Climate tweets for 27 August 2014

RT Leonardo DiCaprio @LeoDiCaprio:
Seeing the impacts of #TarSands first hand with @SierraClub was a wake up call. #CleanEnergy now! http://pic.twitter.com/OvTYsBwXxU

Climate Scientists Spell Out Stark Danger. Immorality Of Inaction In New Leaked Report:
http://thkpr.gs/1vnsu7Y
[IPCC, science]

Why Electric Vehicles Are Beating Hydrogen Cars Today:
http://thkpr.gs/1tCH1cS
[EV, transportation, fuel cells]

RT CitizensClimateLobby @citizensclimate:
Oh, crap: World’s Existing Power Plants Will Emit 300 Billion Tons Of CO2 In Their Lifetimes:
http://thkpr.gs/1tJPpHJ

Climate change may disrupt global food system w/i decade, @WorldBank says: @p_hannam @smh:
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/climate-change-may-disrupt-global-food-system-within-a-decade-world-bank-says-20140827-108w8x.html
[farming, agriculture, flooding, drought, water]

Obama Pursuing Climate Accord in Lieu of Treaty: @CoralMDavenport:
http://nyti.ms/1pEMccp

Full extent of global coal 'binge' is hidden: researchers: @BBCNews:
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-28942403

Russia’s warming faster than rest of planet—disease, drought, forest fires result: @qz:
http://qz.com/256020
[wildfire, health]

Will Iconic Sequoias Fall to Climate Change?: @LiveScience:
http://shar.es/113RDu
[trees, forests, drought, water]

.@EDF plans climate vote pledge campaign in Colorado:
http://wapo.st/1lcJSZy  via @washingtonpost 

Iowa GOP Senate Nominee, Climate Change Denier Says Koch Network ‘Started My Trajectory’:
http://thkpr.gs/1tL7zc2
[denial, Joni Ernst, Americans for Prosperity, American Legislative Exchange Council, ALEC, Heritage Foundation, Tom Cotton, Cory Gardner, Marco Rubio, Mitch McConnell]

'Climate Change' and 'Global Warming': A pictorial history:
http://www.skepticalscience.com/climate-change-global-warming.html 
… via @skepticscience 
[denial]

6 Ways @WashingtonPost Could Show It’s Serious About Climate Change: @climateprogress:
http://thkpr.gs/1vmb8Zl 
[journalism, George Will, Charles Krauthammer, Sarah Palin, Bjoern Lomborg, Fred Hiatt, Volokh Conspiracy, denial]

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 !

Climate tweets for 2 July 2014

RT AGU Atmos. Sci. @AGUAtmosSci:
'Delayed monsoon hits dairies, souring inflation outlook', #climate: 
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/delayed-monsoon-hits-dairies-souring-225914162.html?soc_src=mediacontentstory … via @YahooFinance
[India, food, agriculture, farming]

Floods sweep across US Midwest as rains swamp Missouri, Illinois: @guardian

http://gu.com/p/3qtet/tw

[flooding]

RT Bill McKibben @billmckibben:

Pretty remarkable images of the rapidly melting glaciers of S. America

http://www.glacialbalance.com/video

[sea level, South America]

Battling Reality: 9 States Join Climate Denier’s Lawsuit Seeking to Dismantle EPA Rule

http://thkpr.gs/1pK3fvf

[Murray Energy, Robert Murray]

Coal Mine's Rejection on Global Warming Grounds Has Major Implications:

@InsideClimate 

http://shar.es/M9fDc

[energy]

Why President Obama's strong words on climate change matter despite weak record:
http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-07-01/why-president-obamas-strong-words-climate-change-matter-despite-his-weak-record 

'Reform conservatism' not enough reform on global warming: @dana1981 @guardian
http://gu.com/p/3qthb/tw

RT TenneyNaumer @TenneyNaumer:
How Can We Accelerate Carbon Reductions? with .@jgkoomey
http://tombowman.com/posts/how-can-we-accelerate-carbon-reductions-with-jon-koomey/
[Jon Koomey, science]

MT @ClimateNow: 4 Questions w/ #Climate #Science “Ambassador” Scott Mandia:
http://bit.ly/1pHh7WR 

