Climate tweets for 11 August 2014

Climate change "too fast," damaging Great Lakes: researcher: @physorg_com:

http://phys.org/news/2014-08-climate-negatively-impacting-great-lakes.html

New study finds fringe global warming contrarians get disproportionate media attention: 

http://gu.com/p/4vecc/tw

[denial, journalism, science]

California Drought Transforms Global Food Market: @BloombergNews:

http://bloom.bg/1q4oB0m

[water, farming, agriculture]

Indigenous Seed Savers Gather in Andes, Agree to Fight Climate Change w/ Biodiversity:

http://upsidedownworld.org/main/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4979%3Aindigenous-seed-savers-gather-in-the-andes-agree-to-fight-climate-change-with-biodiversity-&catid=35%3Anews-briefs&Itemid=68 

[food, farming, agriculture]

Drought could end 11 years of harvest growth in China:

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-08/09/content_18277760.htm 

[water, food, farming, agriculture]

Children caught in Myanmar flooding getting sick, villagers say: @ElevenMyanmar:
http://www.elevenmyanmar.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7124:children-caught-in-bago-floods-are-getting-sick-villagers-say&catid=44&Itemid=384#.U-llVN3xNGI.twitter

.@NRDC Action Fund Takes on Low-Down Dirty Denier$: @BadAstronomer:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/08/11/dirty_deniers_campaign_to_shame_global_warming_deniers.html?wpsrc=sh_all_tab_tw_ru
[denial]

As waters warm, codfish numbers hit all-time low:
http://www.sfgate.com/news/science/article/Codfish-numbers-at-key-fishery-hits-all-time-low-5679685.php?cmpid=twitter … via @SFGate
[fishing, food]

Wind Farm to Power Million Homes Nears Approval Deep in Coal Country:
http://thkpr.gs/1ujQVmu
[Wyoming, wind power, wind energy, energy]

RT JPascal van Ypersele @JPvanYpersele:
Thanks to Paul Krugman for coming to the defense of climate scientist @MichaelEMann:
http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/krugman/2014/08/10/the-empiricist-strikes-back/ … @PaulKrugmanBlog

Survey confirms scientific consensus on human-caused global warming:
http://www.skepticalscience.com/Survey-confirms-scientific-consensus-human-caused-global-warming.html
[science]

Texas drought: "[Water] drilling companies can't dig fast enough.":
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/drought-leaves-texans-sweating-the-future/
[food, ranching, agriculture]

Climate tweets for 29 May 2014

New Video: @NeilTyson destroys climate deniers: @motherjones 
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/05/cosmos-tyson-sagan-climate-change-episode
[science, Cosmos, denial]

RT Elizabeth Kolbert @ElizKolbert:
Isn't it time to drop "scientists say" before phrase "GHG's are the chief cause of global warming?" 
http://nyti.ms/1nG4g3R
[science, journalism, New York Times]

RT Neela Banerjee @neelaeast:
Obama's new rule on power plants expected to be most significant effort to counter climate change in U.S. history 
http://fw.to/ijJdJSN

In Historic Blunder, Some States Retreat on Zero-Carbon Power: 
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/29/business/energy-environment/a-pushback-on-green-power.html
[Ohio, renewable energy, clean energy, Kansas, denial]

Kentucky, Indiana face big challenge with new climate rules: @courierjournal 
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/watchdog-earth/2014/05/28/benchmarking-air-emissions-report/9677747/

And The Biggest Power Polluter Is: American Electric Power Company: @CERESnews 
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2014/05/28/and-the-biggest-power-polluter-is-aep/

Navajo Nation's Shifting Sands of Climate Change: @ClimateCentral
http://shar.es/Vi2Wr
[drought, farming, ranching, water]

Will Big Oil Execs Ever Stand Trial for Willful Climate Deceit?: @CommonDreams 
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2014/05/28-7
[denial]

RT Jeff Corbin @Jeff_d_corbin:
ICYMI: My reply to @AmyRidenour: Denying science versus debating policy: 
http://garnetgoesgreen.blogspot.com/2014/05/denying-science-versus-debating-policy.html
[denial]

