Tag: climate change
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State Department Releases Final Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL Pipeline
The State Department today released the Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the proposed Keystone XL oil pipeline project. The controversial project would carry as much as 830,000 barrels of tar sands oil per day from Alberta, Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast. The State Department’s Final Supplemental EIS concluded that the pipeline wouldn’t…
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Environmental Champion Rep. Waxman Announces Retirement
Yesterday, Rep. Waxman (D-CA) issued a statement announcing he will not be seeking reelection in the fall. Rep. Waxman will retire at the end of the year, after serving 40 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. “I first ran for office because I believe government can be a force for good in people’s lives,” Rep. Waxman…
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NASA Animation Shows Relentless Pace of 60 Years of Global Warming in 15 Seconds
A 15-second NASA time-lapse video shows the steady and rapid warming of the planet since the middle of the twentieth century, with regions in the Arctic and Siberia warming as much as two to four degrees Celsius (3.6 to 7. 2 degrees Fahrenheit) above a long-term average: The animation begins in 1950, but the intensity of the yellow,…
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Does Polar Vortex Mean So Much For Global Warming?
Over the past couple of months, the U.S. has seen the return of something many believed had been lost for good: cold weather. Although the current temperatures in the eastern U.S. may seem unusually cold, in the context of our history they really aren’t. In fact, most of the cold that has made the news…
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Environmental Degradation From Climate Change and Conflict Plagues Iraq
By Tierney Smith Climate change, pollution and a growing population have all taken their toll on Iraq’s natural environment. Exacerbated by decades of war and growing pressure on natural resources, these strains have seen the country’s environmental health decline steeply in recent years. [caption id="attachment_319589" align="alignnone" width="500"] Years of war and worsening climate change are taking…