Science and Technology : Black Lives Matter is right to say Climate Change is a Race Issue

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Interior Dept. censors climate change from news release on coastal flooding: ‘It didn’t add anything’
Study co-author disagrees: “The suppression of this information is a scandal,” part of “a crime against the American people”


The Department of the Interior deleted a line explaining how climate change drives sea level rise from the news release accompanying a new study on coastal flooding, the Washington Post reported ...

https://thinkprogress.org/interior-dept-censors-climate-change-89a4993400b3

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A parking lot of yellow cabs in Hoboken, NJ flooded by Superstorm Sandy, Oct. 30, 2012. CREDIT: AP/Charles Sykes






Joe Romm

Dr. Joe Romm is Founding Editor of Climate Progress, “the indispensable blog,” as NY Times columnist Tom Friedman describes it.
May 23



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With ‘more at stake’ than any other city, New Orleans issues climate action strategy
Mayor Landrieu calls climate change an “existential threat” to city

In response to the dire threat posed by climate change, New Orleans released a climate action strategy on Friday that includes more than two dozen actions aimed at cutting the city’s greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030.
Cities must take the lead on climate programs in the wake of the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris climate agreement, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu said in his state of the city address on Thursday ...

https://thinkprogress.org/new-orleans-releases-climate-action-strategy-c585b8fdfac3

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The administration of New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu released a climate action strategy on July 7, 2017. CREDIT: AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin





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Mark Hand
Climate reporter @ThinkProgress. Send tips to mhand@americanprogress.org.
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An iceberg the size of Delaware just broke off Antarctica
The Larsen C ice shelf just calved, another reminder that sea level rise is coming for us


An iceberg the size of Delaware has broken free from an Antarctic ice shelf, leaving the rest of the shelf vulnerable to collapse and serving as a harbinger of future sea-level rise that could pose a serious threat to coastal communities ...

https://thinkprogress.org/larsen-c-shelf-breaking-e2b8ba088512

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A rift in the Antarctic Peninsula’s Larsen C ice shelf. CREDIT: NASA




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Jul 12
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California bill would make the state 100 percent renewable by 2045
New bill would make California one of only two states legally required to obtain all of their energy from renewable sources


A bill mandating that California receive all of its electricity from renewable sources passed through a key legislative committee this week, moving the nation’s sixth largest economy one step closer to becoming 100 percent renewable ...

https://thinkprogress.org/california-100-percent-renewable-4b7530084941

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CREDIT: AP Photo/John Locher, File





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Natasha Geiling
Reporter at ThinkProgress. Contact me: ngeiling@americanprogress.org
Jul 14





 
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46 Republicans buck party to help Democrats take down anti-climate action amendment
In a battle over military’s approach to climate change, the military and preparedness won


Forty-six House Republicans, including almost all of the GOP members of the bipartisan House Climate Solutions Caucus, joined Democrats late Thursday to defeat a bill amendment that would have prevented the Department of Defense from analyzing and addressing climate change ...

https://thinkprogress.org/house-defeats-anti-climate-action-amendment-e7a95cc0249c

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Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) introduced an anti-climate action amendment that many of his fellow Republicans rejected. CREDIT: AP Photo/Marc Levy





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Mark Hand
Climate reporter @ThinkProgress. Send tips to mhand@americanprogress.org.
Jul 14




 

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