RT Fossil Free @GoFossilFree:
Want to launch a fossil fuel divestment campaign in your community? Step 1: join the web workshop: 
http://buff.ly/1mw18oj
[investing]

India’s lethal heatwave strikes again: @ClimateNewsNet
http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2014/05/indias-lethal-heat-wave-strikes-again/
#climatedeaths

Climate tweets for 20 May 2014

Parched: New Dust Bowl Forms in U.S. Heartland: @NatGeo
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/05/140516-dust-bowl-drought-oklahoma-panhandle-food/
[drought, water, farming, food, agriculture, ranching]

Big Melt Accelerates: @nytimes 
http://nyti.ms/1h1oAqH
[glaciers, Antarctica, Greenland, sea level]

"Cosmos" Explains How Global Warming Threatens Civilization as We Know It: @MotherJones 
http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/05/cosmos-tyson-drake-equation-climate-change 

RT Bill McKibben ‏@billmckibben:
All-time May temp mark smashed in St Petersburg as Russia sizzles http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=2681 
[heat waves]

RT Bill McKibben ‏@billmckibben:
Number of investment pros offering fossil-free portfolios jumped 50% this year. Divestment: I think it's working! 
http://www.fierceenergy.com/story/investors-divesting-fossil-fuels/2014-05-19
[investing]

Evangelicals in Florida turn 2 climate change, call on Gov. Scott to act: @TB_Times
http://www.tampabay.com/blogs/the-buzz-florida-politics/evangelicals-in-florida-turn-to-climate-change-and-call-on-gov-scott-to-act/2180561
[faith, religion, denial]

California Gov. Jerry Brown presses message on climate change:
http://fw.to/OLQFyBG  
[drought, fire, wildfire]

Tourism suffers as New Zealand's iconic glacier shrinks:
http://www.3news.co.nz/Whats-happening-to-Franz-Josef-Glacier/tabid/817/articleID/344869/Default.aspx 

RT Heidi Cullen ‏@HeidiCullen:
April 2014 tied for globe's warmest April on record: http://bit.ly/1p9BVC0
http://pic.twitter.com/5GuOWz1o6L 
#YEARSProject

Greenland Too: Glaciers More Susceptible to Melt Than Thought: @ClimateCentral
http://shar.es/VbBtt 
[sea level]

RT USA TODAY Weather ‏@usatodayweather:
Floods in Balkans are the worst in over a century [worst on record]. 
http://usat.ly/1lZ412o http://pic.twitter.com/h0Vfqm8EE3

Climate tweets for 26 April 2014

How to prosper in an uncertain world? Businesses wake up to climate risk: @CarbonBrief 
http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/04/how-to-prosper-in-an-uncertain-world-businesses-wake-up-to-climate-risk/ 
[investing, divestment]

Want to Stop Climate Change? Take the Fossil Fuel Industry to Court: @TheNation
http://www.thenation.com/article/179459/want-stop-climate-change-take-fossil-fuel-industry-court

Coffee Apocalypse Nigh? Brutal Brazil Drought Forces Starbucks to Pause Purchases 
http://thkpr.gs/1nvAlwl 
[farming, food, agriculture, water]

RT Climate Progress ‏@climateprogress:
Climate superstar Dr. Katharine Hayhoe makes TIME's 100 most influential people list 
http://thkpr.gs/1jGLT9E  http://pic.twitter.com/61RYIwVLim
[science, faith, religion]

RT Climate Reality ‏@ClimateReality:
Southern U.S. not faring much better than the West this week: red = extreme drought 
http://bit.ly/RT4Pfe  http://pic.twitter.com/McM6UcClFm
[ranching, agriculture, Texas, water]

Battle is looming over renewable energy, and fossil fuel interests are losing: @WashingtonPost 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/a-battle-is-looming-over-renewable-energy-and-fossil-fuel-interests-are-losing/2014/04/25/24ed78e2-cb23-11e3-a75e-463587891b57_story.html?hpid=z1 