Throwing a Wrench in the Climate Denial Machine: @annaclark
http://huff.to/1rKKEfs  via @HuffPostGreen

RT Climate & Security @CntrClimSec:
UK Ministry of Defence: The Destabilising Consequences of Climate Change
http://wp.me/p1t6fZ-1Bw
[national security]

Shedding light on heat: Time for climate change deniers to face reality: @NYDailyNews:
http://nydn.us/1pYlAlI
[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

Climate tweets for 15 June 2014

Melting Antarctic glaciers ‘climate tipping point’, Bonn meeting told:

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/melting-glaciers-a-climate-tipping-point-bonn-meeting-told-1.1831906 

[sea level]

Euro Space Agency scientist: Sea level rise best measure of global warming: @guardian

http://gu.com/p/3q5xj/tw 

[science, European Space Agency]

Museums tiptoe around global warming: @dallasnews

http://share.d-news.co/0quvWmS 
[science, education, denial]

RT janice cowley @moxyladies:
India's oppressive heat wave already bears the fingerprint of global warming 
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/06/11/india_s_heat_wave_is_unbearable_extreme_temperatures_in_new_delhi_mumbai.html
[science]

RT Peter Hannam @p_hannam:
Models 'grossly underestimate' costs of global warming, Nicholas Stern says 
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/models-grossly-underestimate-costs-of-global-warming-nicholas-stern-says-20140616-zs8tr.html 

Obama: Climate Change Deniers Ignoring Science: @ABC
http://abcn.ws/1p7d6q2
[denial]

Tucson, other Arizona cities could be hit by water shortage much sooner than expected:
http://bit.ly/1nHzHu3 
[drought]

Corn / drought: Climate change hits America in gut: @TheDailyClimate
http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2014/06/corn-syrup-climate-impacts
[farming, food, agriculture]

Sea level rise will bring floods to parts of Silicon Valley: @inquirerdotnet
http://shar.es/PyzGJ 
[flooding, California]

RT Climate Reality @ClimateReality:
Wind turbines are a reality for clean power generation now. RT for Global Wind Day
http://pic.twitter.com/nuwsA2VStW
[energy, wind energy]

RT Andrew Freedman @afreedma:
If you’ve been waiting for Obama to go after climate skeptics, full throttle, then this was the speech for you:
http://mashable.com/2014/06/15/obama-climate-change-deniers/ 

Hillary Clinton hints at climate change fears in new book: @RTCCnews
http://shar.es/Pyk5q 

Climate tweets for 2 June 2014

RT Ryan Cunningham @CunningDC
BREAKING: 173 companies, investors endorse @EPA rule on CO2 http://www.ceres.org/press/press-releases/unilever-vf-corp.-mars-incorporated-and-new-york-state-comptroller-join-173-companies-and-investors-in-supporting-epa2019s-new-carbon-standard

RT Sheldon Whitehouse @SenWhitehouse:
Don't believe big polluters' exaggerated claims about @EPA's proposed CO2 rules. My piece for @VICENews: 
https://news.vice.com/article/get-ready-for-more-false-claims-by-big-polluters 

RT Vox @voxdotcom:
Obama’s climate change regulations are less ambitious than what Republicans were proposing in 2008 
http://vox.com/e/5534547 

Republican witness admits expert consensus on human-caused global warming is real: @guardian

http://gu.com/p/3pkd4/tw

[science, denial]

In Norfolk, evidence of climate change in streets at high tide: @WashingtonPost 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/in-norfolk-evidence-of-climate-change-is-in-the-streets-at-high-tide/2014/05/31/fe3ae860-e71f-11e3-8f90-73e071f3d637_story.html 

[Virginia, sea level]

Why Petro-Divestment Movement Is Unstoppable: @TheTyee 
http://www.thetyee.ca/Opinion/2014/06/02/Petro-Divestment-Movement/ 
[investing, carbon bubble]

8 Things You Should Know About Biggest Thing A President’s Ever Done On Global Warming
http://thkpr.gs/1p0L9kH 

Unveiling New Carbon Plan, @EPA Focuses on Flexibility: @nytimes 
http://nyti.ms/1tBo2gH  

Climate change to boost summer flash floods, says study: @BBCNews
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27624478 
[United Kingdom, flooding]

