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Enjoy Those Avocados, Pistachios and Oranges While You Can, Because They Are Going Away	27.5.2018	Mother Jones
This story was originally published by Grist and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Chris Sayer pushed his way through avocado branches and grasped a denuded limb. It was stained black, as if someone had ladled tar over its bark. In February, the temperature had dropped below freezing for three hours, killing the limb. The thick […]
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10 skunks, 1 bat test positive for rabies throughout Weld County	26.5.2018	Headlines: All Headlines
The Weld County Health Department announced Friday that 10 cases of rabies found over the past two months throughout Weld County.
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Emails show cooperation among EPA, climate-change deniers	26.5.2018	Denver Post: All Political News
Newly released emails show senior Environmental Protection Agency officials working closely with a conservative group that dismisses climate change to rally like-minded people for public hearings on science and global warming, counter negative news coverage and tout Administrator Scott Pruitt's stewardship of the agency.
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Emails show cooperation among EPA, climate-change deniers	26.5.2018	Minnesota Public Radio: News
The emails underscore how Pruitt and senior agency officials have sought to surround themselves with people who share their vision of curbing environmental regulation and enforcement.
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Desert Bees Have Figured Out Something We’re All Going Need To Learn	25.5.2018	Mother Jones
This story was originally published by Undark and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A cluster of leafcutter bees are foraging for nectar and pollen on an unseasonably hot May morning in Bandelier National Monument, in northern New Mexico. Tiny, with few bright markings, they don’t look like bees at first—more like dark-colored buzzy insects. But […]
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Ignorance is Strength: The Trump Administration’s Creepy War on Language	25.5.2018	Mother Jones
This article first appeared at TomDispatch.com. Consider us officially in an Orwellian world, though we only half realize it. While we were barely looking, significant parts of an American language long familiar to us quite literally, and in a remarkably coherent way, went down the equivalent of George Orwell’s infamous Memory Hole. This hit me […]
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Remember the Hole in the Ozone Layer? This Scientist Discovered It	25.5.2018	Mother Jones
This story was originally published by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. On May 24, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will award one of the world’s largest scientific prizes to two of the world’s top climate researchers. In the presence of Swedish royalty, MIT professor of atmospheric chemistry Susan Solomon and Princeton University senior meteorologist […]
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Kevin de León's plan to take on Dianne Feinstein starts with finishing second	25.5.2018	LA Times: Commentary
As the leader of the California Senate, Kevin de León negotiated the fine points of a landmark effort on climate change. He helped balance the state budget. He wrote the California immigration law that’s drawn the ire of President Trump. But Democratic voters who applaud those efforts don’t necessarily...
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'Green News Report' - May 24, 2018	24.5.2018	BradBlog
IN TODAY'S RADIO REPORT: EPA blocks mainstream news outlets from water contamination summit; Texas chemical plant explodes days after EPA rescinds safety rules; Shutting down coal plants delivers immediate benefits to pregnant mothers, babies; Kilauea's lava flow threatens geothermal plant; 10 million gallons of fracking sludge spilled into Wisconsin river; ...
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In an internal memo, the White House considered whether to simply “ignore” federal climate research	24.5.2018	Denver Post: All Political News
White House officials last year weighed whether to simply "ignore" climate studies produced by government scientists or to instead develop "a coherent, fact-based message about climate science," according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post.
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Five myths about volcanoes	24.5.2018	Washington Post: Op-Eds
No, they can’t be “overdue” for an eruption.
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How Minnesota's land use contributes to climate change	24.5.2018	Minnesota Public Radio: Law & Justice
Agriculture is the dominant use of Minnesota's land. But people don't directly eat most of what that land produces, which is symptomatic of a major worldwide climate threat.
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The Energy 202: Democrats ding Trump on gas prices, just as Trump once did to Obama	24.5.2018	Washington Post: Politics
The gas station press conference took place on Capitol Hill.
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The Daily 202: Trump wins a battle in the culture war as NFL owners cave on national anthem protests	24.5.2018	Washington Post: Politics
But it’s a Pyrrhic victory.
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Cuckoo for kangaroos? They'll be hopping at San Diego Zoo Safari Park's new Walkabout Australia	24.5.2018	LA Times: Commentary
Wild about wallabies? Cuckoo for kangaroos? Get ready to head Down Under, no flight required. On Friday, Walkabout Australia, a new 3.6-acre habitat, opens at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Visitors can stroll among Western gray kangaroos, red-neck wallabies, cassowaries and other Australian wildlife...
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Hidden health hazards of climate change	24.5.2018	Minnesota Public Radio: Law & Justice
According to the Centers for Disease Control, insect-borne diseases have tripled in the United States in recent years, and warmer weather is largely to blame.
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NASA head Jim Bridenstine, once doubtful, confirms he believes humans are the leading cause of climate change	24.5.2018	Washington Post
NASA head Jim Bridenstine, once doubtful, confirms he believes humans are the leading cause of climate change
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NASA Head Jim Bridenstine Says His Views on Climate Change Have Evolved, and He Now Accepts Humans Are the Cause	24.5.2018	Little Green Footballs
Among all the other disastrous Trump appointments of people who want to destroy the agencies they head, the confirmation of Jim Bridenstine as NASA Administrator was an especially disheartening event, since during his hearing last November Bridenstine was pretty clearly a "soft" climate change denier tapped to head an agency that performs vital research into climate change: When asked whether human activity was the primary cause of climate change, he said, “It’s going to depend on a lot of factors, and we’re still learning more about that every day.” You might think that statement could be worse, except that this is invariably the line pushed by the Republican Party to appear less hard-core ideological, and keep the real agenda on the down low until they get into positions of power where they can enact legislation and drive policies to stymie action on climate change. But the Washington Post has an article that actually surprised me (hard to do these days), because today in the Senate, Bridenstine was ...
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In an internal memo, the White House considered whether to ‘ignore’ federal climate research	24.5.2018	Washington Post
White House officials last year weighed whether they should develop “a coherent, fact-based message about climate science,” according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post.
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Internal memo suggested that White House 'ignore' federal scientists' climate research	24.5.2018	LA Times: Environment
White House officials last year weighed whether to simply "ignore" climate studies produced by government scientists or to instead develop "a coherent, fact-based message about climate science," according to a memo obtained by the Washington Post. The document, drafted Sept. 18 by Michael Catanzaro,...
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