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Archives: Extreme Weather

The World Is Burning (Stop burning Fossil Fuels, Stupid!)

By IPS World Desk | (Inter Press Service) | - - Record high temperatures are gripping much of the globe and more hot weather are to come. This implies more drought, more…

The Climate Catastrophe Trump Promotes: Bangladesh between Flood and Drought

World Bank | (Video Clip) - - "Due to its geographical position, Bangladesh is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change impacts. Watch how communities in areas afflicted by recurring floods…

How bad could Trump’s Paris Agreement withdrawal be? A scientist’s perspective

By Robert Kopp | (The Conversation) | - - Even before the Paris Agreement was signed in December 2015, market forces and policy measures were starting to tilt the world toward a…

Top 5 Climate Catastrophes to which Trump just Doomed his own Supporters

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Thursday, Trump delivered himself of one of the most brain-dead speeches ever given by an American president, more imbecilic even than Bush's…

Pope to Trump: Climate Change is Real and we have to act in Solidarity

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Pope Francis gave Donald J. Trump a going away present after their meeting on Wednesday. It was a copy of his Encyclical on…

The Other Terrorism: Toxic CO2 Gas Promoted by Trump Budget, Shell

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Terrorism is properly defined as non-state actors using violence against civilians to achieve a political purpose. Some argue that this definition lets states…

Extreme: Missouri, Arkansas Floods smash Century-Old Records

Via | The Watchers: Watching the World Evolve and Transform | - - Historic flooding hits Missouri and Arkansas, more heavy rain on the way Parts of Missouri and Arkansas are experiencing…

Does Climate change increase Threat of Terrorism?

By Manon Flausch | EURACTIV.fr | translated by Samuel White | - - "Poverty and insecurity can be factors in radicalisation." [Manon Flausch] From South America to the Middle East, the effects…

Climate Change Solutions Can’t Wait for Trump

By Desmond Brown | (Inter Press Service) | - - BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (IPS) - From tourism-dependent nations like Barbados to those rich with natural resources like Guyana, climate change poses one of…

Putin joins ranks of Denialists in support of Trump

Putin joins ranks of Climate Denialists in support of Trump

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Russian President Vladimir Putin has abruptly become a climate-change denialist, apparently under the influence of key figures in the Trump administration, which Putin…

Trump’s New Decree to ‘Wreak Havoc’ on Climate, Reward Big Oil

TeleSur | - - The latest executive order is seen by critics as a reckless attempt to boost energy industry profits at the cost of the environment and public health. U.S. President…

Top 4 Worst pieces of Climate News from WMO in Age of Trump

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The World Meteorological Organization of the United Nations issued its annual report on the climate on Tuesday, making a full and final assessment…

Hey Scott Pruitt: Tom Brokaw says you’re full of it on CO2 & Climate Change

Climate State | (Video News Clip) | - - Climate State: Global Warming ϟ ☼ ❅ What You Need To Know, with Tom Brokaw

As Trump Bans Somalis, 100s dying from Hunger in Severe Drought

The Watchers : Watching the World Evolve and Transform | - - 110 people have died from hunger in the past 48 hours in just one region of Somalia as severe drought…

‘Claim the sky’: a new climate movement for the Trump era

By Robert Costanza | (The Conversation) | - - President Donald Trump is making it less likely the United States will meet the emissions targets it agreed at the 2015 Paris climate…

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…

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…

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…

Top 5 urgent Climate Change/Election Stories MSM Suppressed

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - I used the word "suppressed" in the title quite deliberately. Corporate television media in the United States is colluding in a cover-up of…

Clinton brings back Gore, talks Green, but still Opposes Carbon Tax

By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Tuesday, Hillary Clinton campaigned in Miami with Al Gore, attempting both to shore up her credentials with both environmentalists and Millennial youth.…