RT The Canary Project @CanaryProjectNY:
@markfollman RT: @RTCCnewswire Interesting new '#climate victory' campaign launched today by @350 + @TheCreativeAct 
http://pic.twitter.com/c67LnwUQ1G

RT Alan Nogee @alannogee:
Intense competition! RT @DanJWeiss: The Most Ridiculous Responses To Obama's New Climate Rules. 
http://thkpr.gs/1pAADmT

RT Daniel J. Weiss @DanJWeiss:
Chamber: Mercury cuts from power plants="rolling blackouts." Didn't occur. Why listen to them on Clean Power Plan? 
http://bit.ly/U0IQ70 

.@ElizKolbert: Stop Writing ‘Scientists Say’ Before ‘GHGs Are Chief Cause Of Global Warming’ 
http://thkpr.gs/1oOTbgD  
[science, journalism, Elizabeth Kolbert]

RT Climate Progress @climateprogress:
'Climate change is here': Australia experiences hottest two years ever recorded
http://thkpr.gs/1iLiFq5  http://pic.twitter.com/VUwczxL0qo

Climate tweets for 1 June 2014

MT @MontePaulsen: "Climate change is moral struggle that will define this century."~Desmond Tutu 
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/desmond-tutu-describes-bitumen-production-as-greed-in-keynote-speech/article18939123/ …

Names That Will Live in Infamy: 7 Groups Defending Global Warming Pollution: 
http://thkpr.gs/1prbjzp
[denial, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), Americans for Prosperity, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE), National Mining Association, Heritage Foundation, American Energy Alliance, Institute for Energy Research (IER)]

Global warming and vulnerability of Greenland's ice sheet: @guardian 
http://gu.com/p/3pkcp/tw
[sea level]

Poll: Most Americans Want Carbon Rules for Power Plants: @climateprogress 
http://thkpr.gs/1prhKCM
[public opinion]

6 charts you should see before Obama unveils new climate plan: @voxdotcom
http://www.vox.com/2014/5/31/5761574/broader-context-for-obamas-upcoming-power-plant-rules

100s evacuated as heavy floods sweep across Siberia: @RT_com 
http://rt.com/news/162736-russia-siberia-altai-flood/ 
[Russia, flooding]

Opinion: Florida’s climate-change deniers are all wet — or will be:
http://hrld.us/1mA8aIM 
[denial]

Price Tag on Carbon as Climate Rescue Plan: @nytimes 
http://nyti.ms/1nIZrqo

RT ClimateNexusHotNews @ClimateHotNews:
RT @eilperin "In just 1st yr that these standards go into effect, up to 100K asthma attacks and 2,100 heart attacks will be avoided," Obama


Monsoon Disrupted By El Nino & Climate Change as India Suffers Deaths from Extreme Heat: 
http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2014/05/30/monsoon-disrupted-by-el-nino-climate-change-as-india-suffers-deaths-crop-losses-from-extreme-heat/
[farming, food, agriculture, heat waves]

Great job, @USChamber on trying to scare us w/ bad math on @EPA regs. How low can you go? #FearMongering 

RT JPascal van Ypersele @JPvanYpersele:
Nice common sense primer by @DrShepherd2013: "But we breathe CO2, what's the big deal?" 
http://butwebreathco2.blogspot.com/2014/05/but-we-breath-co2-whats-big-deal.html … #climate RT @djbrunette

Climate tweets for 30 May 2014

Obama Has to Issue Global Warming Rules — The Law Says So: @TPM 
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/obama-has-to-climate-change-rules-the-law-says-so … [pollution]

How Extreme Weather Is Already Draining Biggest U.S. Corps, By The Numbers: @fastcoexist 
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3030801/how-extreme-weather-is-already-draining-the-biggest-us-companies-by-the-numbers
[investing, divestment]

Fishing Industry Poised to Lose Billion$ Due to Global Warming: @climateprogress http://thkpr.gs/1oO2CNc
[oceans, food]

U.S. carbon emissions rising again after 5-year decline: @BusinessGreen 
http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2347132/us-carbon-emissions-rising-again-after-five-year-decline

