Climate tweets for 12 October 2014

RT David Spratt @djspratt:

NASA (preliminary) climate temperature data has September 2014 hottest Sept on record via @thingsbreak

http://ow.ly/i/7chys
[science]

Sao Paulo Facing Water Shutoffs If Withdrawals Cut: @BloombergNews:

http://bloom.bg/1vUj80P

[Brazil, drought]

Alaska: Birch trees hammered by heat, invasive insects: 

http://www.adn.com/article/20141011/summer-heat-invasive-insects-take-toll-interior-alaska-birch-trees#.VDqAsrgSCqA.twitter … via @alaskadispatch

[forests, heat waves]

Not Just California: Droughts Extend Across Americas:

http://nbcnews.to/1sqfVXx  via @NBCNews

[water, food, agriculture, farming]

Americans Can Save More Money by Not Burning It: Study: @BloombergNews:
http://bloom.bg/1EE7cGf
[energy efficiency]

Outrage at ANU divestment shows power of its idea: http://news.anu.edu.au/2014/10/13/outrage-at-anu-divestment-shows-the-power-of-its-idea/
h/t @DrRimmer
[investing, Australian National University]

Grim outlook 4 fish as climate change makes waters warmer: @TheScotsman:
http://www.scotsman.com/news/scotland/top-stories/grim-outlook-for-fish-as-climate-change-makes-waters-warmer-1-1109884
[wildlife, food, oceans]

Texans Getting Creative w/ Saving Water:
http://nyti.ms/1xEthzK  
[drought, Texas]

Indonesia to build $263m sea wall to protect capital from sea level rise: @TR_Foundation:
http://www.trust.org/item/20141009114608-m1auj/?source=shtw
[flooding, Jakarta]

RT Fred Bentler @Bentler:
Students continue to push WWU Foundation to divest from fossil fuel:
http://goo.gl/xtshTg
[investing, divestment, Western Washington University]

RT grist @grist:
No, there is NOT more ice at the poles -- and other denier myths debunked:
http://bit.ly/1xml03o
[science, denial] 

.@TomSteyer's climate change crusade focuses on midterm races, for now:
http://fw.to/yZoMgCg 

Republicans flail about looking for alternative to climate denialism: @drgrist:
http://grist.org/politics/republicans-flail-about-looking-for-alternative-to-climate-denialism/
pscience, denial]

Climate tweets for 19 September 2014

RT Media Matters @mmfa:

79% of Americans want campaign finance reform, but major news networks are largely ignoring it:

http://mm4a.org/1yiodFn  http://pic.twitter.com/YLxZ11NqJn
[Citizens United, journalism]

Dems tie climate change deniers to tobacco, lead backers:

http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/218194-dems-tie-climate-skeptics-to-tobacco-lead-backers#.VBxH-BlphJs.twitter … via @TheHill

[science, denial]

RT ClimateCentral @ClimateCentral:
Friday Fact: Antarctic land ice is melting & that's a major concern for sea level rise:
http://pic.twitter.com/UiRq26ZpAs
[Antarctica, glaciers, sea ice]

White House cranks up heat ahead of @UN summit: @TheHill:
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/218239-white-house-cranks-up-heat-ahead-of-un-climate-summit#.VBxHWE5F54g.twitter 
[Barack Obama, solar, energy efficiency]

The Gathering Storm: @MichaelEMann, Daniel Kammen @ecowatch: 
http://ecowatch.com/2014/09/19/gathering-storm-climate-change-michael-mann/
[science, denial]

The Big 340: Trickle of Renewable Energy Investors Turns Into Flood: @cleantechnica:
http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/18/trickle-of-renewable-energy-investors-turns-into-flood/
[investing, divestment]

McConnell: Make me Senate majority leader, I'll give you Keystone XL: @TheHill:
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/218208-mcconnell-make-me-majority-leader-ill-give-you-keystone#.VBxIezVoiaw.twitter
[Mitch McConnell, oil, tar sands, energy]

Our Disappearing Snows: Climate Change & Water Resources: @PeterGleick:
http://huff.to/1AVwsDq 
[California, drought, food, farming, agriculture]

Why responding to climate change is just good business: @jeremyquittner @inc:
http://www.inc.com/jeremy-quittner/new-york-climate-march-signals-change-in-business-thinking.html
[risk, investing, divestment]

