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Yale Climate Connections – August 9, 2019
This Yale Climate Connections issue discusses:
What you need to know about the link between sea-level rise and coastal flooding
Some northern cities could be reborn as ‘climate havens’
What a drier and hotter future means for the arid Southwest
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House Democrats Look to End Special Treatment of Corporate Polluters
This Sierra Club article discusses how House Democrats are trying to stop corporate polluters.
For decades, bedrock environmental laws like the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act have existed to protect our communities from dangerous pollution. But did you know that oil and gas companies are often able to […]
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What does climate change have to do with socialism?
This article discusses climate change and socialism. For many climate skeptics, climate change has little to do with science. One of the most vocal strains of opposition to mainstream climate science appears to be rooted in fears of socialism.
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Yale Climate Connections – Week of August 2, 2019
This week, articles include:
What role will climate change play in the 2020 presidential election?
The Great Smoky Mountains’ iconic clouds are helping to protect the region from climate change – for now
People don’t need to ‘believe’ in climate change […]
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Americans Trust Scientists, Until Politics Gets in the Way
This Mother Jones article discusses why politics gets in the way of science. “The idea is that your partisan identity kind of trumps the role of knowledge in your beliefs.”
Nothing’s more American than a science-hero—an indomitable, big-brained hasher-out of ideas that change the world, that make the impossible possible. At least […]
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House Democrats Offer an Alternative to the Green New Deal
This NY Times article discusses the Democratic climate change proposal alternative to the Green New Deal.
An influential group of Democrats in the House of Representatives on Tuesday set an ambitious target for United States greenhouse gas emissions, calling for a reduction to net-zero by 2050.
The […]
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CLIMATE ACTIVISTS FROM EXTINCTION REBELLION GLUED THEMSELVES TO THE CAPITOL TO DISRUPT HOUSE VOTES
This The Intercept article discusses how activists are attempting to change Congress’s mind about climate change.
Members of the Washington, D.C., chapter of Extinction Rebellion superglued themselves to each other and to the passages connecting the Capitol to the Rayburn and Cannon office buildings, where House members have their offices. […]
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Yale Climate Connections July 19, 2019
This week they discuss:
The ‘war on coal’ myth. Environmental regulations aren’t the reason that coal is falling off the map.
What’s the difference between weather and climate? They’re closely related, but they’re not actually the same thing.
Do we need […]
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Could Climate Change Spark a Financial Crisis? Candidates Warn Fed It’s a Risk
This Inside Climate News article discusses whether climate change could spark a financial crisis? Some of the Democrats running for president are urging the U.S. central bank to actively confront climate risks to protect the nation’s financial system.
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Democrats want companies to disclose their climate risks — and fossil fuel industry is worried
This Politico article discusses Democrats want companies to disclose their climate risks — and fossil fuel industry is worried. Proposals to make the disclosures mandatory are sprouting in the platforms of almost all the party’s leading White House hopefuls.
Democratic presidential candidates have a sweeping array of proposals to fight climate change, […]
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