NewsRack: 'Climate change' news in 'Global Warming' topic for user newstrust

7 Very Wrong Things About Climate Science And Energy In House Science Chair Lamar Smith’s WashPost Op-Ed	21.5.2013	Think Progres
7 Very Wrong Things About Climate Science And Energy In House Science Chair Lamar Smith’s WashPost Op-Ed
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Ringside Seat: Leaky Scandals	21.5.2013	American Prospect
Over the last week and a half of scandal-mongering, most people on the left have agreed on the basic contours of the story. Benghazi isn't a "scandal," because tragic as the killings there were, there's no evidence of malfeasance on the part of Obama administration—no crimes, no cover-up. (And no, interagency bickering over talking points does not constitute a cover-up). The IRS, on the other hand, is potentially scandalous, there having almost certainly been inappropriate behavior on the part of some of the agency's employees, but it doesn't seem to reach up to the White House. And the Justice Department's subpoenaing of phone logs from the Associated Press isn't a "scandal" as much as a disagreement over policy. What Justice did was problematic in a number of ways, but it was also legal; touching as Republicans' newfound interest in press freedoms is, you can't simply call any policy you don't like a "scandal" just because it happens to be in the news at the same time as other things you ...
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Reasons to Be Hopeful a Decade After We Went Into Iraq	21.5.2013	Mother Jones
This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website. Ten years ago, my part of the world was full of valiant opposition to the new wars being launched far away and at home—and of despair. And like despairing people everywhere, whether in a personal depression or a political tailspin, these activists believed the future would look more or less like the present. If there was nothing else they were confident about, at least they were confident about that. Ten years ago, as a contrarian and a person who prefers not to see others suffer, I tried to undermine despair with the case for hope. A decade later, the present is still contaminated by the crimes of that era, but so much has changed. Not necessarily for the better—a decade ago, most spoke of climate change as a distant problem, and then it caught up with us in 10,000 ways. But not entirely for the worse either—the vigorous climate movement we needed arose in that decade and is growing now. If there is one thing we can draw ...
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Study: Rising Lake Superior temperatures affecting fish species	21.5.2013	Minnesota Public Radio: Science
A new study shows that climate change could mean better conditions for some Lake Superior fish species, but worse for others.
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Salt Lake City congregation opts to divest endowment’s fossil fuel assets	21.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Judy Fahys The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 20, 2013 04:22PM MDT The First Unitarian Church of Salt Lake City, inspired by the fossil-fuel divestment movement underway at the nation’s universities, voted Sunday to scrap any assets in oil, gas coal, tar sands and oil shale from its endowment. In doing so, it became the first Unitarian congregation in the nation to take such a step, said Rev. Tom Goldsmith. “We did the math,” he said, “and we realized that the difference between green investments and fossil fuels is miniscule.” The move follows a nationwide cam... ...
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Storms and Extreme Weather: The Impact of Climate Change (Videos) (Cached)	21.5.2013	Informed Comment
Any particular storm is weather, not climate. That is, it is a discrete event, whereas climate is a decades-long pattern of such events. But the pattern is worrisome. A hotter atmosphere, which we are producing by dumping 5 billion metric tons of pollution from burning coal, gas and petroleum right into our earth’s atmosphere, produces [...]
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Gov. Jerry Brown exhorts Cal political science grads to go out and save the world	20.5.2013	San Jose Mercury News: California
In Berkeley, California Governor Jerry Brown challenges Cal's newest political science graduates to use their talent and knowledge to imaginatively and boldly make a difference in the world.
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Ocean Warming Means A New Paradigm For The World’s Fisheries	20.5.2013	Think Progres
Ocean Warming Means A New Paradigm For The World’s Fisheries
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On climate change, Obama faces an attack from his left flank	20.5.2013	Washington Post: Politics
If you want to get a sense of how impatient some of President Obama's most loyal supporters are getting when it comes to climate change , consider this: They're planning to conduct protests at meetings of the grassroots advocacy organization run by his former top campaign aides. Read full article ...
