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How Exxon went from leader to skeptic on climate change research
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on October 23rd, 2015
LA Times: Throughout much of the 1980s, Exxon earned a public reputation as a pioneer in climate change research. It sponsored workshops, funded academic research and conducted its own high-tech experiments exploring the science behind global warming.
But by 1990, the company, in public, took a different posture.
While still funding select research, it poured millions into a campaign that questioned climate change. Over the next 15 years, it took out prominent ads in the Washington Post, the Wall Street...
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Hurricane Patricia looms, climate pact edges closer
Posted by Agence France-Presse: Marlowe Hood, Mariette Le Roux on October 23rd, 2015
Agence France-Presse: Battle-weary diplomats left Bonn Friday after endorsing the rough outlines of a UN climate rescue pact, as Mexico invoked a super-hurricane nearing its coast as a portent of Earth's future if negotiations failed.
After a bruising round of talks, envoys were satisfied that the latest blueprint reflected everyone's core concerns.
But they were also anxious over the work to surmount ahead of a looming summit in Paris where the historic deal is supposed to be sealed.
Mexico's negotiator, Roberto...
Historic Hurricane Patricia strikes Mexico vicious Category 5 storm
Posted by Mashable: None Given on October 23rd, 2015
Mashable: Hurricane Patricia, the strongest storm on record in the Western Hemisphere, made landfall near Cuixmala along the coast of western Mexico at 6:15 p.m. CT with maximum sustained winds of 165 miles per hour.
After slamming the coast, Patricia moved inland about 50 miles northwest of Manzanillo with maximum sustained winds of 160 mph, a slight decrease since landfall, according to the National Hurricane Center. The storm weakened further by 10 p.m. PT, with maximum sustained winds dropping to 130...
California faces a future of droughts alternating with floods
Posted by InsideClimate: Phil McKenna on October 23rd, 2015
InsideClimate: A warming climate coupled with more intense El Niño and La Niña events could cause twice as many droughts and three times as many floods in California by 2080, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature Communications. The findings come while California suffers its most severe drought in recorded history, a four-year disaster that has caused an estimated $2.2 billion in economic loss from 2013-14 alone. At the same time, heavy rainfall––which triggered mudslides last week in...