Science and Technology : White House blocked intelligence agency’s testimony calling climate change ‘possibly catastrophic'

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White House blocked intelligence agency’s written testimony calling climate change ‘possibly catastrophic’


The move came after State officials refused to excise the document’s references to federal scientific findings on climate change...

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According to the National Park Service, Glacier National Park’s ice sheets are a fraction of the size they were 100 years ago. (Beth J. Harpaz/AP)

 

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The World's Largest Automakers Asked Trump Not to Loosen a Climate Change Standard. Here's Why


In a letter signed by 17 companies including Ford, General Motors and Toyota, the automakers asked the Trump Administration to halt an effort to undo Obama-era vehicle emissions standards set to last through 2025, arguing it could create uncertainty that hurts their bottom line...

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Time

 

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Climate Change I Have Known
Think the effects of a warming planet are only theoretical? If you spend any time recreating outside, they’re suddenly everywhere you look

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But it’s the intensity of the storms that the burning of fossil fuels has changed. Warmer waters in the gulf and warmer (and therefore wetter) air everywhere fuel such events, and now science is coming close to proving it.

Marc Peruzzi

 

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Planet is entering ‘new climate regime’ with ‘extraordinary’ heat waves intensified by global warming, study says


A study published this week in the journal Earth’s Future concludes that this heat wave epidemic “would not have occurred without human-induced climate change.”

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The DNC said no to a climate debate. Some of its members are still trying to make it happen


"Frankly, as someone who worked for Barack Obama, the most remarkable thing about him was his tenacity to multitask, and a president must be able to multitask," Perez told Florida activists while he was in Orlando for the Florida Democratic Party’s Leadership Blue gala...

https://news.yahoo.com/dnc-said-no-climate-debate-014722607.html

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USA TODAY