Wall Street breaks from net-zero climate alliance ahead of Trump term
Big Wall Street banks simultaneously pulled out of the same Net Zero Climate Alliance that was investigated by Republican lawmakers last year and announced just weeks before President-elect Donald Trump took office. From 2021, major banks will join Net Zero, a global group of financial institutions “committed to financing ambitious climate action” to move economies […]
L.A. Fires Are ‘Climate Disaster’ Stoked by Trump, ‘More Death’ Coming
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The Shetland Way by Marianne Brown review – a daughter’s journey to the heart of the climate crisis | Science and nature books
aIn recent years, there have been many memoirs centered on nature, including Marianne Brown's debut work, shetland waybegins with a personal loss. The story begins with her father Bill's funeral in her hometown of the Shetland Islands, a place she has only glimpsed. Her parents separated when she was two years old, and her relationship […]
Fire Risks Increasing a Result of Climate Change
FEMA Administrator DeAnne Criswell said Sunday on CNN's “State of the Union” that Southern California's wildfires are caused by climate change. “We're seeing changes due to climate change and we're seeing more severe weather events. That's what we're seeing here in California,” Criswell said. Host Jake Tapper said: “You touched on what we're hearing from […]
Now is the time to reject climate change hysteria — and the feckless leaders who hide behind it
The embers have yet to cool in the eerie blackened moonscape of what was once the Pacific Palisades. Thousands of residents face a difficult and uncertain rebuilding process. So far, the loss of life is thankfully small, but that is certainly of little comfort to those grieving. Meanwhile, our self-proclaimed expert class wants us to […]
Climate change is putting the focus on Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal
As Americans prepare for President Trump's second term, they don't seem to be paying much attention to the prices of things like eggs, gas and housing in places like Greenland, Canada and the Panama Canal. To many of us, it seems absurd that President-elect Donald Trump would even bring up the idea of taking back […]
Climate Scientist Who Wanted To ‘Ruin’ National Review Ordered To Make Out A Check To Outlet
Michael Mann, a climatologist at the University of Pennsylvania, will have to pay National Review more than $500,000 in legal fees, nearly 13 years after the legal battle began. Mann first sued National Review in 2012 after Canadian conservative commentator Mark Stein criticized him in a post on National Review's website. National Review editor Rich […]
Climate change parches Western US, providing fuel for fires
Climate change is making the western United States drier, potentially leading to wildfires like the one affecting Los Angeles. As temperatures rise, drier landscapes with dense vegetation emerge, which can accelerate and worsen fires. “Climate change will promote drier landscapes, maintain landscapes that are more susceptible to ignition and burn, and reduce resistance to fire […]
Democrat Pramila Jayapal Blames Fires on Corporations Ignoring ‘Reality of Climate Change’
Democratic Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., blames the California fires on companies that ignored the “reality of climate change.” “Corporations got us into this mess, but even corporations can't escape the devastating reality of climate change,” the Progressive Caucus co-chairs said on social media, as the wind blows and spreads. He shared a video of an […]
Winds Pushing Los Angeles Wildfires Are ‘Due to Climate Change’
Hollywood star Barbra Streisand on Thursday clarified that the strong winds that are carrying wildfires across Los Angeles are “the result of climate change” and demanded that “coming governments do a better job”. “I think these terrible winds are the strongest we've ever experienced, and a lot of that is due to climate change, and […]