Climate tweets for 7 September 2014

The Wall Street Journal Parade of Climate Lies: @HuffPostBlog:
http://huff.to/WtS3pb @WSJ 
[denial]

We Have 5 Years to Stop Building Coal Plants, Gas-Powered Cars: @motherboard:
http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/read/the-carbon-age-needs-to-end-in-2018
[science]

RT Al Gore @algore:
Retired Lt. Gen. Russel L. Honore, Katrina’s “Category 5 General,” says oil & gas industry is hijacking our democracy: http://ow.ly/3qg3jU

RT The Daily Edge @TheDailyEdge:
Oops... "Libertarian" Koch Brothers secretly support big government handouts... for Big Oil:
http://www.salon.com/2014/09/07/report_charles_koch_founded_anti_environment_group_to_protect_big_oil_industry_handouts_partner/  http://pic.twitter.com/rOgrE0fbVw
[denial]

RT Al Gore @algore:
#YearsofLiving comes out on DVD today. A terrific, must watch series for all who care about our planet and our future:
http://ow.ly/B6wuc
[Years of Living Dangerously, denial]

RT Climate Hot News @ClimateHotNews
RT @MichaelEMann "Extreme Whether - Climate Denial & Faultlines In America" by Line Krogh for @newsblaze:
http://newsblaze.com/story/20140906071702jnyc.nb/topstory.html

Coming Out on Climate Change: @Medium:
https://medium.com/@LisaPBennett/coming-out-on-climate-change-aaf0cd382e81 
[denial]

RT CitizensClimateLobby @citizensclimate:
NYT's @tomfriedman connects the dots: Fight ISIA and Putin by putting a tax on carbon.
http://nyti.ms/1qpryx8
[national security, oil]

Social media event – 97 hours of climate experts on global warming consensus: @dana1981 @guardianeco:
http://gu.com/p/4xbjv/tw

RT Sierra Club @sierraclub:
Join us in NYC on 9/21 for the #PeoplesClimate March....OR THE KITTENS GET IT!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8OwM9Z
#ActOnClimate

RT 350 dot org @350:
A film by and for the climate movement. Watch now: 
http://go.350.org/WqORtW
#Disruption #PCM
http://pic.twitter.com/H3mX1HE3a2

Brazil drought crisis leads to rationing, tensions: @guardian:

http://gu.com/p/4xb7c/tw 

[water, agriculture, food, farming]

Valley's summer without water: 'How can they let this happen?':

http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/09/06/4108875/valleys-summer-without-water-how.html

[California, water, agriculture, food, farming]

Wildfires threaten Yosemite, other western communities: @csmonitor:

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2014/0906/Wildfires-threaten-Yosemite-other-western-communities?cmpid=addthis_twitter#.VAyx3QG3BhU.twitter

[fire]

100 Die in 5 Days of Flooding in Northern India: @nytimes:

http://nyti.ms/Wq67PX

RT Julie @Juicexlx:

@climatehawk1 Colorado River is running dry:

http://www.fresnobee.com/2014/08/29/4094276_us-official-airs-myths-on-colorado.html?rh=1 

[drought, water, food, farming, agriculture]

China may be ready to kick coal habit: @ClimateNewsNet:

http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2014/09/china-may-be-ready-to-kick-coal-habit/ 

[energy]

Haboob in Coachella Valley highlights dust trend in U.S. West: @mydesert:

http://desert.sn/1rRK8jR

[drought]

'You may not be interested in climate change, but climate change is interested in you'

That's the best line in Tom Friedman's terrific column in today's New York Times, pointing out the climate-driven factors that have played an overlooked role in the political uprisings of the Arab Spring (food prices in Tunisia, water shortages in Yemen).  Friedman references Joe Romm's excellent Climate Progress blog as well (congrats, Joe!) and concludes:

[W]e should all remember that quote attributed to Leon Trotsky: "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you." Well, you may not be interested in climate change, but climate change is interested in you.

Folks, this is not a hoax. We and the Arabs need to figure out — and fast — more ways to partner to mitigate the environmental threats where we can and to build greater resiliency against those where we can’t. Twenty years from now, this could be all that we’re talking about. [emphasis added]