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Archives: Climate Change
G19 outmaneuvers climate Rogue Trump, ignores Donald & Ivanka
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - German Chancellor Angela Merkel ran rings around Trump at the G20 summit in Hamburg, where pictures show Donald sitting alone and being ignored…
G-20: Germany aims to isolate Trump on Paris Climate Plan
By Dave Keating | Euractiv.com | - - Angela Merkel wants all countries in the group except the US to sign up to a strong statement supporting the Paris Agreement but Saudi…
Poor in the U.S. South Will Bear the Brunt of Climate Change: Research
TeleSur | - - "There will be winners and losers from climate change within the United States,” said Amir Jina, a University of Chicago economist. A new study shows that climate change…
It’s going to Get a lot Hotter; how Hot depends on You
Richard B. Rood | (The Conversation) | - - Earth’s climate is changing rapidly. We know this from billions of observations, documented in thousands of journal papers and texts and summarized every…
Rate of Sea Level Rise increasing, As Greenland Melts
By John Church, Christopher Watson, Matt King, Xianyao Chen, and Xuebin Zhang | (The Conversation) | - - Contributions to the rate of global sea-level rise increased by about half between 1993…
The World Is Burning (Stop burning Fossil Fuels, Stupid!)
By IPS World Desk | (Inter Press Service) | - - Record high temperatures are gripping much of the globe and more hot weather are to come. This implies more drought, more…
Don’t get mad over Trump’s Climate Policies, Get Even
By Michael Brune | ( Otherwords.org ) | - - The White House may have accidentally sparked a revolution in efforts to address climate change. If it makes you mad that President…
Why Saudi Extremism, Instability is an Argument for EVs, Wind and Solar Energy
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Saudi Arabia has gotten too big for its britches, and the oil-producing Middle East is turning even more unstable. Not to mention that…
Science: Back Electric Cars if your City wants to defy Trump & Go Green
By Daniel Cohan | (The Conversation) | - - President Donald Trump’s decision to exit the Paris climate agreement reaffirmed what was already clear: The federal government is no longer leading American…
Why the melting Arctic matters to us all (Economist Video)
The Economist | (Video report) | - - "Donald Trump is pulling America out of the Paris climate agreement. But if nothing is done to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, cities such as New…
Trump’s new Clash of Civilizations: Carbonites v. Greens
By Michael T. Klare | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - That Donald Trump is a grand disruptor when it comes to international affairs is now a commonplace observation in the establishment…
Sorry, Trump, Electric Car sales doubled last Year, dooming dirty Fossil fuels
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the road doubled worldwide to 2 million in the past year with 40% of EVs being…
Hawaii defies Trump, commits to Paris Accords
TeleSur | - - Even the limited environmental reforms of the Paris Agreements were too much for the United States. Hawaii has broken from the White House's abrupt exit from the Paris…
The Climate Catastrophe Trump Promotes: Bangladesh between Flood and Drought
World Bank | (Video Clip) - - "Due to its geographical position, Bangladesh is among the countries most vulnerable to climate change impacts. Watch how communities in areas afflicted by recurring floods…
No, Republicans… God Won’t “Take Care Of” Global Warming
By Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian | (The Young Turks) | - - "Congressional Republicans threatening the survival of the human species are telling fairy tales about heavenly carbon bailouts to help…
How bad could Trump’s Paris Agreement withdrawal be? A scientist’s perspective
By Robert Kopp | (The Conversation) | - - Even before the Paris Agreement was signed in December 2015, market forces and policy measures were starting to tilt the world toward a…
Did Trump’s Climate Disavowal just kill Capitalism?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The last time capitalism faced a crisis this deep, it was 1929. People minded the Great Depression. All those people Joe McCarthy persecuted…
Top 5 Climate Catastrophes to which Trump just Doomed his own Supporters
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - On Thursday, Trump delivered himself of one of the most brain-dead speeches ever given by an American president, more imbecilic even than Bush's…