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Archives: Climate Change
![Climate Activists fear Tillerson, Call him Out for Lying About Warming During Hearing](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116045325im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2017/01/climate-activists-fear-tillerson-187x137.jpg)
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Can Anti-Fracking Movement mount resistance to Trump?
By Emilio Godoy | (Inter Press Service) | - - LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, USA , Jan 4 2017 (IPS) - Earl Hatley, a descendant of the Cherokee/Delaware tribe, has witnessed the consequences…![How Human Carbon emissions created Arctic’s balmy Frankenweather](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116045325im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/how-human-carbon-emissions-creat-187x137.jpg)
How Human Carbon emissions created Arctic’s balmy Frankenweather
Andrew King | (The Conversation) | - - For the Arctic, like the globe as a whole, 2016 has been exceptionally warm. For much of the year, Arctic temperatures have been much…![Can Trump destroy the Environmental Protection Agency & the Environment . . . using the EPA?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116045325im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/can-trump-destroy-the-environmen-187x137.jpg)
Can Trump destroy the Environmental Protection Agency & the Environment . . . using the EPA?
By Robert Percival | (The Conversation) | - - Donald Trump’s election has jolted environmentalists and voters who care about conservation. Trump has called for abolishing or greatly shrinking the Environmental Protection…![Sorry, Trump, you can’t bring back Coal when Solar costs half as Much](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116045325im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/sorry-trump-you-cant-bring-back-187x137.jpg)
Sorry, Trump, you can’t bring back Coal when Solar costs half as Much
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Bloomberg released a new report this week with some startling findings about solar energy. To wit: * Solar energy can now be generated…![Low-Carbon ‘Eat Local’ Movement taking Spain by Storm](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116045325im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/low-carbon-eat-local-movement-ta-187x137.jpg)
Low-Carbon ‘Eat Local’ Movement taking Spain by Storm
By Oscar Tomasi Pancorbo | EFEAgro | Euractiv Concepts like “100% local” and “zero kilometer” products are now on an upward trend in Spain and are forcing the food industry to rethink…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116045325im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/klarepbk2012-180x137.jpeg)
Trump’s plan to drown World in Oil is a Planetary Nightmare
By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Scroll through Donald Trump’s campaign promises or listen to his speeches and you could easily conclude that his energy policy consists…![Fearful of Trump Climate Conspiracy nuts, Scientists Fervently Copy Data](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116045325im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/fearful-of-trump-climate-conspir-187x137.jpg)
Fearful of Trump Climate Conspiracy nuts, Scientists Fervently Copy Data
TeleSur | - - “People have felt a call to arms. We need to be outspoken,” said Adam Campbell, a researcher at Ross Ice Shelf of Antarctica. High on the list of…![Climate Scientist Enemies List: Internal Trump Memo Sparks Fears of Witch Hunt](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116045325im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/climate-scientist-enemies-list-i-187x137.jpg)
Climate Scientist Enemies List: Internal Trump Memo Sparks Fears of Witch Hunt
By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | - - Trump transition team reportedly asking for names of career employees at Department of Energy who worked on Obama's climate policies…![In the shadow of Trump, a DAPL Victory and Global Protests against Fossil Fuels](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116045325im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/in-the-shadow-of-trump-a-dapl-vi-187x137.jpg)
In the shadow of Trump, a DAPL Victory and Global Protests against Fossil Fuels
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The surprise announcement Sunday by the Army Corps of Engineers that they will not permit the Dakota Access Pipeline to go under the…![Denialist GOP House “Science Committee” Retweets Fake News Breitbart](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116045325im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/denialist-gop-house-science-comm-187x137.jpg)
Denialist GOP House “Science Committee” Retweets Fake News Breitbart
Deirdre Fulton, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org ) | - - Committee's tweet comes during hottest year on record. Displaying a troubling disregard for science, the House Committee on Science, Space, and…![Too bad, Trump: As EVs take off, Dirty Petroleum’s Death Spiral has Begun](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116045325im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/too-bad-trump-as-evs-take-off-di-187x137.jpg)
Too bad, Trump: As EVs take off, Dirty Petroleum in Death Spiral
The Tree | - - The renewable energy revolution is now well underway, but many continue to underestimate just how fast and transformative it is going to be. Despite a conservative approach…![Urgent: Soil carbon release under global warming to equal U.S. emissions](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116045325im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/12/urgent-soil-carbon-release-under-187x137.jpg)
Urgent: Soil carbon release under global warming to equal U.S. emissions
By Kevin Dennehy | ( YaleNews | - - For decades scientists have speculated that rising global temperatures might alter the ability of soils to store carbon, potentially releasing huge amounts of…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116045325im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/frackopoly-1-187x137.png)
Frackopoly
by H. Patricia Hynes | ( Truthdig.com) | - - Frackopoly: The Battle for the Future of Energy and the Environment A book by Wenonah Hauter (The New Press, 2016) Branding fracked…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116045325im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/6163012147_a8d9277061_z-629x472-1-187x137.jpg)
The Catastrophic Downstream Effects of Trump Anti-Climatism
By Tharanga Yakupitiyage | (Inter Press Service) | - - UNITED NATIONS, Nov 24 2016 (IPS) - Although U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has hinted he may be softening his stance on climate…![Overheated Arctic: Climate Change ‘Vicious Circle’](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116045325im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/overheated-arctic-climate-change-187x137.jpg)
Overheated Arctic: Climate Change ‘Vicious Circle’
TeleSur | - - Ice cover at the top of the globe shrank to its smallest area in 2016 —some 4.14 million sq km (1.6 million sq miles)— on September 16. Freakishly…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116045325im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/mi_50m_800-741x960-187x137.jpg)
DAPL: This Thanksgiving, Time to Listen to Native Americans again on Climate & Survival
Revised and updated. By Juan Cole | --- The popular story about Thanksgiving is an environmental parable that we would do well to remember today. It was a harvest festival in 1621,…![16-Year-Old Sues Federal Government On Climate Change](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116045325im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/16-year-old-sues-federal-governm-187x137.jpg)
16-Year-Old Sues Federal Government On Climate Change
AJ+ | (Video Report) | - - "Indigenous climate activist Xiuhtezcatl Martinez is one of 21 young plaintiffs suing the federal government to demand action on climate change." AJ+: "16-Year-Old Sues Federal…![Four years of Trump could really sink the planet](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116045325im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/four-years-of-trump-could-really-187x137.jpg)
Four years of Trump could really sink the planet
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I argued that President Obama's carbon-reduction plan wasn't anything to write home about. He wanted to reduce our annual emissions from 5.4 billion…![Get some Climate attitude: Ban Coal and forget about Carbon Capture](http://web.archive.org./web/20170116045325im_/http://media.juancole.com/images/2016/11/get-some-climate-attitude-ban-co-187x137.jpg)