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Three-Fourths of Americans Now Think Climate Change Is Influencing the Weather
Posted by Treehugger: None Given on October 10th, 2012
Treehugger: So, after a year marked by record breaking heat, massive wildfires, and drought that consumed 60% of the nation, almost three quarters of Americans now recognize that climate change is driving some of that funny business.
A new poll from the Yale Project on Climate Change Communications says as much. Some of the highlights:
A large and growing majority of Americans say “global warming is affecting weather in the United States” (74%, up 5 points since our last national survey in March 2012)....
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Canadian Activist Arrested at White House Protest Tells Her Story
Posted by Treehugger: None Given on August 24th, 2011
Treehugger: Canadian activist Patricia Warwick fights climate change at Climate Action Now and went to Washington for the Keystone XL protest. She tells TreeHugger about her experience in this TreeHugger exclusive.
Back in June, when I heard about the protest being planned for Washington D.C. to convince President Obama not to approve the construction of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, I jumped at the chance to take a stand.
For the last two years I've been concerned about this proposed pipeline that...
Is the UK’s Storm Bad Weather or Climate Change?
Posted by Treehugger: None Given on December 22nd, 2010
Treehugger: The UK has been battered by a miserable snow storm: the worst since 1910. Airports have been closed since Saturday, people were marooned in their cars on the highway for hours and the line-up for the Paris-bound Eurostar was around the block.
But was this storm the result of a run of bad weather or should the country officially acknowledge that its weather patterns are changing and they had better do something about it.
This is the coldest December since 1910. The roads aren't ploughed, people...