Tag: climate change
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Flood Risk in Europe Expected to Double by 2050
By Tim Radford The catastrophic floods that soaked Europe last summer and the United Kingdom this winter are part of the pattern of things to come. According to a new study of flood risk in Nature Climate Change annual average losses from extreme floods in Europe could increase fivefold by 2050. And the frequency of destructive…
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Prescott College Passes Landmark Fossil Fuel Divestment Resolution
The Prescott College Board of Trustees has approved a landmark fossil fuel divestment resolution, making a commitment to shift endowment investments from the 200 largest fossil fuel corporations to clean, green energy companies and other socially responsible investments aligned with institutional values. The college is proud to stand behind this resolution as a part of…
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CNBC’s Joe Kernen Compares Climate Change to ‘Witchcraft’
CNBC’s Joe Kernen isn’t interested in your preposterous theories that climate change has anything to do with carbon dioxide emissions caused by humans. You think last month was among the warmest Januaries of all time? Don’t bother him with such talk. Though nearly 100 percent of climate scientists said climate change was caused by human activity…
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Global Study Shows U.S. Is 1 of 5 Nations Without Climate Legislation
When the Global Legislators Organization (GLOBE) surveyed the 66 countries that together are responsible for 88 percent of the manmade greenhouse gas emissions around the world, it noticed one glaring fact. Sixty-one of those countries had legislation on the books to decrease carbon pollution and promote clean energy, but the U.S. was not one of them. GLOBE…
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Climate Change Caucus Shows Youth That Green Jobs Are Good Jobs
By Rocky Kistner As the Arctic melts, oceans acidify, storms intensify and crops wither in drought-stricken areas of the globe, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the dire consequences of climate change. Faced with the onslaught of polluter cash that line the pockets of politicians and smear the findings of climate scientists, who can we turn…