by David Lillard
Though Washington seems uninterested in protecting the environment, a new survey says U.S. newspaper readers are very concerned about clean water, public health and climate change.
Archive for the ‘Climate Change’ Category
by Erica Gies
Texas and the West saw severe drought in 2011. Unfortunately, the climate change forecast includes more drought, with severe negative impacts to energy, water, and other infrastructure.
by Glenn Schererr
What do foreign cars, computer hard drives, hamburgers, chocolate, coffee, and peanut butter have in common? They’re all costing more due to the collision of globalization with global warming.
by Erica Gies
Aging dams are seeing increased pressure from extreme precipitation due to climate change. New infrastructure adaptations are needed now, or those dams could fail catastrophically in future.
by Mark Hertsgaard
Africans are defending themselves from drought and other climate change impacts in ways that offer vital lessons to local U.S. communities.
by Glenn Scherer
When it comes to energy policy, it’s hard to see a difference between Presidents Obama and Bush. A case in point: the proposed Keystone XL pipeline – bringing tar sands oil from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.
by Karen O’Leary
Record weather disasters this year demand the declaration of a national weather and infrastructure repair emergency, that could put people back to work and the economy back in the black.
by Karen O’Leary
The weird weather this spring has caused crops to fail. Unfortunately, NOAA and other agencies are forecasting more extreme weather this summer, which means more failed crops and even higher food costs.
by Glenn Scherer
From record killer tornadoes in Missouri, to record floods on the Mississippi, to record drought in Texas, weather weirdness is rife. But Congress still sees fit to vote oil companies their full subsidies, and Obama wants to mine more coal, doubling climate change emissions.
by Lowell Bliss
Lowell Bliss sweeps aside debates over causality and policy. Instead, he sees the human face of natural disasters devastating our globe and urges that we all respond with decisive action and compassion.