Opinion: How climate change affects food security: @nzherald 
http://nzh.tw/11243630 
[New Zealand, farming, agriculture]

Listen to Voices From The Future Describe What Climate Change Will Feel Like: @FastCoExist 
http://www.fastcoexist.com/3029050/listen-to-visitors-from-the-future-describe-what-climate-change-will-feel-like 

Rio Grande River may hit 40-year low due to drought: @ABQJournal http://www.abqjournal.com/388650/news/rio-grande-may-hit-40year-low.html 
[water]

RT Andrew Dessler ‏@AndrewDessler:
Much improved "fact checking" format at @ClimateChangeNF; check it out: 
http://climatechangenationalforum.org/dr-james-white-atmos-co2-changes-from-180-to-280-ppm-between-glacials-interglacials-we-just-hit-380-ppm-2009-last-time-we-had-380-was-3-million-years-ago-arctic-was-ice-free-sea-level-was-7/ 
[science]

Climate tweets for 9 April 2014

Senator Threatens to Block Nominee for Top Climate Post Because She Accepts Climate Science: 
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/04/09/3424600/mccabe-nomination-block-threat-climate/ 

How to Think Like the Dutch in Post-Sandy World: @nytimes: 
http://nyti.ms/1kq7qcK
[sea level, flooding]

Drought Driving Beef Prices to All-New Highs: @climateprogress: http://thkpr.gs/1mY31xG 
[food, ranching, water]

.@IPCC says adapt AND mitigate 2 tackle #climate risks: @skepticscience: http://www.skepticalscience.com/ipcc-says-adapt-and-mitigate.html 
[science, denial, Matt Ridley, Global Warming Policy Foundation, Lord Lawson]

These 5 Foods Will Be Harder to Grow in a Warmer World: @natgeo: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/04/140406-climate-change-ipcc-report-foods-chipotle-guacamole/ 
[farming, agriculture]

Project blends Rotterdam knowhow with Ho Chi Minh City street smarts: @guardian: http://gu.com/p/3n4qv/tw 
[sea level, flooding]

RT CitizensClimateLobby ‏@citizensclimate  19h
RT @poet_economist: Thx @AnnCurry for reporting on real life climate impacts, reminding us all not to look away: 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/04/ann-curry-climate-change-network-news-nbc-abc-cnn-fox_n_5090207.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000044&ir=Green
[journalism, science]

RT Tom Steyer ‏@TomSteyer
We’ve launched a new tool that will let Californians see how we could put Big Oil money to good use: http://www.meetthejohnsons.org  #FairShake

RT Kevin Killeen ‏@KMOXKilleen  21h
Wash U students protest presence of Peabody Coal CEO on Wash U Board: 
http://pic.twitter.com/3FKU0L2HbV

Governments weigh options to brake climate peril: @physorg_com: http://phys.org/news/2014-04-climate-panel-debates-global-strategy.html

Climate tweets for 26 March 2014

The most common fallacy in discussing extreme weather events: @RealClimate 

http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2014/03/the-most-common-fallacy-in-discussing-extreme-weather-events/ 

[science, denial]

In Ranchers Vs. Weeds, Climate Change Gives Weeds An Edge: @NPRFood http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2014/03/25/294351697/ranchers-brace-for-weed-invasion-as-climate-change-takes-hold?ft=1&f=1053 

[ranching, agriculture, food]

Climate Change Is Going to Make Us All Very Hungry, & We're Not Doing Anything to Stop It: @FastCoExist 

http://www.fastcoexist.com/3028150/climate-change-is-going-to-make-us-all-very-hungry-and-were-not-doing-anything-to-stop-it?partner=rss 

[agriculture, farming, food]

Opinion: Even oil companies don't want 'roasted world': @mindylubber @CERESnews 

http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/25/opinion/lubber-exxon-valdez/index.html?eref=edition 

[investing, divestment]

UN: Extreme weather soars, Australia's record heat 'virtually impossible' without human impacts 

