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:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/ambroseevans_pritchard/11046842/Oil-industry-on-borrowed-time-as-switch-to-gas-and-solar-accelerates.html 

[energy, natural gas]

Editorial: Climate change is upon us and we must act: @guardian:

http://gu.com/p/3pbxh/tw 

Sorry @BillGates, You Are Wrong on Renewable Energy: @GreentechMedia: 

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/sorry-bill-gates-you-are-wrong-on-clean-energy

[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. 

http://pic.twitter.com/oOXDvbCfh7

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

Climate tweets for 17 June 2014

RT Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann:

"Earth Has Warmest May on Record..Spring Could Be Warmest" via @Mashable (h/t @PeterGleick): … #WarmingHasStopped #NOT

http://mashable.com/2014/06/17/earth-warmest-may-spring/ 

RT Bill McKibben @billmckibben: 

CA drought dries up honey supply … 'never seen a year like this'

http://blogs.kqed.org/science/audio/california-drought-dries-up-honey-supply/ 

#ClimateDeaths: Indian Heat Wave Claims 100s Of Lives: @climateprogress

http://thkpr.gs/1qlsC5E 

How to Sell a Carbon Tax: @BV 
http://bv.ms/1lqvM64
[investing, divestment, carbon bubble]

MT @SierraClubCA: National People's #Climate March in NYC this coming September 
http://peoplesclimatemarch.org

The Delusion of the “Good Anthropocene”: Reply to Andrew @Revkin: @CliveCHamilton 
http://clivehamilton.com/the-delusion-of-the-good-anthropocene-reply-to-andrew-revkin/ 
[denial]

RT Hot Topic @hottopicnz:
Extreme weather? It’s here now, and I’m getting fed up with it: http://thedailyblog.co.nz/2014/06/18/you-aint-seen-nothing-yet/ 

Crunch time: Fight over renewable energy continues in Kansas GOP primary: @LJWorld 
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2014/jun/15/fight-over-renewable-energy-continues-gop-primary/
[Koch, denial]

Asia ponders future that is too hot to grow: @ChinaDailyUSA http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/greenchina/2014-06/16/content_17588904.htm
[China]

MT @CoCreatr: U.S. Climate Action—The Truth About Its “Costs” … via @rockymtninst
http://blog.rmi.org/blog_2014_06_05_us_climate_action_the_truth_about_its_costs#.U5z9HtOjR2E.twitter 

RT INCR @INCRnews:
UK & China just released this joint statement on #Climate Action … via @jconnoroz
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/320665/UK_PRC_Joint_Climate_Change_Statement.pdf 

Sioux Falls, S.D., 38% above monthly all-time rainfall record w/ 14 days left in June: http://www.wunderground.com/blog/weatherhistorian/comment.html?entrynum=282
[flooding]

Climate tweets for 3 June 2014

Drought Drives Drilling Frenzy in California--for Water: @KQED
http://blogs.kqed.org/science/audio/drought-drives-drilling-frenzy-for-groundwater-in-california/ 
[farming, food, agriculture]

.@IPCC: Millions of words on climate change are not enough: Simple Climate
https://simpleclimate.wordpress.com/2014/05/31/ipcc-millions-of-words-on-climate-change-are-not-enough/
[science]

May Likely to Break Global High Temp Record as El Niño Conditions Strengthen: 
https://robertscribbler.wordpress.com/2014/06/02/may-likely-to-break-global-high-temperature-records-as-el-nino-conditions-strengthen-in-pacific/
[science]

Thanks, Climate Change! Llano River 9.5-inch Rain Exemplifies Extreme Weather: 
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/monikamaeckle/2014/05/thanks-climate-change-llano-river-9-5-inch-rain-exemplifies-extreme-weather/ 
[flooding, Texas]

#climatedeaths MT @billmckibben: 'Freak heat wave' hospitalizes 1600 in Japan 
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/140603/freak-heatwave-kills-4-hospitalizes-1600-japan-last-week 

Capturing every drop: Kansas city learns to live with drought: @kcstar 
http://www.kansascity.com/2014/06/01/5060818/capturing-every-drop-russell-kan.html
[water]

RT Alexander Verbeek @Alex_Verbeek:
Here’s How Much U.S. Summers Have Warmed Since 1970
http://ow.ly/3lk4an http://pic.twitter.com/fuI96pJU5u

RT ClimateNexusHotNews @ClimateHotNews:
RT @PeterGleick: To those who claim climate rules will destroy economy, here's how that worked out in the past. 
http://pic.twitter.com/X0jjKOn4G0
[denial]

@.CitizensLobbyCa sees support ... but where are media?: 
http://citizensclimatelobby.ca/content/ccl-canada-sees-support 
[Citizens' Climate Lobby Canada]

Major Companies Distance Selves From U.S. Chamber Campaign Against Climate Plan 
http://thkpr.gs/1pDlVeI
[denial, investing, divestment]

Where is signboard to warn of #climate catastrophe?: @guardian
http://gu.com/p/3pm4c/tw 

Climate tweets for 8 May 2014

Media Figure Out American Climate Beliefs Are Outliers--But Do They Share Blame?
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/05/07/3435238/media-americans-climate-beliefs/
[denial, journalism]

