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John Kerry slams climate skeptics & fossil fuels, but sidesteps Keystone
Posted by Politico: None Given on March 13th, 2015
Politico: Secretary of State John Kerry railed against climate change skeptics on Thursday, saying that "future generations will not and should not forgive those who ignore this moment, no matter their reasoning,' though he offered no direct clues on whether he would back the Keystone XL pipeline.
Kerry's speech was the latest warning from the administration about the threat of carbon pollution from fossil fuels and the need to reach a strong, long-term international pact to combat global warming at the...
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Global warming messing with the jet stream and your weather
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 13th, 2015
Washington Post: Is the rapid melting of the Arctic paying us back for our greenhouse gas emissions by messing with the jet stream -- which carries weather through the northern hemisphere? And could that, in turn, explain recent breakouts of extremes all around the northern half of the world -- including recent snowfall in the east coast?
That’s what Rutgers University’s Jennifer Francis has argued in a series of papers going back to 2012 -- but there has been quite a lot of criticism. Several distinguished climate...
After 4 Years, Fukushima Nuclear Cleanup in Japan Remains Daunting, Vast
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 13th, 2015
LA Times: Neon pink and yellow banners flutter along the roadsides, their gentle flapping breaking an eerie stillness. The houses here are shut tight, the streets are nearly deserted, the fields that once sprouted rice, tomatoes and cucumbers are fallow.
Shigeo Karimata dons a hard hat and a mask and prepares to get out of his car.
"Some people say, 'Oh, it looks like a festival!`" says the avuncular 62-year-old Environment Ministry worker. "Then they see the writing on the flags: 'Decontamination Work...
U.S., Chinese Companies Dominate List of Most-Polluting Coal Plants
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on March 13th, 2015
Guardian: The 100 global power companies most at risk from growing pressure to shut highly polluting coal plants have been revealed in a new report from Oxford University.
Chinese companies dominate the top of the ranking but US companies, including Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, occupy 10 of the top 25 places.
The analysis, produced to help investors assess the risk of major financial losses, also found French energy giant GDF Suez was third in the list of most polluting coal station fleets in...
What Historic Megadroughts Western US Tell Us About Our Climate Future
Posted by Good Men: None Given on March 13th, 2015
Good Men: Let’s start with some old news. Earth’s climate is warming, human activities are causing it, and as long as we continue to dump greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, the impacts on climate and society will only intensify.
These impacts will be felt regionally and be linked to a chain of consequences relating the way we live and operate on planet Earth. Understanding how these regional climatic impacts will unfold in the future is therefore important for adaptation planning and assessing...