By Christopher Flavelle and Lisa Friedman
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WASHINGTON » The Trump administration recently removed the chief scientist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the nation’s premier scientific agency, installed new political staff who have questioned accepted f...
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By Elaine Lies
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan is aiming to cut greenhouse gases to zero by 2050 and become a carbon-neutral society, Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on Monday as he unveiled a major shift in position on climate change.Japan had previously sa...
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Hotter Days; Bigger Blazes; Less Moisture As more homes and acres burn, fears mount that climate change is causing a “multi-level emergency” By Bruce Finley
The Denver Post
The record-breaking forest fires burning in Colorado even as winter set...
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By Mark Udall and Jeremy Jones
Guest commentary
One of us is a former politician, an Outward Bound instructor who became a senator. The other is a professional athlete, a snowboarder who climbed and rode mountains long before going to Cap...
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By Deborah Swearingen
Daily Camera
A new report shows Boulder found success in a number of its climate initiatives, including its effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
In 2019, the city reported a 21% reduction in emissions since 2...
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RISING CONCERNSBy Christopher Flavelle © The New York Times Co.
If rising seas cause America’s coastal housing market to dive — or, as many economists warn, when — the beginning might look a little like what’s happening in the tiny town of Bal H...
Combat climate change, Letter to Editor, The Denver Post, October 13. 2020 Peter Fessenden, Highlands Ranch, CO
COVID-19 is a crisis. Much worse, particularly for future generations, is human-caused climate change. Many years of research yield a four-part solution.
Step 1: Education as to ho...
Shared from the 10/4/2020 The Denver Post eEdition By Robert H. Frank
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The United States has been stalled in its approach to climate change, and with attention so heavily focused on the coronavirus pandemic, this may seem an inauspicious moment for action.
But the shoc...
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“IT BOGGLES THE MIND” By Jocelyn Gecker The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO»
In a year that has already brought apocalyptic skies and smothering smoke to the West Coast, California set a grim new record Sunday when officials announced that the wil...
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WILDFIRES By Christopher Flavelle © The New York Times Co.
California is one of America’s marvels. By moving vast quantities of water and suppressing wildfires for decades, the state has transformed its arid and mountainous landscape int...
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By Cara Anna
The Associated Press
JOHANNESBURG» In a year of cataclysm, some world leaders at the annual United Nations meeting are taking the long view, warning: If COVID-19 doesn’t kill us, climate change will.
With Siberia seeing its warmest t...
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California plans to ban the sale of new gasoline-powered cars statewide by 2035, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Wednesday, in a sweeping move aimed at accelerating the state’s efforts to combat...
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UNITED NATIONS»Chinese President Xi Jinping says his country will aim to stop adding to the global warming problem by 2060.Xi’s announcement during a speech Tuesday to the U.N. General Assembly is a significant step for the world’s biggest emitter ...
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Friday, 18 September 2020 17:40 GMT
As climate impacts surge, Fridays for Future youth activists aim to resume virus-smart mass protest By Laurie GoeringLONDON, Sept 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Leaders of a youth climate strike ...
CLIMATE CHANGE Shared from the 9/15/2020 The Denver Post eEdition By Hiroko Tabuchi © The New York Times Co.
Last summer, oil and gas-industry groups were lobbying to overturn federal rules on leaks of natural gas, a major contributor to climate change. Their message: The companies h...
Shared from the 9/10/2020 The Denver Post eEdition By Seth Borenstein
The Associated Press
A record amount of California is burning, spurred by a nearly 20-year mega-drought. To the north, parts of Oregon that don’t usually catch fire are in flames.
Meanwhile, the Atlantic’s 16th and 17th nam...
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The world is getting closer to passing a temperature limit set by global leaders five years ago and may exceed it in the next decade or so, according to a new United Nations report.
In the next five years, the world has nearly a 1-in-4 cha...
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CLIMATE AND DISASTERS
By Seth Borenstein
The Associated Press
A record amount of California is burning, spurred by a nearly 20-year mega-drought. To the north, parts of Oregon that don’t usually catch fire are in flames.
Meanwhile, the Atlantic’...
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By Seth Borenstein The Associated Press
Greenland lost a record amount of ice during an extra warm 2019, with the melt massive enough to cover California in more than 4 feet of water, a new study said.
After two years when summer ice melt had be...
How Methane Gas Causes Climate Change and What To Do About It
by Katrina Cosolo | Apr 16, 2018 | Climate Change Causes, Climate Change Impact, Weather
According to NASA, climate change is extensively caused by greenhouse gases which block the heat in the Ear...
