Climate tweets for 22 June 2014

RT John Mashey @JohnMashey: 

Doonesbury: climate consensus, ~ diagnosed for heart disease by 99 cardiologists, seek retired G.P. to say no worry

http://doonesbury.washingtonpost.com/strip/archive/2014/6/22

[denial, Garry Trudeau]

Heavy rains flood U.S. farmers' fields, damage crops: @PlanetArk

http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/71744

[flooding]

RT TenneyNaumer @TenneyNaumer:

Climate change causing weather patterns to get stuck in place, leading to extreme weather events: @usatoday

http://usat.ly/1ixz4Ea
[science]

New 'Axis of Weasels' as Canada, Australia aim to block action on global warming:

http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2014/06/19/Axis-of-Weasels/
[denial]

Rainstorms, flooding prompt emergency response in China:http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2014-06/21/content_17606604.htm

California Drought: Snowmelt's path shows impact from Sierra to Pacific:

http://www.mercurynews.com/drought/ci_26009266/california-drought-snowmelt-path-shows-impact-sierras-pacific

[water, agriculture, farming, food]

Former Bush Treasury Secretary: We Can Prevent ‘Climate Crash’ With Carbon Tax

http://thkpr.gs/1lJwtHM 

[Hank Paulson] 

U.S. corn gravy train faces derailment: @ClimateNewsNet
http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2014/06/us-corns-gravy-train-faces-derailment/
[science, food, farming, drought, flooding]

'2nd punch' of ocean acidification threatens South Carolina coast:
http://www.postandcourier.com/article/20140622/PC16/140629900
[science, food, fishing]

RT Leo Hickman @LeoHickman:
Millions will die early because of smog caused by climate change 
http://bit.ly/1qCBLqu
@natureclimate paper ->
http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nclimate2272.html
[air pollution]

Climate tweets for 11 May 2014

RT Michael E. Mann ‏@MichaelEMann:
Marco Rubio doesn't "believe" in human-caused climate change
(http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/11/rubio-climate-change_n_5305082.html?utm_hp_ref=tw …). In related news, doubts gravity, thermodynamics, ...
[denial]

Obama talks climate, White House press corps Benghazi:
http://www.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2014/05/white-house-press-corps 
[science, journalism, National Climate Assessment]

To Combat Climate Change, Humanity Must Act Now, @NASA Chief Says: @SPACEdotcom 
http://www.space.com/25811-climate-change-action-nasa-chief.html 
[science]

Ohio Senate Votes to Kill Renewable Energy Law: 
http://thkpr.gs/1kTf2yU 
[clean energy, wind energy, solar, ALEC, denial]

Rising climate unease: Sea level predictions, stormy weather prompt new awareness in communities:
http://www.theday.com/article/20140511/NWS01/305119942/1017
[flooding, Connecticut]

Climate Change: Boon for Pests, Bane for Us: @IScienceTimes
http://www.isciencetimes.com/articles/7187/20140510/climate-change-boon-pests-bane.htm 
[farming, food, agriculture]

Wen Stephenson ‏@wenstephenson: 
Problem is, Bill & Bob's "dispassionate thought" (vs. "showy protests") has failed. Utterly. @CoralMDavenport 
http://nytimes.com/2014/05/11/us/brothers-work-different-angles-in-taking-on-climate-change.html
[William Nordhaus, Robert Nordhaus]

RT Michael Oppenheimer ‏@ClimateOpp:
Head in the sand, literally - South Carolina’s Solution To Sea Level Rise: Build More Walls
http://thkpr.gs/1kYBcQ9 via @climateprogress
[flooding]

Our Alarming Food Future, Explained in 7 Charts: @MotherJones
http://www.motherjones.com/tom-philpott/2014/05/6-alarming-facts-food-and-global-warming 
[farming, agriculture]

RT Dianah Mieglich ‏@DianahMieg:
Rising CO2 levels may cut nutrient levels in crops, study finds
http://reut.rs/1itkyuR  via @reuters 
[food, farming, agriculture]

Climate tweets for 22 April 2014

California drought: Food banks drying up, too: @SFGate http://www.sfgate.com/politics/joegarofoli/article/California-drought-Food-banks-drying-up-too-5416846.php?cmpid=twitter 
[farming, agriculture]

Drought, neighbors press Las Vegas to conserve water: @latimes http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-las-vegas-drought-20140421,0,5098010.story#axzz2zWUEphTN 
[Nevada]

California’s Thirsting Farmland: @NYTimes http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/21/business/energy-environment/californias-thirsting-farmland.html
[drought, water, farming, food, agriculture]

Opinion: Keystone, carbon and sea level rise: @PostandCourier http://www.postandcourier.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20140421/PC1002/140429945/1021/keystone-carbon-and-sea-level-rise&source=RSS 
[South Carolina, flooding]

Mechanism behind mega-heatwaves pinpointed: @NatureNews 
http://www.nature.com/news/mechanism-behind-mega-heatwaves-pinpointed-1.15078 
[science]

Earth Day and the Arctic: Where Climate Change Is Up Close and Personal: @IBTimes 
http://www.ibtimes.com/earth-day-arctic-where-climate-change-close-personal-1574409 

Since 1st Earth Day (1970), U.S. Temps Marching Upward: @ClimateCentral http://www.climatecentral.org/news/since-first-earth-day-u.s.-temps-marching-upward-17330 
[science]

Dirty power plants emit 40% of U.S. carbon pollution & we pay #CostOfCarbon. Cut carbon this Earth Day: 
http://thndr.it/1gq4rxA 

RT CitizensClimateLobby ‏@citizensclimate:
Happy Earth Day! Check out CCL's HuffPost calling for a carbon tax and pass it along. 
http://ow.ly/w1IZV