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Ahead of pope’s climate message, U.S. Catholics split on cause of global warming
Posted by Reuters: Mary Wisniewski on June 16th, 2015
Reuters: Ahead of Pope Francis' much-anticipated encyclical on the environment, a poll released on Tuesday found that U.S. Catholics are divided on the causes of global warming, mirroring the views of the general public.
The survey by the Pew Research Center found 71 percent of U.S. Catholics believed the planet was getting warmer, but less than half, or 47 percent, attributed global warming to human causes. About 48 percent viewed it as a very serious problem.
The numbers are similar to the U.S. population...
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Comments Off on Ahead of pope’s climate message, U.S. Catholics split on cause of global warmingTorrential rains prompt flood warnings in Midwest
Posted by Reuters: Mary Wisniewski on June 26th, 2013
Reuters: Torrential rains slammed Illinois and other Midwest states on Wednesday, triggering flash flood warnings and causing flight cancellations, commuter train delays and road closings.
Up to 5 inches of rain fell in some places and the National Weather Service warned residents in the region to brace for more downpours and possibly severe thunderstorms Wednesday night.
The weather service issued multiple flash flood and flood warnings for counties in northern Illinois, northwestern Indiana and southeastern...
Weather disasters keep costing U.S. billions this year
Posted by Reuters: Mary Wisniewski on September 8th, 2011
Reuters: Blizzards. Tornadoes. Floods. Record heat and drought, followed by wildfires.
The first eight months of 2011 have brought strange and destructive weather to the United States.
From the blizzard that dumped almost two feet of snow on Chicago, to killer tornadoes and heat waves in the south, to record flooding, to wildfires that have burned more than 1,000 homes in Texas in the last few days, Mother Nature has been in a vile and costly mood.
Climate experts point to global warming, meteorologists...