Postcards Target Elderly In Attempt to Spread Clean-Energy Disinformation 
http://thkpr.gs/1kS915A
[Koch, Kansas, renewable energy, denial]

RT Media Matters ‏@mmfa:
Only one major newspaper downplayed the new climate change report on their front page: 
http://mm4a.org/1s3MQgH  http://pic.twitter.com/kA5If1C1la
[denial, Wall Street Journal]

RT ClimateCommunication ‏@ClimateComms:
Religious leaders should divest from fossil fuels, says UN climate chief @CFigueres:
http://gu.com/p/3p2c8/tw
[investing, divestment, faith, religion, Christiana Figueres]

As Population Surges, Harsh Climate of Southwest U.S. Will Only Get Harsher 
http://thkpr.gs/1oarNeN 
[National Climate Assessment, drought, water]

From Snow to Sweat: Kansas Skips Spring: @climateprogress
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/05/08/3435565/kansas-heat-wave/
[heat waves]

U.S. companies doze as climate change threatens: @TheDailyClimate
http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2014/05/climate-investment-risk
[investing, divestment]

Opinion: Tired of Big Coal telling our pols what to do: @Kentuckycom
http://www.kentucky.com/2014/05/07/3230997/carl-shoupe-tired-of-big-coal.html

RT Bill McKibben ‏@billmckibben:
Hearing reports of many arrests of peaceful protesters at Peabody Coal's annual meeting. Many thanks for the leadership! #StopPeabody

On climate change, Republicans can’t deny reality forever: @paulwaldman1
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2014/05/06/on-climate-change-republicans-cant-deny-reality-forever/
[denial]

Climate tweets for 30 April 2014

Epic Rains Deluge Florida Panhandle and Parts of Alabama: @ClimateCentral
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/torrential-rains-deluge-florida-panhandle-17371 
[flooding]

RT Eric Holthaus ‏@EricHolthaus:
.@NWSMobile: Perspective on last night's "historic rainfall event". 
http://www.srh.noaa.gov/mob/?n=flashflood_04292014
http://pic.twitter.com/XL4LUw9SxZ
[flooding]

RT Eric Holthaus ‏@EricHolthaus:
Yes, there's a link btw climate change and last night's historic floods in Florida. I explain:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2014/04/30/record_rains_and_extreme_weather_florida_s_floods_are_linked_to_climate.html http://pic.twitter.com/DlmNb38ln3

Indian Monsoons Becoming More Extreme: @SciAm
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/indian-monsoons-are-becoming-more-extreme/
[farming, food, agriculture]

Washington State Announces Effort to Take Climate Fight Into Its Own Hands: @climateprogress 
http://thkpr.gs/1khvBnT  #divest

Exxon, Total and Shell finally talking about #climate change: @guardian
http://gu.com/p/3zngz/tw 
[oil, investing, divestment]

Fascinating piece on how climate change denial industry fakes alarmism: @RealClimate
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2014/04/faking-it/ 
[science]

Kansas Wheat Turning Brown Shows Drought Damage for Winter Crops:
@BloombergNews 
http://bloom.bg/1kftyC2
[water, food, farming, agriculture]

What climate denial, oil addiction, xenophobia have in common: Neocons: @guardian
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/earth-insight/2014/apr/29/climate-denial-oil-addiction-xenophobia-neocons
… #globalwarming

RT 350 dot org @350: 
BREAKING: @DivestHarvard blocking doors to Admin. offices to demand open meeting on divestment w/trustees: 
http://bit.ly/1iCBfzm 
[investing, Harvard]

Climate tweets for 27 March 2014

How Scientists Are Moving Climate Change Conversation Forward: @MichaelEMann @EcoWatch: 
http://ecowatch.com/2014/03/27/scientists-climate-change-conversation/ 
[science]

Kansas House Rejects Koch-Backed Push to Kill Clean Energy Law: @climateprogress 
http://thkpr.gs/1iBennr 
[wind power, wind energy, energy policy, denial]

British Columbia enacted the most significant carbon tax in the W. Hemisphere—and it worked 
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/03/british-columbia-carbon-tax-sanity 
[energy policy]

Statistics and Climate Science: Roger Pielke Missed Mark: http://huff.to/1he9Pnd 

10,853 of 10,855 science papers agree: Global warming is happening, humans to blame: @Salon http://www.salon.com/2014/03/25/10853_out_of_10855_scientists_agree_man_made_global_warming_is_happening/ 

Climate change to make downpours more violent: expert: @smh http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/climate-change-to-make-downpours-more-violent-expert-20140326-35hx4.html 
[flooding]

RT TckTckTck ‏@tcktcktck:
'It’ll affect nearly every aspect of human life on this planet': Strong warning on #ClimateImpacts ahead of IPCC: 
http://pic.twitter.com/RLAxZ58C1i
[science]

RT Climate Progress ‏@climateprogress:
One simple graphic explains the difference between climate science and climate politics: 
http://thkpr.gs/1mwU12B  http://pic.twitter.com/K4JHErdONX

Watch this scientist fight climate change on the gorgeous Olympic Coast: @Grist http://grist.org/climate-energy/watch-this-scientist-fight-climate-change-on-the-gorgeous-olympic-coast/ 
[science]