White House unveils new solar, energy efficiency steps:
http://usat.ly/1ud1qEz  via @usatoday 
[Barack Obama]

If Fixing Global Warming Is Free, What’s the Holdup?: @FutureTenseNow:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/09/17/climate_change_economics_new_report_says_nixing_fossil_fuels_won_t_be_expensive.html
[energy, investing, divestment]

Over half Australian coastline vulnerable to rising sea level, flooding: @climatecouncil:
http://bit.ly/1xNcr5A

First Dog on the Moon: Ian the climate denialist potato goes to Texas – cartoon: @guardian:
http://gu.com/p/4xjeb/tw 

RT Reddit Politics @Politics_Reddit:
This 1 chart exposes climate-science deniers as frauds: 
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/this-1-chart-exposes-climate-science-deniers-as-frauds-2014-09-19
[science, denial, MarketWatch]

Watch Obama’s Top Science Advisor Repeatedly Shut Down Climate Deniers at House Hearing:
http://thkpr.gs/3568720 
[John Holdren, science, denial, Steve Stockman, Dana Rohrabacher, Larry Bucshon]

RT Duncan Noble @carbonexplorer:
Climate News is out!:
http://paper.li/carbonexplorer/1377138859 … Stories via @climatehawk1 @mikesummerell @theresphysics

Climate tweets for 12 September 2014

Sorry policy-makers, 2-degrees global warming policy is likely road to disaster: @guardian:

http://gu.com/p/4xdt7/tw

[science]

Former Oz PM Rudd warns of climate change consequences at U.S. forum: @latikambourke @smh:

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/kevin-rudd-warns-of-climate-change-consequences-at-us-forum-20140912-10fy66.html … #divest
[Kevin Rudd]

Fossil Fuels, Global Warming and Oligarchy ... Oops, Democracy:

http://www.uws.edu.au/newscentre/news_centre/more_news_stories/fossil_fuels,_global_warming_and_democracy_a_report_from_a_scene_of_the_collision … via @UWS

[science, denial, Alberta, Canada, Australia]

Glacial Death Watch: Why Ice Shelf Snapped in 2002, What's Next:

http://bloom.bg/1up7Anj  via @eroston @BloombergNews

[glaciers, Antarctica, sea level, science]

Franklin expedition discovery shows change in Arctic: @CBCnews:

http://www.cbc.ca/1.2763671

[Canada, Northwest Passage]

Cato climate change skeptic: Rising CO2 levels sign of "human progress":

http://wapo.st/1nNUxpJ 

[Chip Knappenberger, Paul Knappenberger, denial, Cato Institute]

Edmonton flood prevention could cost $2.4B over next century: @edmontonjournal:

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/edmonton/Edmonton+flood+prevention+could+cost+billion+over+next/10195546/story.html

[flooding, Alberta, Canada, adaptation]

#Denialcosts: Alabama town on front lines in partisan fight over global warming:

http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060005635 

[science, denial, sea level]

Cleveland Becomes Cleantech Leader But Ohio Backtracks on Renewable Energy:

http://shar.es/11SeYd

[NorTech, John Kasich, denial]

$18 Trillion Windfall: Health, Productivity Benefits of Efficiency Top Energy Savings:

http://thkpr.gs/3565740 

[energy efficiency, air pollution]

In Washington State, 2014 Wildfire Season Has Been 6x Worse Than Normal:

http://thkpr.gs/3566740

[fire]

RT Fred Bentler @Bentler:

NextGen brings climate change issue to campuses:

http://goo.gl/xiXwZc

[Tom Steyer, Iowa, denial]

RT ClimateCentral @ClimateCentral:

There's good news, bad news and worrying news from the Arctic permafrost melt, which is dumping out carbon:

http://bit.ly/Zjaf6G 

[permafrost, methane, science]

RT Amanda Larsson @ecomanda:

Beautiful piece by @kellyrigg on the growing, diverse movement of people who support the #ClimateMarch on 21 Sept.:

http://huff.to/X3W57X 

RT Climate Hot News @ClimateHotNews:

Have we got it? Guardian @GeorgeMonbiot Column - Stopping climate meltdown needs courage that saved ozone layer:

http://ow.ly/BpPd6

RT ClimateCentral @ClimateCentral:

#FF @ConservancyCVNP, @ThsAmericanLand, @allscott12, @_AndreaAngulo_, @climatehawk1, @sejorg, @DrBobBullard, @edfenergy, WilliamMan_,@NRDC

RT Emil Reisman @EmilReisman:

Join me and tell @Google they should stop funding climate deniers and quit ALEC!

http://share.sierraclub.org/56748825t  #ALECexposed #DontFundEvil

#FF @mrsjcj @GoFossilFree @readingirl @CelloMomOnCars @BeyondCoal @p_hannam @AllanMargolin #climate

#FF @YaleClimateComm @CeresNews @ClimateHotNews @ClimateNow @CLIMATEMAMA @oscare2000 @wenstephenson @Climateate #climate

#FF @AndrewDessler @ClimateOfGavin @mle_marion @bradleyjdibble @healthy_climate @ForecastFacts @DebbySchade #climate

#FF @kellyrigg @readfearn @ClimateBites @CleanAirMoms @ForecastFacts @jackthelad1947 @hottopicnz @frankejames #climate

#FF @billmckibben @MichaelEMann @AGW_Prof @heidicullen @Bentler @climatecliff @YaleE360 @capital_climate #climate

#FF/join/contribute to: @mmfa @climateprogress @ClimateCentral @citizensclimate @350 @ClimateReality #climate #divest !

Climate tweets for 18 July 2014

RT Yale Environment 360 @YaleE360 · 22h
Germany tops world energy-efficiency ranking, US scores near bottom:

http://bit.ly/1nTnqEa

 
Polar Jet Stream Wrecked By Climate Change Fuels Unprecedented Wildfires Over Canada, Siberia:

http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2014/07/17/polar-jet-stream-wrecked-by-climate-change-fuels-unprecedented-wildfires-over-canada-and-siberia/

[fire, Russia]

RT Ayesha Pande @agent_ayesha:

An incredible and powerful review of The Collapse of Western Civilization by @NaomiOreskes and @ErikMConway.

http://fb.me/3JrWOf54Z

 
Mysterious Siberian Crater May Portend Methane Climate Catastrophe:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/07/16/1314501/-Mysterious-Siberian-Crater-Found-at-End-of-the-World-May-Portend-Methane-Climate-Catastrophe

[permafrost]

Fossil fuels 'win', we all lose as Australia repeals carbon tax: @guardian:
http://gu.com/p/4v3m2/tw
[denial]

RT Al Gore @algore:
The decision to repeal Australia's price on carbon is a disappointing step for a country with a legacy of leadership:
http://ow.ly/zjGwQ
[denial]


Alabama, which has much at risk from climate change, argues it doesn't exist:
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060003006
[denial, sea level]

W/o Much Straining, Minnesota Reins In Its Utilities’ Carbon Emissions:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/18/us/politics/without-much-straining-minnesota-reins-in-its-utilities-carbon-emissions.html
[renewable energy, wind power, wind energy]

Quoting John Christy On #Climate Change Like Quoting Dick Cheney On Iraq: @climateprogress:
http://thkpr.gs/1ruIkto
[science, denial]

RT Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann:
'Scientists Debunk Daily Caller's "Way Off Base" Claim About Penguins & Global Warming' @deeRobbs @MMFA:
http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/07/18/scientists-debunk-daily-callers-way-off-base-cl/200140 … #DailyMauler
[science, denial, Antarctica]

Climate data from air, land, sea, ice in 2013 reflect trends of warming planet:
http://www.skepticalscience.com/news.php?n=2603
[science, State of the Climate 2013, NOAA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration]

The distorting reality of "false balance" in the media: @KatrinaNation:
http://wapo.st/1nCKxT6
[journalism, denial]

Climate tweets for 26 June 2014

With heat/humidity, U.S. areas will be 'unsuited for outdoor activity' in future: @PlanetArk
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/71775
[science]

Canadian govt says climate change will make weather more extreme: @globeandmail
http://fw.to/sc1Uvya
[science]

Scale of Minnesota flooding "overwhelming": Gov. Dayton: @StarTribune
http://www.startribune.com/local/stpaul/264211011.html#efF5YFKR3QKFVCzE.97

Photos: Site of U.S. World Cup Match Hit With Massive Flooding
http://thkpr.gs/1mhHJ8H
[Brazil]

RT @climateprogress: Toronto underwater, again
http://thkpr.gs/1lZnvqe  http://pic.twitter.com/NmQEHsXSPm

President Obama becomes Mocker-in-Chief of climate change "skeptics": via @POLITICO
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/06/barack-obama-climate-change-108338.html#.U6xiJt3Ranw.twitter
[denial]

High-tech firms focus on energy efficiency to confront climate change: @latimes
http://fw.to/adS0GoI

RT ClimateNexusHotNews @ClimateHotNews:
.@PolitiFact gives Fox's @sdoocy a Pants-On-Fire rating for distorted climate coverage:
http://ow.ly/ytZpN  http://ow.ly/i/62jII 
[denial, journalism, Steve Doocy]

MT @ClimateNow: Common sense prevails as BBC upholds Today programme climate complaint:
http://bit.ly/1ls35oo
[denial, journalism, Global Warming Policy Foundation]

RT ClimateCommunication @ClimateComms:
6 climate change myths, debunked:
http://mashable.com/2014/06/25/climate-change-myths/#:eyJzIjoidCIsImkiOiJfdXAwZTdiZWNiamNuN2w2YiJ9
… For more answers to common climate questions, check out: http://www.climatecommunication.org/new/common-climate-questions/
[science, denial]

RT 350orBust @350orbust1:
Chairman of Largest Company in America Just Told 1% to Worry About Global Warming:
http://www.thenation.com/article/180420/chairman-largest-private-company-america-just-told-1-percent-worry-about-climate-chan#
[Cargill, Greg Page]… #uspoli #pricecarbon

Plastic Stones, Melting Snails: 3 New Ways 2 Maim a Planet: @rollingstone
http://rol.st/Ts5l40

#FF/join/contribute to: @mmfa @climateprogress @ClimateCentral @citizensclimate @350 @ClimateReality #climate #divest !

#FF @Lovemotherocean @HannahMurdockTX @algore @MartinScribbles @StephenLeahy @GWFotD @IdiotTracker @DanJWeiss #climate

#FF @TenneyNaumer @billbills @AdamPeretzman @johnlundin @TheEarthNetwork @FaunKime @alannogee @NobleIdeas #climate

#FF @Alex_Verbeek @climategeek @firebobbc @Lee_Tennant @bberwyn @suzyji @earthvisiontrst @DeSmogCanada #climate

#FF @DeSmogBlog @kkaufmann @chriscmooney @DRTucker @greenroofsuk @djspratt @climate_ice @dana1981 @TheDailyClimate #climate

When 'head-on' isn't really

"City tackles climate change head-on" reads a recent article in the La Crosse, Wis., Tribune.  Sounds exciting, doesn't it?  But the story that follows is a letdown--enough so to inspire this brief blog post.

What La Crosse is doing:

- Hosting a climate change workshop "to build consensus about pragmatic adaptations authorities can make to changing weather."  I assume this involved some serious dissemination of information about climate change's impact, so that's a good thing.

- Adding more green spaces on the city's south side to handle the runoff from heavy rain events.

- And ... that's it.  Oh, perhaps not--the story makes a point of noting that La Crosse "made clear in its application that climate change a distinct challenge to [its] future."

And that seems to be the point of the headline: the city actually came right out and said, in effect, that it thinks climate change is real.

That too is a good thing, but in fact, "tackling climate change head-on" means, in the simplest of terms, reducing fossil fuel use.  Everything else is just papering over the problem.  In this instance (the extra green space), it's a little like giving someone with a broken arm aspirin, because his arm hurts.

Energy efficiency and non-fossil energy, as much as possible, as soon as possible, is what we need to do, or as Joe Romm puts it, "deployment, deployment, deployment" of technologies that reduce fossil fuel use.  As Mr. Romm puts it here: 

"The crucial climate strategy is aggressive deployment of every last bit of available low-carbon technology starting ASAP.  Anyone who isn’t in favor of that strategy understands neither climate science nor the current state of clean energy.  Sadly, that covers most of the traditional media and so-called intelligentsia."