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/03/25/1287182/-UN-Extreme-weather-soars-Australia-s-record-heat-was-virtually-impossible-without-human-impacts 

[science]

Global warming not stopped, will go on for centuries: @WMO @Reuters http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/03/24/us-climatechange-temperature-idUKBREA2N1MG20140324 

[science]

Environmental coalition launches counterattack against Koch brothers: @WashingtonPost 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/environmental-coalition-launches-koch-brothers-counterattack/2014/03/24/66afd34c-b354-11e3-8cb6-284052554d74_story.html?tid=hpModule_ba0d4c2a-86a2-11e2-9d71-f0feafdd1394 

[denial]

RT Press Gazette ‏@pressgazette: 

Why does BBC give airtime to Lord Lawson's 'despicable gang' on climate change? Asks prof behind 2011 Trust report 

http://ow.ly/uZoad

[United Kingdom, denial, Global Warming Policy Foundation, GWPF]

RT Carbon Tracker ‏@CarbonBubble:

'Carbonbubble toil and trouble' in @NatureClimate via @LeoHickman http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v4/n4/full/nclimate2193.html 

Climate tweets for 4 March 2014

RT Greg Laden ‏@gregladen: A New Fake Report On Climate Change. http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2014/03/04/a-new-fake-report-on-climate-change/#.UxZ5YOSRAaU.twitter … via @Scienceblogs

California drought hits Toronto grocery shoppers’ wallets: @TorontoStar http://www.thestar.com/business/2014/03/03/falling_loonie_drought_take_bite_out_of_grocery_shoppers_wallets.html 

Australia ranchers slaughter record number of cattle due to drought: @smh http://www.smh.com.au/business/drought-to-hit-wheat-beef-exports-20140304-3411d.html 

Haze Shrouds Malaysian Capital Amid Forest Fires, Drought: @BloombergNews http://bloom.bg/NpzmhZ 

Climate Change Traps Deep Ocean Heat, Eliminating Ice-Free Antarctic Enclaves http://thkpr.gs/1kObIHb 

U.S. Falling Behind As Other Countries Pass Climate Legislation, New Survey Shows http://thkpr.gs/1koe4Mz 

Global warming action: good or bad for the poor? @guardian http://gu.com/p/3n6mq/tw 

RT Trillion Fund ‏@TrillionFund: MUST READ: The madness of climate change scepticism and how big business is turning the tables http://ow.ly/udxme 

RT Tom Watson ‏@ecoconsumer: Businesses should stand up to climate change deniers - @RichardBranson blog post: http://virg.in/atc  via @Morgan_CDP

RT DE Energy & Climate ‏@EnergyClimateDE: Economic models for California suggest a carbon tax would be a big job creator. http://bit.ly/1jORZaj

New book examines living in warmer world: @hottopicnz http://hot-topic.co.nz/living-in-a-warmer-world/ 

RT Moms Clean Air Force ‏@CleanAirMoms: New Blog Post ! California’s Drought Imacts Your Family http://ift.tt/1dXtF1m 

Climate tweets for 12 February 2014

RT ClimateNow ‏@ClimateNow: Costly UK insurance 'will create flood-risk ghettos and £4.3 trillion fall in house values' http://bit.ly/1bNoJLG 

California Wildfire Season 5 Months Early, Jeopardizes Homes, Vineyards: http://bloom.bg/1fbB11h 

UK flood waters 'could last for months': @BBCNews http://bbc.in/1aQJjzq 

.@NYTimes Op-Ed 'Dustbowl Returns' Never Mentions #Climate Change: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/02/11/3276841/york-times-dustbowl-climate-change/ 

Methane mystery: Scientists probe unanswered qs on methane and climate change: @CarbonBrief http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2014/01/a-methane-mystery-scientists-probe-unanswered-questions-about-methane-and-climate-change/#.UvuSKZriHv4.twitter 

California Ranchers Miss Beef Price Rally as Drought Cuts Herds: @BloombergNews http://bloom.bg/1bLjHlW 

