Amid a lot of incoherent banter, Republican candidates expressed their views in an August 6th televised debate. Of all the issues discussed, a notable non-mention was climate change.
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Exxon Knew About Global Warming in 1981 – And Denied It For 27 Years
“Oil well” by Flcelloguy at the English language Wikipedia. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons
“ExxonMobil, the world’s biggest oil company, knew as early as 1981 of climate change – seven years before it became a public issue, according to a newly discovered email from one of the firm’s own scientists. Despite this the firm spent millions over the next 27 years to promote climate denial.”
Ocean Life Faces Mass Extinction
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“A team of scientists, in a groundbreaking analysis of data from hundreds of sources, has concluded that humans are on the verge of causing unprecedented damage to the oceans and the animals living in them.”
Pres. Obama Takes Big Step To Tackle Global Warming
Fox News Dismisses National Climate Assessment As “Untrue, Unrelenting Doom & Gloom”
A NASA picture of large wildfires burning across sections of northern Baja and southern California.
PHOTO BY NASA VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
“What’s Behind Early Season Winds Fueling Southern California Wildfires?” is the title of a news article on NationalGeographic.com about the forest fires currently raging through the state. Though the precise cause is as yet unclear, what is clear is that the weather system which brings strong winds that intensify forest fires in Southern California, called the Santa Ana winds, usually doesn’t occur until between September or October.
To Pres. Obama: Cut Carbon Pollution From Power Plants (petition)
Photo courtesy of ecopolitology.org
From CredoAction.com:
A strong rule to limit carbon pollution from power plants is one of the most important things that President Obama can do to fight climate change.
Climate Change Compared to Weapon of Mass Destruction
TELL OBAMA TO STOP KEYSTONE XL before its too late (petition)
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From CredoAction.com:
Even with a president who recently professed a lofty goal of getting all cars off of oil, even with one of our stronger climate hawk senators as the new secretary of state, the State Department still released a joke of an environmental assessment of the Keystone XL pipeline, taking us one big step closer to approval of this project that should be a no-brainer of a rejection.
Australian Broadcasting: How Global Warming Causes Extremes
Very good explanation of weather extremes worldwide under climate change.
Heads up on this came from Jennifer Francis.
Melt Puddles, Distant Open Water Visible at North Pole Camera 2
(Melt Puddles and Distant Open Water at North Pole Camera 2 on July 13. Image source: APL)
With the emergence then fading of a ‘warm storm’ in late June and early July, then a subsequent set of intermittent storms and sunny days, all occurring in warmer than freezing conditions, central Arctic surface ice melt has continued to proceed apace.
This melt is now plainly visible at North Pole Camera 2 were a number of near-camera melt puddles have been forming and growing over the past few days. You can see these melt puddles clearly in the above image provided by the Applied Physics Lab through its North Pole Camera #2. The puddles, which were at first in the front field of the camera, have now expanded to cover about 105 degrees of the view provided. Smaller, darker melt spots also appear to have invaded behind the markers set around…
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