It's Burning: Climate tweets for 3 July 2014

Friday, July 4, 2014

RT Peter Gleick @PeterGleick:

The California drought gets worse. 100% of state in "severe to exceptional" drought as of July 1.

[water, food, agriculture, farming]

RT Bill McKibben @billmckibben · 21h
If we switched $ from fossil fuel subsidies to renewables, we could basically fund a clean energy world

[energy, renewable energy]

I Didn't Care About Climate Change Until I Visited Greenland — Now I'm Freaking Out About It:

[glaciers, sea level]

RT Bill McKibben @billmckibben:

Archbishop of the Church of Sweden (first women in that role ever) endorses divestment:

@FossilFreeSWE

[investing, carbon bubble]

Fairbanks, Alaska, sees 1/4 of average annual rainfall in 24 hrs:

[flooding]

5 Ways to Have A Climate-Friendly 4th Of July Without Driving Everyone Crazy:

http://thkpr.gs/1qTw7hu via @climateprogress

RT ClimateCommunication @ClimateComms:
"I have seen firsthand how climate disruption puts more of my fellow soldiers at greater risk."
http://dmreg.co/1lB2Jat
[military, national security]

Climate Uncertainty and Climate Risk: @mtobis
http://initforthegold.blogspot.com/2014/07/climate-uncertainty-and-climate-risk.html
[science, Michael Tobis]

In Heartland & Beyond, Businesses Get It: Not Cutting Carbon Pollution Is Risky Business
http://huff.to/1lUhrye

RT CitizensClimateLobby @citizensclimate:
Gearing Up: @LCVoters brings in climate muscle for election season:
http://ow.ly/yKvma via @TheHill @DanJWeiss

South Florida sea level rise needs urgent action: task force: @reuters
http://reut.rs/V9hHzb

Virginia gov revives climate change panel, cites threat:
http://wapo.st/TAf5ZA
[sea level]

In dry California, water fetching record prices: @woodlandnews
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/news/ci_26071276/dry-california-water-is-fetching-record-prices
[drought, farming, food, agriculture]

RT James Byrne @byrnejm:
RT, sign! Petition to world leaders - keep #climatechange < 2°C @climatehawk1 @ClimateNow @ClimateComms
http://goo.gl/155Qr3

It's Burning