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House Democrats wonder why GOP won’t agree to debate on climate change
House Democrats on Wednesday questioned why Republicans had not responded after being challenged to a climate change debate. “Today, I rise to cite the fact that the American people and Democrats and scientists agree that climate change is a danger to us all, but where are the Republicans?” Rep. Hank…
Antarctic ice tells conflicting story about climate change’s role in big melt
Since the early 1990s, glaciers draining Antarctica’s vast ice sheets have… …
Experts: Millions will starve to death as climate change accelerates
Millions of people could become destitute in Africa and Asia as staple foods more than double in price by 2050 as a result of extreme temperatures, floods and droughts that will transform the way the world farms. As food experts gather at two major conferences to discuss how to feed…
Major businesses call for climate change laws
Several major companies issued a joint call Wednesday for the United States to enact legislation to battle climate change, saying that the issue was critical to their businesses. Thirty-three firms including online retailer eBay, tech giant Intel, coffee leader Starbucks and sportswear makers Adidas, Nike, Patagonia, The North Face and…
Rep. Joe Barton: Biblical ‘Great Flood’ shows climate change isn’t man made
Republican Texas Rep. Joe Barton on Wednesday dismissed concerns that the Keystone XL pipeline could contribute to climate change, citing the biblical flood myth described in the book of Genesis as evidence that climate change was not man made. BuzzFeed’s Andrew Kaczynski obtained video of Barton speaking to the House…
Climate change predicted to cause more in-flight turbulence for passengers
Flights will become bumpier as global warming destabilises air currents at altitudes used by commercial airliners, climate scientists warned Monday. Already, atmospheric turbulence injures hundreds of airline passengers each year, sometimes fatally, damaging aircraft and costing the industry an estimated $150 million (115 million euros), scientists said. “Climate change is…
Climate change pits pandas against pinot
Which is more important, pandas or pinot? Researchers say that is a question conservationists and wine-growers will have to answer in the coming years as climate change sparks a hunt for cooler places to grow wine grapes, even if those places are home to sensitive animal populations. Already, big players…
Maher: Debating climate change is like arguing about whether the Earth is flat
On Friday night’s edition of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” host Bill Maher railed against Americans’ willingness to embrace myth over science and said that to claim that there is still a debate over climate change is like debating whether or not the Earth is flat. In a panel discussion…
Economist: World headed towards climate change catastrophe
The author of an influential 2006 study on climate change warned Tuesday that the world could be headed toward warming even more catastrophic than expected but he voiced hope for political action. Nicholas Stern, the British former chief economist for the World Bank, said that both emissions of greenhouse gas…
Climate change models predict remarkably accurate results
By Duncan Clark, The Guardian Analysis of climate change modelling for past 15 years reveal accurate forecasts of rising global temperatures Forecasts of global temperature rises over the past 15 years have proved remarkably accurate, new analysis of scientists’ modelling of climate change shows. The debate around the accuracy of…
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