prince Charles urges action on ocean pollutionThe GuardianThe world’s oceans are at last receiving the attention they deserve, as the scale of plastic pollution is finally becoming clear, the Prince of Wales has said, hailing this growing awareness as the first step to saving the marine environment. Prince …Environment –…

News Deeply Environment Is Big Winner in US–Mexico Colorado River AgreementNews Deeply“We don’t know of any other international agreement that provides for binational environmental flows,” said Anne Castle, a senior fellow with the University of Colorado’s Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment …