This new study explains why fracking won't solve the climate crisis: @MotherJones:
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/10/study-fracking-natural-gas-climate-change
[natural gas, science, energy]
Plants absorb more CO2 than we thought, but ... : @ConversationEDU:
http://theconversation.com/plants-absorb-more-co2-than-we-thought-but-32945
[science]
Peru says its glaciers shrank 40% in four decades from climate change: @Reuters:
http://in.reuters.com/article/2014/10/15/peru-climatechange-glacier-idINL2N0SA39P20141015
[sea level, water]
Newly released study vastly underestimates worst-case scenario for sea level rise:
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/16/3580131/worst-case-sea-level-rise/
[science]
U.S. considers #climatechange plan that would mandate emission cuts: @neelaeast @latimes:
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-climate-change-proposal-20141015-story.html
Separating Science of Climate Change from Non-Science of Climate Deniers:
http://thedakepage.blogspot.com/2014/10/how-to-separate-science-of-climate.html
[denial]
As deaths mount in Nepal disasters, questions about climate change raised: @TorontoStar:
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/2014/10/15/four_canadians_killed_in_avalanche_in_nepal_other_trekkers_still_stranded.html
Revealed: the companies doing the most to combat climate change: @cdproject:
https://t.co/YrVzTkwdbO
[investing, divestment]
Why climate 'uncertainty' is no excuse for doing nothing: @ConversationEDU:
http://theconversation.com/why-climate-uncertainty-is-no-excuse-for-doing-nothing-32924
[science, denial]
Can Progressives, Enviros, Scientists Save Capitalism From Pro-Collapse Polluters?:
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/14/3568601/pro-collapse-capitalism-polluters/
Why Fossil Fuel Divestment Is Working | Ethics & International Affairs:
http://www.ethicsandinternationalaffairs.org/2014/why-fossil-fuel-divestment-is-working/
[investing, risk]
RT Naomi Oreskes @NaomiOreskes:
The divestment movement is gaining steam. What can it achieve?:
http://grist.org/climate-energy/the-divestment-movement-is-gaining-steam-what-can-it-achieve/ … via @grist
[investing, risk]
Will Climate Change Denial Become Political Liability? U.S. Treaty Envoy Thinks So: @insideclimate:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20141015/will-climate-change-denial-become-political-liability-us-treaty-envoy-thinks-so
Tell eBay: Don't support climate change denial. Drop ALEC now! #DisruptDenial:
http://act.forecastthefacts.org/sign/yelp_ebay_yahoo/
[science, American Legislative Exchange Council]
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Friday, October 17, 2014
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Climate tweets for 30 September 2014
RT Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus:
No, China isn't the problem. We are.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/09/30/china_s_not_the_problem_with_carbon_emissions_we_are.html
Opinion: 3 Lessons to Winning War on Global Warming: @InsideClimate:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20140930/3-lessons-winning-war-global-warming
[investing, divestment]
News Corp, Occidental Among Latest Firms to Cut Ties w/ ALEC: @prwatch:
http://shar.es/1aOUqq
[Occidental Petroleum, American Legislative Exchange Council, denial]
Like Snorting Koch: Watching Fox News Addicts Viewers, Misinforms Them On Climate Change:
http://thkpr.gs/3573869
[denial, journalism]
How fishery once 'a marvel of the world' died:
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060006536
[food, fishing, Grand Banks, cod]
Oil majors target King Coal in fight for [low part of] climate high ground:
http://shar.es/1aOlKW
[energy, natural gas]
RT Hot Topic @hottopicnz:
Another French extreme rainfall record - 2nd in 13 days - 299mm drenches Montpellier, most in just 3 hours:
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=308
[flooding, France]
Australian govt energy paper: Coal 4 decades to come:
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2014/9/30/policy-politics/climate-experts-slam-energy-green-paper … via @BusinessSpec
Global Warming Elevates Odds of Extreme Weather, from Australia to California: @mashable:
http://mashable.com/2014/09/29/global-warming-making-heat-waves-some-droughts-more-common-studies-find/#:eyJzIjoidCIsImkiOiJfb3NhYmV0c3h1aWdoc2dnNCJ9
[heat waves, drought]
Despite @UN climate summit, fossil fuel firms still in for long term: @guardian:
http://gu.com/p/42xd8/tw
[investing, divestment]
Growing, and Growing Vulnerable: Atlantic, Gulf Barrier Islands:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/30/science/barrier-islands-feeling-the-effects-of-climate-change.html?_r=0
[sea level, flooding]
Putting a price on carbon: Why not a carbon tax?: @STWorg:
http://www.shapingtomorrowsworld.org/HodgkinsonTax.html
[investing, divestment]
RT Sandy Dechert @sandydec:
Catalyzing Action At The September 2014 UN Climate Summit | S Dechert (LONG):
http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/29/catalyzing-action-september-2014-un-climate-summit/
No, China isn't the problem. We are.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/09/30/china_s_not_the_problem_with_carbon_emissions_we_are.html
Opinion: 3 Lessons to Winning War on Global Warming: @InsideClimate:
http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20140930/3-lessons-winning-war-global-warming
[investing, divestment]
News Corp, Occidental Among Latest Firms to Cut Ties w/ ALEC: @prwatch:
http://shar.es/1aOUqq
[Occidental Petroleum, American Legislative Exchange Council, denial]
Like Snorting Koch: Watching Fox News Addicts Viewers, Misinforms Them On Climate Change:
http://thkpr.gs/3573869
[denial, journalism]
How fishery once 'a marvel of the world' died:
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060006536
[food, fishing, Grand Banks, cod]
Oil majors target King Coal in fight for [low part of] climate high ground:
http://shar.es/1aOlKW
[energy, natural gas]
RT Hot Topic @hottopicnz:
Another French extreme rainfall record - 2nd in 13 days - 299mm drenches Montpellier, most in just 3 hours:
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=308
[flooding, France]
Australian govt energy paper: Coal 4 decades to come:
http://www.businessspectator.com.au/article/2014/9/30/policy-politics/climate-experts-slam-energy-green-paper … via @BusinessSpec
Global Warming Elevates Odds of Extreme Weather, from Australia to California: @mashable:
http://mashable.com/2014/09/29/global-warming-making-heat-waves-some-droughts-more-common-studies-find/#:eyJzIjoidCIsImkiOiJfb3NhYmV0c3h1aWdoc2dnNCJ9
[heat waves, drought]
Despite @UN climate summit, fossil fuel firms still in for long term: @guardian:
http://gu.com/p/42xd8/tw
[investing, divestment]
Growing, and Growing Vulnerable: Atlantic, Gulf Barrier Islands:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/30/science/barrier-islands-feeling-the-effects-of-climate-change.html?_r=0
[sea level, flooding]
Putting a price on carbon: Why not a carbon tax?: @STWorg:
http://www.shapingtomorrowsworld.org/HodgkinsonTax.html
[investing, divestment]
RT Sandy Dechert @sandydec:
Catalyzing Action At The September 2014 UN Climate Summit | S Dechert (LONG):
http://cleantechnica.com/2014/09/29/catalyzing-action-september-2014-un-climate-summit/
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Climate tweets for 8 September 2014
Massachusetts DA Makes History, Recognizes Necessity of Defending Climate: @DeSmogBlog:
http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/09/08/massachusetts-district-attorney-makes-history-recognizes-necessity-defending-climate
NSW farmers put on brave face as they battle worst drought in 100 years: @smh:
Fracking may be worse than burning coal: Obama's climate legacy?: @billmckibben:
http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/09/08/massachusetts-district-attorney-makes-history-recognizes-necessity-defending-climate
NSW farmers put on brave face as they battle worst drought in 100 years: @smh:
[New South Wales, Australia, farming, food, agriculture, water]
Popular park in Tokyo closed over connections with dengue fever outbreak:
[health, Japan]
Fracking may be worse than burning coal: Obama's climate legacy?: @billmckibben:
[natural gas, methane, science, Barack Obama]
As Student Pressure Grows, @Yale Fund Takes Aim at Climate Change:
[investing, divestment]
Beyond denial: U.S. cities prep for warm climate w/o saying so:
http://phy.so/329397204 via @physorg_com
[science, adaptation, denial]
As People March, Moment of Truth in Climate Fight: @Kat_Bagley @InsideClimate:
http://shar.es/11KCcU
Climate: Pacific Northwest warming fast: @bberwyn:
http://wp.me/pJ91e-hdt
[science]
PHOTOS: Historic Kashmir Flooding Leaves 1000s Trapped, 100s Dead:
http://thkpr.gs/3564240
[India, Pakistan]
World Falling Behind On Goal Of Limiting Global Warming To 2°C, Report Finds:
http://thkpr.gs/3564189
[science]
Phoenix: Massive Dust Storm Followed By Wettest Day Ever Recorded:
http://thkpr.gs/3564434 via @climateprogress
[haboob, Arizona, flooding]
http://phy.so/329397204 via @physorg_com
[science, adaptation, denial]
As People March, Moment of Truth in Climate Fight: @Kat_Bagley @InsideClimate:
http://shar.es/11KCcU
Climate: Pacific Northwest warming fast: @bberwyn:
http://wp.me/pJ91e-hdt
[science]
PHOTOS: Historic Kashmir Flooding Leaves 1000s Trapped, 100s Dead:
http://thkpr.gs/3564240
[India, Pakistan]
World Falling Behind On Goal Of Limiting Global Warming To 2°C, Report Finds:
http://thkpr.gs/3564189
[science]
Phoenix: Massive Dust Storm Followed By Wettest Day Ever Recorded:
http://thkpr.gs/3564434 via @climateprogress
[haboob, Arizona, flooding]
Monday, August 25, 2014
Climate tweets for 24 August 2014
Meltdown: 'Incredible' rate of polar ice loss alarms scientists: @guardian:
http://gu.com/p/4xxxg/tw
[Greenland, Antarctica, glaciers, sea level]
Oil industry on borrowed time as switch to gas and solar accelerates: @Telegraph:
[energy, natural gas]
Editorial: Climate change is upon us and we must act: @guardian:
Sorry @BillGates, You Are Wrong on Renewable Energy: @GreentechMedia:
[Bill Gates, denial]
While Kansas debates climate change, Europe acts:
http://cjonline.com/news/2014-08-23/kansas-climate-change-debate-settled-europe#.U_pMWcUHcC8.twitter … via @CJOnline
[science, denial]
RT Scott A Mandia @AGW_Prof:
Greenland ice melting away-> Increases sea levels-> Makes all storm surges higher-> Increased hit to our wallets.
Churches at Front Line of Climate Action: @IPSnews:
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/08/churches-at-the-frontline-of-climate-action/
[faith, religion]
Right's New Strategy on Climate: Criticize Billionaires' Spending:
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/25595-the-rights-new-strategy-on-climate-criticizing-billionaires-spending
Feds cutting funds from key programs to fight wildfires: @mydesert:
http://desert.sn/1tuKcDw
[fire]
RT m.myers @marshallmyers53:
“@climateprogress: Renewables will play a huge role:
http://thkpr.gs/1uS1Fsz http://pic.twitter.com/e89ikH7CEy ”
[energy, renewable energy, solar, wind energy, wind power]
Hunger ahead? CO2 Can Reduce Food Value: @livingonearth:
http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=14-P13-00034&segmentID=1#.U_pOAU20KeA.twitter
[science, farming, agriculture]
Long Island Sound becoming more acidic, scientists say: @Newsday:
http://nwsdy.li/1sh4Rt0
[oceans, acidification]
100s of Californians now on bottled water rationing due to drought:
http://thkpr.gs/1tysFKy
Indiana county deals with flooding after up to 10 in (250 mm) of rain:
http://www.wthr.com/story/26344822/2014/08/22/i-69-flooded-in-grant-county-north-of-state-road-18-and-south-of-state-road-218#.U_lCanaxwB4.twitter
http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/08/churches-at-the-frontline-of-climate-action/
[faith, religion]
Right's New Strategy on Climate: Criticize Billionaires' Spending:
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/25595-the-rights-new-strategy-on-climate-criticizing-billionaires-spending
Feds cutting funds from key programs to fight wildfires: @mydesert:
http://desert.sn/1tuKcDw
[fire]
RT m.myers @marshallmyers53:
“@climateprogress: Renewables will play a huge role:
http://thkpr.gs/1uS1Fsz http://pic.twitter.com/e89ikH7CEy ”
[energy, renewable energy, solar, wind energy, wind power]
Hunger ahead? CO2 Can Reduce Food Value: @livingonearth:
http://www.loe.org/shows/segments.html?programID=14-P13-00034&segmentID=1#.U_pOAU20KeA.twitter
[science, farming, agriculture]
Long Island Sound becoming more acidic, scientists say: @Newsday:
http://nwsdy.li/1sh4Rt0
[oceans, acidification]
100s of Californians now on bottled water rationing due to drought:
http://thkpr.gs/1tysFKy
Indiana county deals with flooding after up to 10 in (250 mm) of rain:
http://www.wthr.com/story/26344822/2014/08/22/i-69-flooded-in-grant-county-north-of-state-road-18-and-south-of-state-road-218#.U_lCanaxwB4.twitter
Friday, August 8, 2014
Climate tweets for 7 August 2014
Something distinctly fishy about claims global warming has stopped:
http://fw.to/SzdzxRj
[wildlife, food, denial, science]
Burlington [ON] flood: Cities face 'new breed' of storms, climatologist says:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/burlington-flood-cities-face-new-breed-of-storms-climatologist-says-1.2729012
[flooding]
Yosemite: Wildlife threatened by shrinking snowpacks, drought, wildfires: @AJAM:
http://alj.am/1v7sXw2
RT @ClimateCentral: Climate context of Sunday's nearly 500-year rain event that flooded So. California:
http://bit.ly/WZGHds
[flooding, science]
June Sets Record High Global Temperature, Says @NOAA: @Reportingclimat:
http://www.reportingclimatescience.com/news-stories/article/june-sets-record-high-global-temperature-says-noaa.html
[science]
Search for survivors: Which species will outlast rising acidity of oceans?:
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060004097
[wildlife, fish]
Amid respite, U.S. West readies for more wildfires: @AP @SacBee:
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/08/05/6608420/western-california-wildfires.html
[fire]
Skree! President Obama beginning to make #climatehawk noises: @grist:
http://grist.org/climate-energy/president-obama-is-beginning-to-make-climate-hawk-noises/#.U-FMQb0ynag.twitter
Curbing methane emissions needs to be law of land: @HuffPostGreen:
http://huff.to/1pzbx5H
[natural gas]
California’s a Hot (Weather) Mess Right Now: @FutureTenseNow:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/08/04/mudslides_drought_record_heat_california_s_a_hot_weather_mess.html
[drought, heat waves, landslides]
#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
#FF/join/contribute to: @mmfa @climateprogress @ClimateCentral @citizensclimate @350 @ClimateReality #climate #divest !
http://fw.to/SzdzxRj
[wildlife, food, denial, science]
Burlington [ON] flood: Cities face 'new breed' of storms, climatologist says:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/burlington-flood-cities-face-new-breed-of-storms-climatologist-says-1.2729012
[flooding]
Yosemite: Wildlife threatened by shrinking snowpacks, drought, wildfires: @AJAM:
http://alj.am/1v7sXw2
RT @ClimateCentral: Climate context of Sunday's nearly 500-year rain event that flooded So. California:
http://bit.ly/WZGHds
[flooding, science]
June Sets Record High Global Temperature, Says @NOAA: @Reportingclimat:
http://www.reportingclimatescience.com/news-stories/article/june-sets-record-high-global-temperature-says-noaa.html
[science]
Search for survivors: Which species will outlast rising acidity of oceans?:
http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060004097
[wildlife, fish]
Amid respite, U.S. West readies for more wildfires: @AP @SacBee:
http://www.sacbee.com/2014/08/05/6608420/western-california-wildfires.html
[fire]
Skree! President Obama beginning to make #climatehawk noises: @grist:
http://grist.org/climate-energy/president-obama-is-beginning-to-make-climate-hawk-noises/#.U-FMQb0ynag.twitter
Curbing methane emissions needs to be law of land: @HuffPostGreen:
http://huff.to/1pzbx5H
[natural gas]
California’s a Hot (Weather) Mess Right Now: @FutureTenseNow:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/08/04/mudslides_drought_record_heat_california_s_a_hot_weather_mess.html
[drought, heat waves, landslides]
#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
#FF/join/contribute to: @mmfa @climateprogress @ClimateCentral @citizensclimate @350 @ClimateReality #climate #divest !
Friday, July 11, 2014
Climate tweets for 10 July 2014
RT EcoWatch @EcoWatch:
#FF/join/contribute to: @mmfa @climateprogress @ClimateCentral @citizensclimate @350 @ClimateReality #climate #divest !
#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
Gov. Christie Tries Again to Pull New Jersey Out of Greenhouse Gas Initiative:
http://ow.ly/z16sf @sierraclub http://pic.twitter.com/yulAEpGK0P
[Chris Christie, Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, RGGI]
Scientists wary as water, ice build behind glacier dam above Juneau:
[flooding, Alaska]
Watch How Solar Power Is Transforming Rural India: @climateprogress:
[energy, renewable energy]
Amid Alleged 'War on Coal,' Nebraska Utility Finds 'Path Forward': @usnews:
[energy, renewable energy, wind energy, wind power, Omaha Public Power District, OPPD]
In Kentucky Senate race, coal is where heart is: @suzyji @guardian:
[energy]
Report urges Virginia to take regional approach to climate change:
[sea level, flooding]
No False Choices: To Preserve Livable Climate, Slash Both CO2 & Methane ASAP: @climateprogress:
[science]
207 cities identify climate change risks: @RTCCnews:
“Fossil industry is subprime danger of this cycle” / solar the future: @jeremyleggett:
[investing, risk, divestment, Jeremy Leggett]
RT Andrew Freedman @afreedma:
By 2100, summers in Phoenix will be more like summers in Kuwait today, report finds.
[science]
#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
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
Climate tweets for 24 June 2014
Drifting off Portugal is frontrunner in global race for floating windfarms:
RT Emergency Management @EmergencyMgtMag:
6 key takeaways from Colorado’s devastating flooding:
http://bit.ly/1pLdkFx
RT Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann:
RT @ClimateNow US House votes to direct the Pentagon to disregard #climatechange assessments:
http://bit.ly/1iCUmjH #DangerouslyMisguided
MT @climate_politix:
Why National Carbon Tax Would Be Amazing — In 4 Charts:
http://thkpr.gs/1lM2e33
[wind energy, wind power, offshore wind]
Too Hot to Handle: Heat wave deaths likely to climb as planet warms:
[health]
King Coal's crown starts to slip amid rising investment backlash in Australia: @smh
[investing, divestment]
Why we care about the 97% expert consensus on human-caused global warming: @dana1981
[science]
.@MikeBloomberg, Hank Paulson, @TomSteyer kick off "Risky Business" #carbontax effort:
Report Details Economic Impacts of Climate Change: @tnr
Bipartisan Report Tallies High Toll on Economy From Global Warming:
RT Scaling Green @scalinggreen:
Fox News Cites Birther To Claim NASA "Faked" Global Warming
[denial, Steven Goddard]
RT 350 dot org @350:
Hot off the presses: @350Mass's new report on the climate case against natural gas:
[science]
RT bennydiego @bennydiego:
#ActOnClimate #climatechange #climate #GlobalWarming #cleanair #cleanwater #windpower #solarpower
[denial]
RT Barack Obama @BarackObama:
Solar energy is more accessible than you think: #ActOnClimate in your own community. #PutSolarOnIt:
RT Emergency Management @EmergencyMgtMag:
6 key takeaways from Colorado’s devastating flooding:
http://bit.ly/1pLdkFx
RT Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann:
RT @ClimateNow US House votes to direct the Pentagon to disregard #climatechange assessments:
http://bit.ly/1iCUmjH #DangerouslyMisguided
MT @climate_politix:
Why National Carbon Tax Would Be Amazing — In 4 Charts:
http://thkpr.gs/1lM2e33
Friday, June 6, 2014
Climate tweets for 5 June 2014
Record Heat Wave in Northeast Asia: @wunderground
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=278
Could Fossil Fuel Execs be Personally Liable for Climate Damages?: http://climatecrocks.com/2014/06/05/could-fossil-fuel-execs-be-personally-liable-for-climate-damages/
[denial]
RT Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus:
Not good, Las Vegas: there hasn't been this little water in June since Hoover Dam was built. http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/06/05/lake_mead_which_supplies_most_of_las_vegas_water_is_at_record_low_levels.html http://pic.twitter.com/UuvEfYdqBj
[Nevada, drought]
RT Richard Branson @richardbranson:
#climatechange is no joke - but this hilarious cartoon gets a serious message across perfectly
http://virg.in/cln http://pic.twitter.com/XziJVAf3Ma
.@Energy Dept Bombshell: LNG Has No Climate Benefit for Decades, IF EVER* http://thkpr.gs/1pGcLhv
[natural gas, methane]
El Paso Health Dept declares extreme weather emergency due to heat wave: http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_25896590/el-paso-health-department-declares-extreme-weather-emergency
[Texas]
The Global Energy Market’s Moment of Truth: @PaulGilding http://paulgilding.com/2014/06/05/global-energy-markets-moment-of-truth/
[investing, divestment, carbon bubble]
Been There, Done That: New @EPA Rule No Big Deal In Colorado http://thkpr.gs/1pI4JVy
Winds, Interrupted--El Niño Tearing Hole Through Trades | robertscribbler http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/winds-interrupted-el-nino-tearing-a-hole-through-the-trades/
RT Michael Halpern @halpsci:
@MichaelEMann FYI, @NYTimeskrugman on Pielke Jr. and fallacious arguments http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/energy-choices … ht @GretchenTG
[science, denial]
RT Carbon Tracker @CarbonBubble:
China policies on air pollution and water scarcity crises reducing the attractiveness of coal to meet power demand
http://pic.twitter.com/7v8lsL04Yv
[investing, divestment]
RT Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus:
"I think we're fucked." —@ezraklein
http://www.vox.com/2014/6/5/5779040/7-reasons-America-fail-global-warming
… The best example of climate change pessimism I've ever read.
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=278
Could Fossil Fuel Execs be Personally Liable for Climate Damages?: http://climatecrocks.com/2014/06/05/could-fossil-fuel-execs-be-personally-liable-for-climate-damages/
[denial]
RT Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus:
Not good, Las Vegas: there hasn't been this little water in June since Hoover Dam was built. http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/06/05/lake_mead_which_supplies_most_of_las_vegas_water_is_at_record_low_levels.html http://pic.twitter.com/UuvEfYdqBj
[Nevada, drought]
RT Richard Branson @richardbranson:
#climatechange is no joke - but this hilarious cartoon gets a serious message across perfectly
http://virg.in/cln http://pic.twitter.com/XziJVAf3Ma
.@Energy Dept Bombshell: LNG Has No Climate Benefit for Decades, IF EVER* http://thkpr.gs/1pGcLhv
[natural gas, methane]
El Paso Health Dept declares extreme weather emergency due to heat wave: http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_25896590/el-paso-health-department-declares-extreme-weather-emergency
[Texas]
The Global Energy Market’s Moment of Truth: @PaulGilding http://paulgilding.com/2014/06/05/global-energy-markets-moment-of-truth/
[investing, divestment, carbon bubble]
Been There, Done That: New @EPA Rule No Big Deal In Colorado http://thkpr.gs/1pI4JVy
Winds, Interrupted--El Niño Tearing Hole Through Trades | robertscribbler http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2014/06/04/winds-interrupted-el-nino-tearing-a-hole-through-the-trades/
RT Michael Halpern @halpsci:
@MichaelEMann FYI, @NYTimeskrugman on Pielke Jr. and fallacious arguments http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/05/energy-choices … ht @GretchenTG
[science, denial]
RT Carbon Tracker @CarbonBubble:
China policies on air pollution and water scarcity crises reducing the attractiveness of coal to meet power demand
http://pic.twitter.com/7v8lsL04Yv
[investing, divestment]
RT Eric Holthaus @EricHolthaus:
"I think we're fucked." —@ezraklein
http://www.vox.com/2014/6/5/5779040/7-reasons-America-fail-global-warming
… The best example of climate change pessimism I've ever read.
Monday, April 14, 2014
Climate tweets for 13 April 2014
.@IPCC: Cost of Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change Super-Affordable if We Act Now: @wunderground
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2663
[science]
U.N. Climate Panel Warns Speedier Action Needed: @NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/14/science/earth/un-climate-panel-warns-speedier-action-is-needed-to-avert-disaster.html?hp&_r=0
[science]
.@IPCC climate report: route map for civilisation's greatest journey: @guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2014/apr/13/ipcc-climate-report-a-route-map-for-civilisations-greatest-jour
[science]
EU throws down gauntlet to big emitters: @themmailonline http://www.themalaymailonline.com/world/article/eu-throws-down-gauntlet-to-big-emitters
(As countries dash for gas) UN set to warn countries over 'dash for gas': @BBCNews http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-26975090
[energy, natural gas]
Ikea investing in Illinois wind farm: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-ikea-illinois-wind-farm-investment-20140410,0,149333.story
[wind energy]
.@SierraClub: Leave Wyoming's coal, oil shale ' climate disrupters' in ground: @WyoFile
http://wyofile.com/dustin/sierra-club-leave-wyomings-coal-oil-shale-ground/
[energy]
RT Climate Reality @ClimateReality:
RT @CleanAirMoms: I just supported Cut CO2 Pollution on Earth Day on @ThunderclapIt // @ClimateReality
http://thndr.it/1gC1nzi
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2663
[science]
U.N. Climate Panel Warns Speedier Action Needed: @NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/14/science/earth/un-climate-panel-warns-speedier-action-is-needed-to-avert-disaster.html?hp&_r=0
[science]
.@IPCC climate report: route map for civilisation's greatest journey: @guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/damian-carrington-blog/2014/apr/13/ipcc-climate-report-a-route-map-for-civilisations-greatest-jour
[science]
EU throws down gauntlet to big emitters: @themmailonline http://www.themalaymailonline.com/world/article/eu-throws-down-gauntlet-to-big-emitters
(As countries dash for gas) UN set to warn countries over 'dash for gas': @BBCNews http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-26975090
[energy, natural gas]
Ikea investing in Illinois wind farm: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-ikea-illinois-wind-farm-investment-20140410,0,149333.story
[wind energy]
.@SierraClub: Leave Wyoming's coal, oil shale ' climate disrupters' in ground: @WyoFile
http://wyofile.com/dustin/sierra-club-leave-wyomings-coal-oil-shale-ground/
[energy]
RT Climate Reality @ClimateReality:
RT @CleanAirMoms: I just supported Cut CO2 Pollution on Earth Day on @ThunderclapIt // @ClimateReality
http://thndr.it/1gC1nzi
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Climate tweets for 19 February 2014
By Time Natural Gas Has Net Climate Benefit You’ll Likely Be Dead, Climate Ruined: http://thkpr.gs/1jHQ079
RT Climate Reality @ClimateReality: #IAMPROSNOW Climate Ambassador @TedLigety wins gold at the @WinterOlympics. #Sochi2014 proud!
http://pic.twitter.com/dJuExKVzkg
Melting summer sea ice turning Arctic 8% darker, making Earth warmer: study: @borenbears http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/world/Melting%20summer%20turning%20Arctic%20cent%20darker%20which%20makes%20Earth/9516980/story.html
Scientists worry @IPCC underestimating sea level rise: @dana1981 @guardian http://gu.com/p/3mnpe/tw
RT ClimateCommunication @ClimateComms: WATCH: The Arctic has lost a SHOCKING amount of older ice. http://huff.to/1feG2cZ
Increase in Arctic cyclones linked to climate change, new study shows: @physorg_com http://phys.org/news/2014-02-arctic-cyclones-linked-climate.html
Surprise! Floods get UK politicians talking about climate change: http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/02/climate-change-has-finally-returned-mainstream-issue
"Blessed" Rains Become Curse in Antigua: @IPSnews http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/02/blessed-rains-become-curse-antigua/
Financier @TomSteyer Plans Big Ad Campaign on Climate Change: @nytimes http://nyti.ms/1fuoTIR
RT Climate Reality @ClimateReality: #IAMPROSNOW Climate Ambassador @TedLigety wins gold at the @WinterOlympics. #Sochi2014 proud!
http://pic.twitter.com/dJuExKVzkg
Melting summer sea ice turning Arctic 8% darker, making Earth warmer: study: @borenbears http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/world/Melting%20summer%20turning%20Arctic%20cent%20darker%20which%20makes%20Earth/9516980/story.html
Scientists worry @IPCC underestimating sea level rise: @dana1981 @guardian http://gu.com/p/3mnpe/tw
RT ClimateCommunication @ClimateComms: WATCH: The Arctic has lost a SHOCKING amount of older ice. http://huff.to/1feG2cZ
Increase in Arctic cyclones linked to climate change, new study shows: @physorg_com http://phys.org/news/2014-02-arctic-cyclones-linked-climate.html
Surprise! Floods get UK politicians talking about climate change: http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/2014/02/climate-change-has-finally-returned-mainstream-issue
"Blessed" Rains Become Curse in Antigua: @IPSnews http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/02/blessed-rains-become-curse-antigua/
Financier @TomSteyer Plans Big Ad Campaign on Climate Change: @nytimes http://nyti.ms/1fuoTIR
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Climate tweets for 3 February 2014
Editorial: Why not get tough on water use, California?: @LATimes http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-water-conservation-los-angeles-20140202,0,85058.story#axzz2sFmZXfXF
RT Margo Pellegrino @slowpaddler: The climate risks of natural gas: http://j.mp/MqcYV2 New infographic: http://twitpic.com/dubpkl
Editorial: Rising costs of climate change require response: @JapanTimes http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/02/02/editorials/rising-costs-of-climate-change/#.Uu_LH2RdVWN
In UK, Pro-green Tories challenge conservative party's climate change sceptics: @guardian http://gu.com/p/3mcq9/tw
Flooded British villages ignite climate debate: @physorg_com http://phys.org/news/2014-02-british-villages-ignite-climate-debate.html
Heed warnings in extreme weather – or risk collapse: @guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2014/jan/31/climate-change-extreme-weather-earth
Arctic Sea Ice Decline: Tamino Lays It Out on Open Mind: http://tamino.wordpress.com/2014/02/02/arctic-sea-ice-decline/
RT Bill McKibben @billmckibben: Please attend one of the vigils tonite--we're fighting hard to stop KXL and to help the climate. It takes a movement: http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/03/vigils-protest-keystone-xl/
RT @climateprogress: Alaska's lake ice beating hasty retreat: http://thkpr.gs/1esHGra
Flooding: too little defence, too late, as waters rise: @guardian http://gu.com/p/3mcfx/tw
RT Christopher Hayes @chrislhayes: My comment on today's Keystone news: Reject the Logic of Addiction http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/keystone-xl-time-to-end-the-addiction-132949571674
RT Margo Pellegrino @slowpaddler: The climate risks of natural gas: http://j.mp/MqcYV2 New infographic: http://twitpic.com/dubpkl
Editorial: Rising costs of climate change require response: @JapanTimes http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2014/02/02/editorials/rising-costs-of-climate-change/#.Uu_LH2RdVWN
In UK, Pro-green Tories challenge conservative party's climate change sceptics: @guardian http://gu.com/p/3mcq9/tw
Flooded British villages ignite climate debate: @physorg_com http://phys.org/news/2014-02-british-villages-ignite-climate-debate.html
Heed warnings in extreme weather – or risk collapse: @guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/blog/2014/jan/31/climate-change-extreme-weather-earth
Arctic Sea Ice Decline: Tamino Lays It Out on Open Mind: http://tamino.wordpress.com/2014/02/02/arctic-sea-ice-decline/
RT Bill McKibben @billmckibben: Please attend one of the vigils tonite--we're fighting hard to stop KXL and to help the climate. It takes a movement: http://ecowatch.com/2014/02/03/vigils-protest-keystone-xl/
RT @climateprogress: Alaska's lake ice beating hasty retreat: http://thkpr.gs/1esHGra
Flooding: too little defence, too late, as waters rise: @guardian http://gu.com/p/3mcfx/tw
RT Christopher Hayes @chrislhayes: My comment on today's Keystone news: Reject the Logic of Addiction http://www.msnbc.com/all-in/watch/keystone-xl-time-to-end-the-addiction-132949571674
Monday, March 26, 2012
Take the blinders off!
In the wake of the astonishing record heat wave of recent days (see U.S. heat 'unprecedented,' 7,000 records set or tied, Reuters, March 23), the flow of what-me-worry reporting from the New
York Times continued, with a lengthy article by Clifford Krauss and
Eric Lipton on the new U.S. oil and natural gas drilling boom.
Krauss and Lipton tell the story of how increased oil & gas production from fracking and better auto efficiency due to rising fleet economy standards have combined to put U.S. oil imports on a downward trajectory after a long climb. "[T]he domestic trends are unmistakable," they write. "Not only has the United States reduced oil imports from members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries by more than 20 percent in the last three years, it has become a net exporter of refined petroleum products like gasoline for the first time since the Truman presidency. The natural gas industry, which less than a decade ago feared running out of domestic gas, is suddenly dealing with a glut so vast that import facilities are applying for licenses to export gas to Europe and Asia."
Whoopee! The only thing missing from this saga of new hydrocarbon wealth is its impact on global warming. Climate change is mentioned just three times, briefly, and in a political context rather than a scientific one: while Candidate Obama "promoted policies to help combat global warming" in 2008, President Obama has "de-emphasized the challenges of climate change."
I know, I know, it's an energy story, but the question remains: how much longer before energy stories (not to mention weather stories) are viewed as incomplete unless they incorporate discussion of global warming? It's been a long wait: in 1990, I wrote a letter to the Times complaining about a similar non-mention of climate in a story about the glowing market prospects for the coal industry.
Not that there aren't encouraging signs. Over at the Washington Post, which has been equally out to lunch on global warming, the editorial staff put together a strong screed on the subject today (Rising concern on climate change, March 24). Said the Post sternly, "[T]he only energy debate America seems capable of having during this election year revolves around whom to blame for higher gas prices and who can bring them down again. Neither of those is the first, second or even 10th question we’d ask of America’s leaders on energy."
I agree, it's a problem. But when the most respected news sources publish story after story about high gas prices and energy with barely a mention of the most important problem with which they are inextricably intertwined, what are political candidates supposed to do?
The blinders have to come off. The tunnel vision has to stop. And as hard as the media try to pass the buck, it has to start with them finding ways to ask the hard questions and change the national conversation. (For an entirely different take, see Lessons from Obama's Keystone Cave-In by Jeff Goodell on Rolling Stone's Politics blog, March 23, in which he asks the burning question: Will Barack Obama go down in history as the President who cooked the planet?)
Krauss and Lipton tell the story of how increased oil & gas production from fracking and better auto efficiency due to rising fleet economy standards have combined to put U.S. oil imports on a downward trajectory after a long climb. "[T]he domestic trends are unmistakable," they write. "Not only has the United States reduced oil imports from members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries by more than 20 percent in the last three years, it has become a net exporter of refined petroleum products like gasoline for the first time since the Truman presidency. The natural gas industry, which less than a decade ago feared running out of domestic gas, is suddenly dealing with a glut so vast that import facilities are applying for licenses to export gas to Europe and Asia."
Whoopee! The only thing missing from this saga of new hydrocarbon wealth is its impact on global warming. Climate change is mentioned just three times, briefly, and in a political context rather than a scientific one: while Candidate Obama "promoted policies to help combat global warming" in 2008, President Obama has "de-emphasized the challenges of climate change."
I know, I know, it's an energy story, but the question remains: how much longer before energy stories (not to mention weather stories) are viewed as incomplete unless they incorporate discussion of global warming? It's been a long wait: in 1990, I wrote a letter to the Times complaining about a similar non-mention of climate in a story about the glowing market prospects for the coal industry.
Not that there aren't encouraging signs. Over at the Washington Post, which has been equally out to lunch on global warming, the editorial staff put together a strong screed on the subject today (Rising concern on climate change, March 24). Said the Post sternly, "[T]he only energy debate America seems capable of having during this election year revolves around whom to blame for higher gas prices and who can bring them down again. Neither of those is the first, second or even 10th question we’d ask of America’s leaders on energy."
I agree, it's a problem. But when the most respected news sources publish story after story about high gas prices and energy with barely a mention of the most important problem with which they are inextricably intertwined, what are political candidates supposed to do?
The blinders have to come off. The tunnel vision has to stop. And as hard as the media try to pass the buck, it has to start with them finding ways to ask the hard questions and change the national conversation. (For an entirely different take, see Lessons from Obama's Keystone Cave-In by Jeff Goodell on Rolling Stone's Politics blog, March 23, in which he asks the burning question: Will Barack Obama go down in history as the President who cooked the planet?)
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