Rio+20: Economic Growth at Core of Summit
This month’s summit, taking place June 20-22 in Rio de Janeiro, marks the 20-year anniversary for the first Earth Summit on sustainable development. Back then the summit attracted unprecedented media coverage and generated a range of landmark conventions on sustainability, biodiversity and climate change. The latter laid the foundation for the … Read More
Hot News: Second-Warmest May on Record for Globe
In 132 years of record keeping, this past May ranks second warmest, according to Thursday’s monthly report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). With its average temperature of both land and ocean of 59.79°F, it fell short of first place by only 0.05°F; May 2010 holds the title of warmest May on record.… Read More
Coverage Around the Nation Warms to ‘The Heat is On’
Climate Central’s report “The Heat Is On: U.S. Temperature Trends, which analyzes state-by-state warming across the continental U.S., was reported by media outlets across the nation the past 48 hours. The report has been featured in print, online and on TV by more than 100 organizations, including The New York Times, Huffington Post, Associated Pr… Read More
‘Heat is On’ Is Front & Center on Rachel Maddow Show
Our new report, "The Heat is On," got a great deal of attention on Wednesday, including the viewers of "The Rachel Maddow Show." Guest host Ezra Klein discussed the state-by-state temperature trends highlighted in the report. It's just the facts, the actual temperature records, as Klein notes, which is what makes the map so compelling. Some states … Read More
Wildfires in Western U.S. to Increase with Climate Change
Large fires in the western U.S. — such as those currently raging in Colorado and New Mexico “ may be part of a shifting pattern of wildfire risk brought on by climate change, according to a study led by researchers at UC Berkeley.… Read More
Megawatts, Community and Development in Thailand
“It represents modernity. So, they want this in their community. Hey, we are modern, they say. This is latest technology, and we are independent from Burmese gas and from imported oil. Our energy is produced here with our own resources, our own wind. Zero emissions, and we are proud of it! That’s what it sounds like when Nick Suppipat talks about … Read More
Report: Storm Surge Could Cost U.S. Hundreds of Billions
CoreLogic ranked Virginia Beach, Va. second on the list of metro areas with the most expensive price tags from a worst-case storm surge scenario, where a storm could inflict a total of $46 billion in property damage. Miami, New Orleans, Tampa, Boston and Houston round out the top seven metro areas on the list.… Read More
Peter Gleick Reinstated by Pacific Institute
Investigation finds Gleick did not forge confidential documents he obtained from Heartland Institute.… Read More