Nature: In Past, Antarctica Has Contributed to Sea Level Rise of 14+ Feet/Century: 
http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2014/05/29/nature-human-destabilized-antarctica-capable-of-glacial-outbursts-contributing-to-sea-level-rise-of-14-feet-per-century/
[glaciers]

Rising sea levels will be too much, too fast for Florida: @ConversationEDU http://theconversation.com/rising-sea-levels-will-be-too-much-too-fast-for-florida-27198 

RT Forecast The Facts @ForecastFacts:
Politicians now prefacing climate denial by saying they’re #NotAScientist, as tho that gives them license to lie: 
http://bit.ly/NotAScientist 

.@EPA expands climate change trends list: @TheHill 
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/207489-epa-adds-lyme-disease-wildfires-to-climate-change-indicators#.U4eB3MEoWOU.twitter
[science]

Scientists consider new names for globalwarming (Andy Borowitz satire): http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2014/05/scientists-consider-new-names-for-climate-change.html

RT Bob Farnham @bobthegreenguy:
Join me, @BusinessForward & 1000s of small business owners urging Congress to address global warming. 
http://bit.ly/1dyyj4o
[activism]

RT Bill McKibben @billmckibben:
Big march for divestment at some university called Oxford Saturday http://blueandgreentomorrow.com/2014/05/29/oxford-residents-and-students-to-march-for-fossil-fuel-divestment/
[investing]

RT Elizabeth Kolbert @ElizKolbert:
"A funny thing happened on the way to the diatribe" @NYTimeskrugman on how even foes find cutting CO2 is affordable: 
http://nyti.ms/1ju3Mbg
[Paul Krugman, denial]

#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 !

Climate tweets for 5 May 2014

Climate change is clear and present danger, says landmark U.S. report: @suzyji @guardianus
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/may/04/climate-change-present-us-national-assessment 
[science]

For President Obama, renewed focus on climate: @WashingtonPost
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/for-president-obama-a-renewed-focus-on-climate/2014/05/04/6b81412c-d144-11e3-9e25-188ebe1fa93b_story.html

RT Sierra Club ‏@sierraclub:
We love @neiltyson - check out his take on climate disruption! 
http://sc.org/1nZHQvZ #ActOnClimate http://pic.twitter.com/5c8knFMA8h
[Neil DeGrasse Tyson]

An Open Letter to My Daddy Who Doesn't Accept Climate Change: @annajanejoyner
http://huff.to/1kweMXK 
[faith, religion]

China’s thirsty coal industry guzzles precious water: @SeattleTimes
http://seattletimes.com/html/specialreportspages/2023525450_chinaserieswaterxml.html

RT Andrew Freedman ‏@afreedma:
High Plains burning up as heat wave, fires affect drought-stricken areas
http://mashable.com/2014/05/05/oklahoma-kansas-burning-record-heat-wave/
[water, food, agriculture, wildfire]

India's Assam reels under unseasonal heatwave, water shortage: @down2earthindia
http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/assam-reels-under-unseasonal-heat-wave-water-shortage#.U2e5ieBVYjE.twitter 
[drought, food, farming, agriculture]

Wake Up & Smell the Soaring Cost of Coffee: @ClimateCentral
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/wake-up-and-smell-the-soaring-cost-of-coffee-17394
[food, farming, agriculture, Brazil]

In Iowa, speakers cite climate change’s effect on farms: @gazettedotcom
http://thegazette.com/subject/news/speakers-cite-climate-changes-effect-on-farms-20140504 
[agriculture, food]

RT SCIENCE ‏@ScienceList:
April 2014. The first month that average CO2 was above 400ppm.
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/april-becomes-first-month-with-co2-levels-above-400-ppm-17367 
[science]

Climate tweets for 24 February 2014

This Week’s New Anomaly: Twistersnow; Next Week Polar Vortex Collapse, More Arctic Heat: http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/this-weeks-new-anomaly-features-twistersnow-next-week-to-see-polar-vortex-collapse-more-arctic-heat/ 

RT Clara Vondrich ‏@Clara_Vondrich: Terrific piece by @JeremyLeggett: Investors shirking coal & oil to get ahead of carbon bubble http://wp.me/pRvqL-h4K via @FortuneMagazine

