Senate Hearing on Thursday for Sea Level Rise
Climate Central's Ben Strauss is one of four testifying on the impact of sea level rise on U.S. infrastructure.… Read More
Climate Change Could Cripple New York’s Transportation
Given the climate change-related challenges the city faces, it’s no surprise New York is mobilizing to fortify its infrastructure. It is spending $1.5 billion over 15 years to improve its stormwater management, cooling white roofs and clean-fuel buses, and has pledged to reduce city-wide greenhouse gas emissions below 2005 levels by 2030.… Read More
The New Geopolitics of Global Warming
Climate change, an abstract concept for many in the U.S., is already shaping conflicts around the world. Read More
Earth Hour Dims at the United States Border
Saturday's symbolic effort to turn off the lights for an hour is gaining traction across the globe except the U.S. Read More
Report Details Climate Change, Extreme Weather Links
There has been a long-term increase in economic losses from climate-related disasters, largely driven by the increasing exposure of people and infrastructure, and the report finds that in many regions, socio-economic forces, and not climate change, will continue to be one of the main drivers of future increases in losses. But the combination of cli… Read More
Michael Mann, Off Battlefield, Discussing ‘Climate Wars’
All of the attention that has been paid to Mann and his research through the years has provided him with a platform to speak out on climate science and policy matters, which is probably not the result that his critics had intended. “I was initially this sort of accidental and reluctant public figure, Mann said. “Over time I’m coming to embrace the… Read More
Rowland, Pioneer on Ozone Layer Thinning, Dies at Age 84
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When F. Sherwood Rowland and his protégé Mario Molina first made the shocking discovery back in 1974 that manmade chemicals could eat away at the Earth’s protective ozone layer, they were greeted mostly with suspicion and scorn by the chemical industry and even by their colleagues. By the time he passed away this weekend, however, at the age of 84 … Read More
Beleaguered Scientist Emerges but Is Mum on Heartland
Notably missing from Gleick’s talk — which focused on a wide range of global and regional water issues central to the Pacific Institute’s core mission — was any specific mention of last month’s confession that he had impersonated of a board member of the Chicago-based, libertarian Heartland Institute to obtain internal documents outlining the group… Read More
