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Interior Department manager Joel Clement figured his new bosses in the Trump administration might disapprove of his climate change-focused work protecting Alaskan villages from rising seas. But the reassignment slip … Click to Continue »
Read More »Trump is riding ‘dead horse’ on climate issue, Gov. Brown says at NY conference
California Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday touted steps the state has taken toward a healthier climate, but warned that powerful forces he called “climate deniers” are resisting technologies and policies … Click to Continue »
Read More »Harvey and Irma can’t be blamed on climate change
In the era of fake news, misinformation tends to spread quickly – especially during a time of crisis. The deceptions that have sprung up in the wake of hurricanes Harvey … Click to Continue »
Read More »Northwest forests will get more and bigger wildfires with climate change
BEACON ROCK STATE PARK, Wash. –– As night fell last Monday in the Columbia River Gorge, the Oregon slopes burned as if carpet-bombed from above. Winds acted like bellows in … Click to Continue »
Read More »Yes: Harvey shows climate change is real
The real scientists, not the fossil fuel industry shills, have been proven correct. Rising atmospheric and sea temperatures brought about by the incessant production of environmentally destructive, heat-trapping greenhouse gases … Click to Continue »
Read More »New climate change report likely to be ignored to death
The following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Friday, Aug. 18: The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration officially confirmed last week that 2016 was the Earth’s hottest year … Click to Continue »
Read More »Author Interview: Climate Change, Forest Mismanagement Fuel ‘Megafire’ Epidemic
Wildfires have always been a part of the Central California landscape. But in recent years blazes like the Detwiler Fire (2017) and the Erskine Fire (2016) have been different. In each case, veteran firefighters who have been on wildland blazes for decades say they saw the fires demonstrating “extreme” behavior …
Read More »Climate of denial
The following editorial appeared in The Baltimore Sun on Wednesday, Aug. 9: In an administration that leaks like a rusty faucet, the latest discharge to show up on The New … Click to Continue »
Read More »Climate change lawsuits face uphill battle, but could have radical implications
Does a trio of new lawsuits aimed at forcing the world’s largest oil companies to pay for the projected effects of rising seas along California’s coast have a fighting chance? … Click to Continue »
Read More »California Legislature extends state’s cap-and-trade climate program in rare bipartisan effort
California lawmakers voted Monday evening to extend the state’s premiere program on climate change, a victory for Gov. Jerry Brown that included unprecedented Republican support for fighting global warming. In … Click to Continue »
Read More »Gov. Brown and lawmakers unveil proposal to extend California climate program
After weeks of back-and-forth between environmentalists and business interests, Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders introduced a proposal Monday to reauthorize California’s cap-and-trade program, the centerpiece of the state’s efforts … Click to Continue »
Read More »Brown says California will host climate talks
In a rebuke to President Donald Trump’s disengagement from worldwide climate change efforts, California Gov. Jerry Brown told an international audience Thursday the president “doesn’t speak for the rest of … Click to Continue »
Read More »Climate change expected to fuel larger forest fires – if it hasn’t already
Global warming will likely heighten the risk of large, more difficult to control wildfires scorching the western United States. It’s the main conclusion of a body of science that, over … Click to Continue »
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