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Harsh weather doesn’t prove global warming, Republican lawmakers say
Posted by The Hill: David Kaner on August 5th, 2012
The Hill: GOP lawmakers say this year's harsh weather that has produced devastating wildfires and the most widespread drought in 50 years has not changed their minds on climate change.
Republican lawmakers say this year's harsh weather that has produced devastating wildfires and the most widespread drought in 50 years has not changed their minds on climate change.
With more than a month left, the summer of 2012 is on pace to be one of the three hottest since 1950, according to an analysis by WeatherBank...
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Heatwaves are proof of global warming, says Nasa scientist
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 5th, 2012
Associated Press: The relentless, weather-gone-crazy heat that has blistered the United States and other parts of the world in recent years is so rare it cannot be anything but man-made global warming, a top Nasa scientist says.
The research, by a man often called the "godfather of global warming" says the likelihood of such temperatures occurring from the 1950s through the 1980s was rarer than one in 300. Now the odds are closer to 1 in 10, according to the study by Professor James Hansen.
He says that statistically...
Debate continues over NC climate-change legislation
Posted by Associated Press: Allen Reed on August 5th, 2012
Associated Press: Most scientists agree the hills where the Wright brothers first took flight along the Outer Banks of North Carolina will someday be under water. The debate over exactly when that will happen is taking shape in state and local governments and has been fueled by both scientific speculation and late-night witticisms.
In North Carolina, a state-sponsored science panel warned sea levels could rise by more than 3 feet by 2100. Lawmakers supported by development interests responded with a bill to ban...
Water Meters Are Being Replaced Across Texas
Posted by Texas Tribune:: John Wayne Ferguson on August 5th, 2012
Texas Tribune:: Early one recent morning, Buddy Franklin and a team of utility workers descended on the Rock Hollow neighborhood in this Austin suburb. They went from house to house with one mission: to install new electronic water meters that change how the city records, and bills for, water use. “They won’t see another meter reader for a long time,” Mr. Franklin said as his team dug through loose dirt at the homes to replace the old meters. Similar scenes are playing out across Texas. The installation of electronic...
Opinion: Is It Hot Enough for Ya?
Posted by New York Times: Eric Klinenberg on August 5th, 2012
New York Times: CLIMATE change is hardly a seasonal issue, but summer is the only time of year when Americans and the news media regularly fix their attention on the everyday heat emergency that’s already altering life on our planet. Indeed, this summer’s record-shattering weather across the United States has created a heightened level of interest in and concern about the consequences of climate change. For the moment, we have an opportunity to make fundamental changes to the way our country deals with the environment,...
Fairs, Like Crops, Are Drooping With the Heat
Posted by New York Times: Monica Davey on August 5th, 2012
New York Times: The cheese curds were sizzling in vats of oil, the cartoon-colored carnival rides were spinning, and the tractors, ready to pull something heavy, were revving. Yet all was not right last week at the Ozaukee County Fair, age 153. Inside the barns here, the entries competing for top vegetable and flower were fewer than usual. The rabbits vying for prizes were scarcer, too, said Elaine Diedrich, supervisor of the rabbit tent, as she paced the aisles, ready to submerge overheated animals up to their...
New study links heat waves to climate change
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on August 5th, 2012
Associated Press: The relentless, weather-gone-crazy type of heat that has blistered the United States and other parts of the world in recent years is so rare that it can't be anything but man-made global warming, says a new statistical analysis from a top government scientist.
The research by a man often called the "godfather of global warming" says that the likelihood of such temperatures occurring from the 1950s through the 1980s was rarer than 1 in 300. Now, the odds are closer to 1 in 10, according to the...
Obama Silent On Climate
Posted by BuzzFeed: None Given on August 5th, 2012
BuzzFeed: In an April interview with Rolling Stone, President Barack Obama promised to make the changing global environment a central topic in this year's presidential campaign.
"I will be very clear in voicing my belief that we're going to have to take further steps to deal with climate change in a serious way,' he said at the time. "I'm deeply concerned that internationally, we have not made as much progress as we need to make.'
But mentions of climate change have been almost entirely absent from this...