‘We Would All Like Climate Sensitivity To Be Lower But It Isn’t’ Says Lead Scientist Of New Study	20.5.2013	Think Progres
‘We Would All Like Climate Sensitivity To Be Lower But It Isn’t’ Says Lead Scientist Of New Study
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Climate disasters displace millions of people worldwide	20.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
More than 32 million people fled their homes last year because of disasters such as floods, storms and earthquakes
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May 20 News: U.S. Has ‘Deep Obligation’ To Act On Climate Change	20.5.2013	Think Progres
May 20 News: U.S. Has ‘Deep Obligation’ To Act On Climate Change
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California Farmers Explore Water-Conserving Agriculture For A Drought-Filled Future	20.5.2013	Think Progres
California Farmers Explore Water-Conserving Agriculture For A Drought-Filled Future
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Drumbeat: May 20, 2013	20.5.2013	The Oil Drum
Wells Dry, Fertile Plains Turn to Dust Vast stretches of Texas farmland lying over the aquifer no longer support irrigation. In west-central Kansas, up to a fifth of the irrigated farmland along a 100-mile swath of the aquifer has already gone dry. In many other places, there no longer is enough water to supply farmers’ peak needs during Kansas’ scorching summers. And when the groundwater runs out, it is gone for good. Refilling the aquifer would require hundreds, if not thousands, of years of rains. This is in many ways a slow-motion crisis — decades in the making, imminent for some, years or decades away for others, hitting one farm but leaving an adjacent one untouched. But across the rolling plains and tarmac-flat farmland near the Kansas-Colorado border, the effects of depletion are evident everywhere. Highway bridges span arid stream beds. Most of the creeks and rivers that once veined the land have dried up as 60 years of pumping have pulled groundwater levels down by scores and even ...
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More research on climate change needed, but too late!	20.5.2013	Earth Times
Certain academics claim that we may not have as severe a rise in temperature as is generally believed. On the other hand, they admit we have no idea what additional factors might be adding to global warming.
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Overheated rhetoric on climate change doesn’t make for good policies	20.5.2013	Washington Post
Climate change is an issue that needs to be discussed thoughtfully and objectively. Unfortunately, claims that distort the facts hinder the legitimate evaluation of policy options. The rhetoric has driven some policymakers toward costly regulations and policies that will harm hardworking American families and do little to decrease global carbon emissions. The Obama administration’s decision to delay, and possibly deny, the Keystone XL pipeline is a prime ...
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We Tracked Down Our Biggest Troll…and Kind of Liked Him	20.5.2013	Mother Jones
If you've ever read anything on the internet, chances are you've encountered a troll. No, not the kind that live under bridges , or the ones with a shock of neon hair. We're talking about those annoying commenters who get their kicks by riling people up as much as possible. But have you ever wondered who these people really are? Well, we found out. Internet researchers at George Mason University recently found that when it comes to online commenting, throwing bombs gets more attention than being nice, and makes readers double down on their preexisting beliefs. What's more, trolls create a false sense that a topic is more controversial than it really is. Witness the overwhelming consensus on climate change amongst scientists—97 percent agreement that global warming is real, and caused by humans. But that doesn"t settle the question for Twitter addict and Climate Desk perennial thorn in the side Hoyt Connell: "If you allow somebody to make a comment and there's no response, then ...
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IHT Rendezvous: Deciding the Future of the Arctic	20.5.2013	NY Times: World
The region holds an estimated 13 percent of the world’s undiscovered oil reserves and 30 percent of the world’s undiscovered gas. What should happen to it and who should say?
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Letter: Cutting Carbon Emissions	20.5.2013	NY Times: Editorials
Letter: Cutting Carbon Emissions
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Big-thinking Cato Institute: 400ppm haz got what plants crave	20.5.2013	NewsTrust Yahoo Pipes Feed
Whatever keeps the checks coming, I guess The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) has recently reached a “milestone” of 400 parts per million (ppm). In some circles, this announcement has been met with consternation and gnashing of teeth. The proper reaction is celebration. It's not just the planet is getting warmer and that that's an awesome thing because woo, free heat; the even more awesomer thing is that fossil fuel pollution HAS GOT WHAT PLANTS CRAVE! There are two primary externalities that result from our emissions of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere—1) an enhancement of the greenhouse effect, which results in an alteration of the energy flow in the earth’s climate and a general tendency to warm the global average surface temperature, and 2) an enhancement of the rate of photosynthesis in plants and a general tendency to result in more efficient growth and an overall healthier condition of vegetation (including crops). There’s incontrovertible evidence that the ...
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