Climate tweets for 4 May 2014

To My Friend the Climate Defeatist: Here's Why I'm Still In the Fight: @CommonDreams 
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2014/04/30-2

When you're in a hole ... Megacities contend with sinking land: @BBCNews
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-27202192 
[sea level, flooding]

Very touching: Whitman College Gets Married! (to Fossil Fuels): @350
http://gofossilfree.org/whitman-college-gets-married/
[investing, divestment]

RT Climate Reality ‏@ClimateReality:
MT @YEARSofLIVING: In 2012, ice that melted in Greenland & flowed into ocean=H20 over Niagara Falls for 5 yrs 
http://bit.ly/ShJAUC
[sea level]

What if the whole world stopped eating meat?: @LV_Anderson @slate
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/feed_the_world/2014/05/meat_eating_and_climate_change_vegetarians_impact_on_the_economy_antibiotics.html 
[vegetarianism, food, farming, ranching, agriculture]

RT Stu Ostro ‏@StuOstro:
By a month! MT @NWSWichita: As @StuOstro mentioned. Today's 102 breaks previous record for >100. The earliest >100 before was June 4th, 1933

RT Paul Thacker ‏@thackerpd:
.@MichaelOkwu @aaronernst Patrick Moore was NOT a Greenpeace cofounder. Good not to spread disinformation
http://mediamatters.org/research/2014/02/27/who-is-patrick-moore-a-look-at-the-former-green/198266 
[denial]

Convincing conservative Christians that global warming is real: @motherjones http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/05/inquiring-minds-katharine-hayhoe-faith-climate 
[Katharine Hayhoe, faith, religion]

Tornadoes, Dust Storms, Floods: What the Hell Happened This Week?: @mashable
http://mashable.com/2014/05/01/america-wild-weather-week/#:eyJzIjoidCIsImkiOiJfb3NhYmV0c3h1aWdoc2dnNCJ9 

RT Michael E. Mann ‏@MichaelEMann:
Great @LAtimes piece on Koch Brothers assault on renewables (http://www.latimes.com/opinion/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-koch-brothers-new-foe-20140502,0,6774303.story#ixzz30l5kB4lZ …). Never would have happened if:
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2013/04/koch-brothers-newspaper-los-angeles-times-chicago-tribune
[denial, renewable energy, clean energy, journalism, Los Angeles Times]

RT ClimateNow ‏@ClimateNow:
West Coast starfish being killed by pathogens, scientists suggest - mortality upwards of 95% 
http://bit.ly/1iNFvlC
[wildlife, oceans]

RT Sierra Club ‏@sierraclub:
Watch @annajanejoyner, @iansomerhalder, & @maryannehitt in @YEARSofLIVING TONIGHT on @SHO_Network! #YearsProject 
http://pic.twitter.com/2FGKUzvRhk
[Years of Living Dangerously]

ALEC Has a New Tactic It’s Using to Attack @EPA: @climateprogress 
http://thkpr.gs/1krO2WW
[denial, Koch, air pollution]

RT Ian Condry ‏@iancondry:
FossilFree MIT shows Cambridge flood line circling campus today. Divest and reinvest in renewables seems good path. 
http://pic.twitter.com/DHUqVSxzp2
[investing, divestment]

Climate tweets for 27 February 2014

RT ClimateCentral ‏@ClimateCentral: High long-term wildfire, drought risk puts Austin TX on front lines of climate change. http://bit.ly/1mIPdIs 

Heat extremes increase despite global warming 'hiatus': scientists: @reuters http://reut.rs/1mBCpQy 

Scientists More Certain Than Ever on Climate Change, Report Says: @NBCNews http://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/scientists-more-certain-ever-climate-change-report-says-n39661 

Singapore, Malaysia hit by extreme dry spell: @guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/26/singapore-malaysia-extreme-dry-spell 

Cost of natural disasters in China surged to $69 billion in 2013: @PlanetArk http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/71133 

Studying Earth's distant past can teach us lessons about its future climate: @ConversationEDU http://theconversation.com/studying-earths-distant-past-can-teach-us-lessons-about-its-climate-for-the-future-23576 

RT Dana Nuccitelli ‏@dana1981: Who Is Patrick Moore? A Look At The Former Greenpeace Member's Industry Ties & Climate Change Denial: http://mm4a.org/1htqrqj 
via @mmfa by @deeRobbs

Farmers in trouble as Israel hit by extreme drought: @IsraelNewsStory http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/177811#.Uw-spEJdVh4 

RT 350 dot org @350: Brazil's Madeira River has reached historic flood levels, leaving thousands displaced. http://www.demotix.com/news/3963991/madeira-river-flooding-leaves-thousands-homeless#media-3963411 … All this & zero news coverage?

RT Dianah Mieglich ‏@DianahMieg: Australia must triple carbon emissions reduction target: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-02-27/climate-authority-recommends-15-percent-carbon-emissions-cut/5288768 … Govt not changing target based on report  Alarming!

Denying Climate Science in Multiple Dimensions: @gregladen @Scienceblogs http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2014/02/27/denying-climate-science-in-multiple-dimensions/#.Uw-742FAwSQ.twitter 

Climate tweets for 25 February 2014

Climate Change 'Very Evident,' So Let's Deal With It, World Panel Says: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/24/ipcc-climate-change_n_4849856.html?1393286896 

RT 350 dot org @350: Shameless. RT @EnergyandPolicy Fossil fuel & utility companies coordinating new attacks on clean energy, renewables http://ow.ly/tXbCE 

RT ClimateNow ‏@ClimateNow: NYT: Study Links Temperature to Peruvian Glacier’s Growth and Retreat http://nyti.ms/1foY3RH 

.@WMOnews: Extreme weather events appear linked to climate change: @guardian http://gu.com/p/3n3km/tw 

RT Dana Nuccitelli ‏@dana1981: Quark Soup by David Appell: Dr. Patrick Moore Just Misled Congress http://davidappell.blogspot.com/2014/02/dr-patrick-moore-just-misled-congress.html?spref=tw 

Climate Boomerang: Small Volcanoes Restrain Much Faster Warming Planet, for Now http://thkpr.gs/1k5LJe0 

Geographer: Drought, fires impact ability of Amazon to hold CO2: http://news.psu.edu/story/305142/2014/02/21/campus-life/geographer-drought-fires-impact-ability-amazon-hold-carbon 

Gift of hope delivered in drought: @NewcastleHerald http://www.theherald.com.au/story/2109911/gift-of-hope-delivered-in-drought-photos/?cs=305 

U-RI scientists launch website on climate change: @PB_News http://www.postbulletin.com/news/nation/uri-scientists-launch-website-on-climate-change/article_96592782-9d52-11e3-adfb-001a4bcf6878.html#.UwtSImk-vxY.twitter