Drought beginning to change how people think about growth in Sacramento region: @sacbee http://www.sacbee.com/2014/02/23/6181571/the-sacramento-region-plans-to.html 

Believe It or Not, January Was Full of Big, Warm Climate Anomalies: @AtlanticCities http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2014/02/january-was-full-big-warm-climate-anomalies/8461/ 

RT Clara Vondrich ‏@Clara_Vondrich: Now THIS is a tipping point: California’s Water Crisis Is Becoming A Beer Crisis http://thkpr.gs/1fxLibN via @climateprogress

When pundits pretend they don't understand climate change: @TIME http://ti.me/1jrfWVd  

"False Spring" events harming fruit crops, forests, butterflies: @ClimateCentral http://www.climatecentral.org/news/why-you-shouldnt-hope-for-an-early-spring-17105 

Obama to Propose Shift in Wildfire Funding, Reflecting Climate Change: @NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/23/us/obama-to-propose-shift-in-wildfire-funding.html?hpw&rref=us&_r=0 

RT Climate & Security ‏@CntrClimSec: Could Britain manage floods like the Dutch? http://www.trust.org/item/20140223230627-seko4/?source=shtw via @TR_Foundation

Animals suffer as drought dries up dams: @p_hannam @smh http://www.smh.com.au/environment/animals/animals-suffer-as-drought-dries-up-dams-20140222-338wo.html 

Climate tweets for 20 February 2014

RT Moms Clean Air Force ‏@CleanAirMoms: 3 months before they see even a draft, ALEC and polluters are opposing carbon pollution limits: http://ow.ly/tPRnv @NRDCSwitchboard

RT Climate Reality ‏@ClimateReality: RT @spunkycarol: Climate Leader @BrianEttling on using humor to communicate Climate Change -- good stuff! https://tinyurl.com/pgbg25y 

Coal Flurry Pipeline: Many Power Plant Shutdowns Expected by 2016: @ClimateCentral http://shar.es/FqUZL 

Snows of the Nile: The search for vanishing equatorial glaciers: @skepticscience http://www.skepticalscience.com/Snows-of-the-Nile-search-vanishing-equatorial-glaciers.html 

Climate change deniers have grasped that markets can't fix climate: @guardian http://gu.com/p/3mqn2/tw 

Accounting for global warming requires looking at oceans: @guardian http://gu.com/p/3mqqz/tw 

Spelling out implications of Arctic sea ice melt for the climate: http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/amplifying-feedbacks-and-the-arctic-heat-scream-study-finds-polar-albedo-falling-at-twice-expected-rate-added-heat-equal-to-25-of-co2-forcing/ 

Emerging New Solar Superpower: Iowa: @greenman3610 http://climatecrocks.com/2014/02/20/emerging-new-solar-superpower-iowa/ 

RT Push Your Parents ‏@PushYourParents: Parents: your pensions are screwing up your children's future http://gu.com/p/3mq2h/tw 

Gravity of climate crisis has yet to sink in nationally: @Think_Or_Swim http://www.thinkorswim.ie/index.php/gravity-of-climate-crisis-has-yet-to-sink-in-nationally/ 

RT Barack Obama ‏@BarackObama: Retweet if you're ready for Congress to accept the science and #ActOnClimate.

Climate tweets for 15 February 2014

Expect no letup in severe weather, UK forecasters warn: @guardian http://gu.com/p/3mn86/tw 

RT Jennifer Welsh ‏@MicrobeLover: This map shows how bipolar our winter has been — http://read.bi/M0udeW  (Image: NOAA) http://pic.twitter.com/Dy9dEEcINe

Courting disaster: California Farms Slow 2 Adopt Water-Saving Technology: @Newsweek http://mag.newsweek.com/2014/02/14/california-drought-water.html 

Exclusive: Drought could make Brazil lower 2014 budget surplus: @Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/12/us-brazil-economy-fiscal-idUSBREA1B1CY20140212 

Obama On California Drought: Climate Change Threatens Nation: @AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/14/obama-california-drought_n_4791906.html 

Letter: Climate change deniers lack facts: @DailyCamera http://www.dailycamera.com/letters/ci_25132739/jeffrey-bennett-climate-change-deniers-lack-facts 

