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NASA head Bridenstine now a climate change believer
New NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine faced tough opposition during his confirmation hearings after being nominated by President Trump to head the space agency. A lot of that had to do with previous statements he had made about climate change. Read the entire article at the Orlando Sentinel. Many opposed to his appointment feared he […]
Compilation of Future Weather Forecasts in Southwest US
Cartoon appearing in The Arizona Daily Star:
Credit Downgrades Imminent for Cities Unprepared for Climate Impacts
Many U.S. coastal communities, unprepared for flooding and other effects of global warming-driven sea level rise, are heading toward an imminent downgrade of their credit unless they act quickly, a new report says. Read the entire article at Climate Liability News. The report warns that federal subsidies for rebuilding flooded properties, coupled with the […]
Ford Goes ‘All In’ on Electric Cars
Ford Motor Co. will more than double spending on electrified vehicles, amplifying its investment in a segment that the auto industry sees growing from what’s now just a fraction of the market. Read the entire article at Bloomberg. The carmaker will shell out $11 billion bringing 40 electrified vehicles to market by 2022, Jim […]
Florida’s Summertime Slime Fueled by Climate Change as well as Pollution
Florida is awash in toxic algae right now. Blue-green algae covers 90 percent of Lake Okeechobee. It’s now grown thick in the canals connecting the lake to the St. Lucie River on the east coast, as well as in the Caloosahatchee River near Fort Myers on the west coast. Read the entire article at the Tampa […]
How Recycling More Steel and Aluminum could Slash Imports without a Trade War
Many economists expect President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imported steel and aluminum to increase what American companies and consumers pay for those metals and the goods made from them. Dozens of companies already have said they will have to fire workers or even go out of business. And, as the retaliatory tariffs Canada, Japan, Mexico […]
Our Planet Is on Fire: All-Time Heat Records Set Worldwide this Week
From the normally mild summer climes of Ireland, Scotland and Canada to the scorching Middle East, numerous locations in the Northern Hemisphere have witnessed their hottest weather ever recorded over the past week. Read the entire article at Science Alert. Large areas of heat pressure or heat domes scattered around the hemisphere led to […]
Taxpayers in the Hamptons Among the Most Exposed to Rising Seas
Almost no city stands to lose as much money from climate change as Southampton, New York. The affluent Long Island suburb – where the median price of a home for sale is almost $2 million – has the second highest level of its property-tax revenue at risk among municipalities with a high likelihood of chronic flooding […]
NY Attorney General Accuses Exxon of Withholding Key Climate Documents
New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood has asked for a court order to force ExxonMobil to turn over financial documents she said the company has withheld during her office’s investigation into whether the company misled shareholders and the public about climate change. Read the entire article at Climate Liability News. In a request filed […]
We Were Warned 30 Years Ago – Now Global Warming is “in our living room”
On June 23, 1988, a sultry day in Washington, James Hansen told Congress and the world that global warming wasn’t approaching — it had already arrived. The testimony of the top NASA scientist, said Rice University historian Douglas Brinkley, was “the opening salvo of the age of climate change.” Read the entire article at The […]