California vows to press ahead with climate change programs: @reuters http://reut.rs/1iUtxmM 

Climate tweets for 9 February 2014

Arctic's 'Layer Cake' Atmosphere Blamed for Rapid Warming: @LiveScience http://shar.es/QZsF3  

Bolivia floods kill 38, more heavy rains forecast: @Reuters http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/02/08/us-bolivia-floods-idUSBREA151LT20140208?feedType=RSS 

In shocker, coal industry report finds carbon is actually good for you: http://www.desmogblog.com/2014/02/06/coal-industry-report-social-cost-carbon-relies-climate-science-denial 

Hot Alaska, Cold Georgia: How Shifted Polar Vortex Turned Winter Upside-Down: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/02/08/3266731/hot-alaska-cold-georgia-polar-vortex/ 

As fresh storms lash coast, UK starts to count long-term cost: @guardian http://www.theguardian.com/global/2014/feb/08/storms-lash-coast-uk-long-term-costs 

Drought thinning herd of ranchers in Nevada: @ajam http://america.aljazeera.com/features/2014/2/drought-thinningtheherdofranchersinnevada0.html 

RT ClimateNexusHotNews ‏@ClimateHotNews: Want free email of all the key climate & energy news & opinion every day? Sign up for Climate Nexus Hot News here: http://bit.ly/JhmLed 

RT Suzanne Goldenberg ‏@suzyji: So much for that global warming pause. Study shows trade winds buried surface heat deep in ocean http://gu.com/p/3mt8e/tw  via @guardian

Climate Code Red: Why and how of radical emissions reductions (2): Corinne Le Quere http://www.climatecodered.org/2014/02/the-why-and-how-of-radical-emissions.html 

RT ClimateNow ‏@ClimateNow: Homes lost as fires burn across Victoria - most dangerous fire threat since Black Saturday http://bit.ly/1f6uKUi 

RT Michael E. Mann ‏@MichaelEMann: Wow. MT @LeoHickman UK Met Office's Dame Julia Slingo: Climate change 'lies behind Britain's storms' http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-02-08/scientist-climate-change-lies-behind-britains-storms/ 

RT 350orBust ‏@350orbust1: Severe floods 'threaten food security', say farmers & environmental groups: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/feb/08/severe-floods-threaten-food-security-climate-change 

Climate tweets for 3 January 2014

Australian PM urged to rethink climate 'policy' after hottest year on record: @guardian http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jan/03/abbott-urged-to-rethink-climate-policy … #divest

Sunny Sierra raises chilling drought fears: @SFGate http://www.sfgate.com/default/article/Sunny-Sierra-raises-chilling-drought-fears-5109706.php … #California #climate #water #divest

Climate change: It's hot - & not just in kitchens of bickering MPs: @smh http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/climate-change-its-hot--and-not-just-in-the-kitchens-of-bickering-mps-20140103-309jl.html … #globalwarming #divest

Climate Change Could Put 1/5 Of World's Population In Severe Water Shortage: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/03/3113981/climate-change-water-shortage/ … #drought #divest

Australia Rings In New Year with Record-Breaking Heat Wave: @climateprogress http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/02/3111171/australia-new-year-heat-wave/ … #climate #divest

Donald Trump's Hair, The End Of Global Warming and Other Things That Aren't Real: http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/01/02/3112791/time-2014-hottest-year-record/ … #climate #divest

RT ClimateNexusHotNews ‏@ClimateHotNews: Joe Romm catches WSJ whopper: Paper Claims ‘Liberals No Longer Refer To Global Warming Because Winter Is Cold' http://bit.ly/1d5QnbS

RT craigjack36 ‏@craigjack36: If one boat stuck in 1 bit of ice proves there is no global warming One boat stuck in a desert proves there is: http://pic.twitter.com/wFzvOW787H

Cattle producers on lookout for heat stress: @ABCRural http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-02/nrn-heat-stress-02-01-14/5182142#.UsXzoHp_q0g.twitter … #globalwarming #Australia #climate #divest