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TRUMP’S ATTACK ON THE CLEAN WATER ACT WILL FUEL DESTRUCTIVE PIPELINE BOOM
This article discusses how Trump’s policies will fuel the building of pipelines.
A NEW WATER RULE that will strip federal protections from an estimated 60-90 percent of U.S. waterways will dramatically ease restrictions on how polluting industries do business.
According to the rule, which is due out next week, streams that don’t run […]
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Report: The Truth About These Climate Change Numbers
This article discusses the truth about the new climate change numbers. A new report shows carbon emissions are moving in the wrong direction, and we’re running out of time.
It’s often argued that climate change is not a technological or engineering problem, it is a political problem. And […]
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Study: Five myths about climate change
This article discusses five myths about climate change by Katharine Hayhoe, one of the authors of the 4th National Climate Assessment. Her explanations should help you understand how to answer deniers who make the claims below.
The Fourth National Climate Assessment — the work of 13 federal agencies and more […]
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Global Weirding with Katharine Hayhoe
On this youtube video, scientist Katharine Hayhoe provides an excellent, science-based explanation of climate change.
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Study: Vanishing Nutrients – a climate change hazard you probably haven’t heard of
This article discusses vanishing nutrients – a climate change hazard you probably haven’t heard of.
Is it possible to starve yourself of nutrients while simultaneously gaining weight? It turns out the answer is yes. According to a growing body of research, rising carbon dioxide levels are making our food less nutritious, […]
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Study: Climate change likely to make us more stupid
This article discusses a study that postulates that climate change is likely to make us more stupid. Rising levels of carbon dioxide could affect concentration and decision-making of global workforce.
Rising carbon dioxide emissions could cause a decline in the brainpower of workers around the world, according to new research.
A […]
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Maine town is feeling the effects of climate change – lobsters
This article discusses how a Maine town is feeling the effects of climate change. When lobsters are life, environmental change affects livelihoods, and warming waters will ultimately bust the lobster industry.
The American lobster is a symbol of Maine, central to the state’s ethos and economy.
Its image […]
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Report: Monumental Disaster at the Department of the Interior.
This article discusses problems at the Department of the Interior. A new report documents suppression of science, denial of climate change, the silencing and intimidation of staff.
This is a tough time to be a federal scientist—or any civil servant in the federal government. The Trump administration is clamping down on science, […]
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DeSmog Blog
This week’s version discusses the following:
Energy Transfer, Banks Lost Billions by Ignoring Early Dakota Access Pipeline Concerns
COP24: Climate Science Denial, Disinformation and Fake News at the UN Climate Talks
‘Green is Great’: Coal, Oil, and Greenwash at the UN Climate Talks
Kochs Fund Study to Kill Electric Vehicle […]
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The Planet Has Seen Sudden Warming Before. It Wiped Out Almost Everything.
This article discusses how the planet was affected by a previous disastrous warming – it wiped out almost everything. In some ways, the planet’s worst mass extinction — 250 million years ago, at the end of the Permian Period — may parallel climate change today.
Some 252 million years […]
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