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Archives: Climate Change
Is Deregulation behind explosions at Texas Chem Plant, polluting of Air and Water?
By Jake Johnson, staff writer | ( Commondreams.org) | - - "People don't know what's seeping into their air and their homes." "Now the thing's exploded, and people don't know what's seeping…
Trump’s offer to Harvey Victims (Cartoon)
Paul Jamiol | ( Jamiol's World) | - - Via Jamiol's World
Epic Mumbai Flooding: 21 million People told to stay Home
India Today | (Video News Report) | - - "The water levels at many places receded in Mumbai, but the situation remains far from normal. The water levels are dipping across the…
Are Houstonians 1st Wave of New Climate Change Refugees?
By Gail Ukockis | (Informed Comment) | - - As parts of eastern Texas go underwater, the scenes of people fleeing for their lives are gut-wrenching. One picture of nursing home residents…
The worst flooding disaster in Recorded US history?
The Watchers | - - Category 4 Hurricane "Harvey" made landfall around 03:00 UTC on Saturday, August 26, at Rockport, Texas with winds of 215 km/h (130 mph). It then stalled over…
Top 5 ways Man-made Climate Change made Hurricane Harvey much Worse
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The images from Houston and its environs are heart-breaking and we at IC wish all those affected a speedy and safe return to…
Why no Eclipse Denialists? The Same Science predicts Global Heating
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Eminent physicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson's tweet pointing out that there are no eclipse denialists the way there are dedicated climate change denialists went…
Largest Wildfire on Record is raging in Greenland, as Ice Melt Speeds Up
By Kathryn Adamson | (The Conversation) | - - The largest wildfire ever recorded in Greenland was recently spotted close to the west coast town of Sisimiut, not far from Disko Island…
1 in 9 Deaths are from Air Pollution & Trump is making it Worse
The Tree | - - Air pollution is driving a global public health crisis. It is responsible for one in nine deaths worldwide, and touches everyone given 92% of the human race…
Think there’s too much Trouble in the World? Now Global Heating is Kicking In
Gulrez Shah Azhar | (Project Syndicate) | - - SANTA MONICA – With India experiencing its worst drought in 140 years, Indian farmers have taken to the streets. At a protest in…
Inconvenient Sequel: 9 Ways To Make Your Home Greener (TYT Video)
Brett Erlich | (The Young Turks Video Report) | - - "Use your home to act on climate. Download our guide to learn easy changes that will lower your carbon footprint and…
People Power is only way to Oppose Scott Pruitt’s Anti-EPA
By Adam Lynch | ( Yes! Magazine) | - - A Former EPA Adviser on How to Push for Environmental Justice Under Trump “In our country there are two things that move…
The Message on Climate must be ‘Yes We Can,’ not Apocalypse Now’
By Jon Christensen | (The Conversation) | - - There’s been no shortage of pessimistic news on climate change lately. A group of climate scientists and policy experts recently declared that we…
Scientists Leak Study on Global Heating Impact b4 Trump can Suppress it
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - A draft report on the current impact of global heating on the United States, produced by 13 Federal agencies, has been leaked to…
As Trump leaves Paris Accord, Wind jobs are fastest growing in US next Decade
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - CBS News reports that jobs in the wind energy field will grow 108 percent in the next 7 years. Working on wind turbines,…
GOP Jet-setters in Climate Denial: It is getting too Hot for your Plane to take Off
By Ethan Coffel | (The Conversation) | - - Hot weather has forced dozens of commercial flights to be canceled at airports in the Southwest this summer. This flight-disrupting heat is a…
The 6th Mass Extinction is beginning & there isn’t Much time
Robert J. Burrowes | ( GlobalVoices.net | - - The sixth mass extinction is already here and the window for effective action is very short. Human beings are now waging war against…
The Dragon Arrives: 1st Chinese overseas Military Base in Djibouti
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - China has just inaugurated its first military base abroad, in the tiny Red Sea country of Djibouti. Beijing has a long way to…