Meltdown: Climate Trends Tell Different Story 4 Great Lakes' Ice: @ClimateCentral http://shar.es/QMJrH 

RT 350orBust ‏@350orbust1: Senators Plan To Stay Up All Night To Talk Climate Change.Thank you @SenWhitehouse! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/13/senate-climate-change_n_4784386.html 

RT CitizensClimateLobby ‏@citizensclimate: Want to build political will for climate solutions? Join the next CCL intro call. http://ow.ly/tEHgc 

Climate change policy at risk because of denial and fear, U.K. energy secretary warns: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/13/climate-change-policy-britain-at-risk-ed-davey-environment-secretary 

Climate tweets for 27 January 2014

Editorial: The bottom line: global warming bad for business: @Suntimes http://www.suntimes.com/opinions/25157053-474/the-bottom-line-global-warming-bad-for-business.html 

RT CitizensClimateLobby ‏@citizensclimate: There are still 5 regional CCL conferences coming up. Find one near you, if you care about climate change. http://ow.ly/t0i11 

RT Climate Reality ‏@ClimateReality: MT @CFigueres: @Davos left me w/the feeling that 2014 is the year the world can & must rise to the climate challenge http://figueres-unfccc.net 

Record Alaskan Warmth, Rains Trigger Huge Avalanche That Isolates Valdez: @wunderground http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2620 

Opinion: War on coal? @courierjournal http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20140126/OPINION04/301260008/David-Ross-Stevens-war-coal-?nclick_check=1 

RT ClimateNow ‏@ClimateNow: NYT: President Obama Should Invite a Scientist Warning About Climate Change http://nyti.ms/1b36SQA 

RT Peter Hannam ‏@p_hannam: Adelaide at 42C+, Geelong 40, Melbourne 37.5C as heatwave outlook at 'extreme' for parts of Victoria http://pic.twitter.com/Vl3BE63VLg

Climate change: Rainforest absorption of CO2 becoming erratic: @Independent http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/climate-change-rainforest-absorption-of-co2-becoming-erratic-9086304.html 

California drought has ranchers selling cattle: @AP http://www.mydesert.com/viewart/20140126/NEWS07/301260016/california-drought-cattle-ranchers 

Don't Bet on Coal and Oil Growth: @HuffPostGreen http://huff.to/1eK96YE 

Climate Change: Arctic in denial?: @dw_english http://blogs.dw.de/ice/?p=14733 

Climate tweets for 25 January 2014

100s of homes face more floods in south of England: @guardian http://gu.com/p/3m6pg/tw 

Obama's Plan to Get World On Board in Fight Against Climate Change: @climateprogress http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/24/3203791/obamas-climate-plan-world/ 

Neverending Deluge: Pacific Heat, Fixed Jet Stream Park Anomalous Cyclone Over Philippines: http://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2014/01/24/the-neverending-deluge-pacific-heat-fixed-jet-stream-parks-anomalous-january-cyclone-lingling-over-philippines-for-two-weeks/

Coalition of foundations to divest from fossil fuel cos, invest in clean energy: http://climatechangepsychology.blogspot.com/2014/01/coalition-of-foundations-to-divest-from.html 

Excellent article: A Win for Climate Scientist Skeptics Compared to Jerry Sandusky: @MotherJones http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/01/michael-mann-climategate-court-victory 

U.S. Industry Awakens to Threat of Climate Change: @NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/24/science/earth/threat-to-bottom-line-spurs-action-on-climate.html?_r=0 

What's Most Dangerous Impact Of Climate Change? @climateprogress http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/22/3191081/dangerous-climate-change-impact/ 

350orBust ‏@350orbust1: @citizensclimate Great article from Forbes "The Silver Bullet of Climate Policy". Yup, it's pricing carbon http://onforb.es/1ffr6Jr 

RT Michael E. Mann ‏@MichaelEMann: Nice LTE in @NYTimes by @DRTucker "Congress and the Climate" http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/25/opinion/congress-and-the-climate.html 

RT Michael Noble ‏@NobleIdeas: Get popcorn: @MichaelEMann closing in on @ceidotorg & @MarkSteynOnline in court http://wp.me/pOYWd-4zm @greenman3610 

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?)