In Texas Field Hearing, House Subcommittee To Attack EPA as State Faces...
The House Energy and Power Subcommittee will be in Texas on Thursday (24 March 2011) holding a hearing attacking EPA's Clean Air Act enforcement, including its steps to regulate greenhouse gas...
View ArticleExtreme Texas Drought & Wildfires Sharpen Contrast Between Texas...
On Thursday 7 April 2011, all but one of the Republican members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas voted for H.R. 910 to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency from regulating...
View ArticlePay Now, Pay Later: A State-by-State Assessment of the Costs of Climate Change
The American Security Project on 19 April 2011 released a series of 50 reports -- one for each state -- on the economic consequences of not sharply curbing greenhouse gas emissions and slowing the pace...
View ArticlePresidents of U.S. and Russia Agree to Step Up Cooperation in Bering Strait...
President Barack Obama and President Dmitry Medvedev of Russia on Thursday (26 May 2011) in a joint statement noted the "effects of climate change and other pressures on the common natural and...
View ArticleDangerously Unprepared: Congressional Budget Cuts are Leaving Americans...
In 2011, the U.S. has been hammered by climate extremes, with economic damages by mid-June approaching a record $32 billion. Yet determined Congressional opponents of Federal climate change efforts are...
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This year has given way to record breaking weather extremes. From the Midwest blizzard that shut down Chicago to the Mississippi flooding, Texas drought and Hurricane Irene. It’s been a record year for...
View ArticleWhite House Reports on Climate Change Adaptation, as Communities Face Rising...
The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on Friday (28 October 2011) released a second annual progress report from the government’s...
View ArticleIPCC Says Essential Actions Needed to Reduce Risks of Changing Climate Extremes
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) approved on Friday (18 Nov 2011) a report on preparing for weather and climate extremes. The report’s summary warns that a changing climate “can...
View ArticleColorado Congressman Wants Federal Support for Fossil Fuels -- and for Coping...
Congressman Cory Gardner, a freshman Republican representing a large part of northern and eastern Colorado, is a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Gardner along with the majority of...
View ArticleTo Politicians Napping on the Fireline: Wake Up, Smell the Smoke and Act on...
Extraordinary wildfire conditions are among the indications that climate change is well underway in the Southwestern U.S. Cities and towns in the region are responding, showing leadership where the...
View ArticleSouthwest U.S. Forests Projected by 2050 to See Worst Drought Conditions in...
Scientists report in the journal Nature Climate Change that the drought-stress currently being experienced by forests in the Southwestern U.S. "is more severe than any event since the late 1500s...
View Article13th National Conference on Science, Policy, and the Environment: Disasters...
Event Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2013 (All day) - Thursday, January 17, 2013 (All day) Event Location: Washington, DC "On January 15-17, 2013, join over 1,200 leaders from the emergency response,...
View ArticleWith Rapid Warming in Northern Latitudes, Massive Shift is Underway in...
An international team of researchers has found that rapid warming in northern latitudes has resulted in a decline in temperature seasonality -- the difference between summer and winter temperatures --...
View ArticleU.S. Unveils Arctic Strategy while Announcing that Atmospheric Concentrations...
The White House on Friday (10 May 2013) released a National Strategy for the Arctic Region, as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that daily average atmospheric...
View ArticleWWF Climate Blog Has Moved to New Location
The WWF climate blog now is located at a different Web address: worldwildlife.org/blogs/wwf-climate-blog. All posts since May 2013 are at that location, while older posts will remain archived on this...
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