The evidence mounted all year. All-time temperature records were broken in France, Germany and elsewhere; the Greenland ice sheet experienced exceptional melting; and, as 2019 came to a close, broiling temperatures contributed to devastating wildfires that continue in Australia.
Now European scient...
Shared from the 1/8/2020 The Denver Post eEdition By Judith Kohler The Denver Post
A national oil and gas trade group is kicking off a campaign to tell the industry’s story in face of concerns about climate change and proposed fracking bans, and the CEO says Colorado is part of his ...
U.S. Emissions Dropped in 2019:
By Nicholas Kusnetz
JAN 7, 2020
Greenhouse gas emissions in the United States dropped last year after a sharp increase in 2018, new data released Tuesday show. The drop resumed a long-term downward trend driven chiefly by a shift away from coal power generati...
The year 2019 was the hottest on record for Australia with the temperature reaching 1.52C above the long-term average, data from the Bureau of Meteorology confirms.
The year that delivered crippling drought, heatwaves, temperature records and devastating bushfires was 0.19C hotter than 2013, the pr...
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RENEWABLE ENERGY LOSING OUT By Christina Larson
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON»As world leaders gathered in Spain to discuss how to slow the warming of the planet, a spotlight fell on China — the top emitter of greenhouse gases.
China burn...
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Time magazine said teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is being honored for work that transcends backgrounds and borders.
Time, via The Associated Press
MADRID » Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg said she was surprised and...
By Emily Guskin, Scott Clement and Joel Achenbach
Dec. 9, 2019 at 6:00 a.m. MST
Americans remain shaky on the details of climate science even as they have grown increasingly concerned about human activity warming the Earth, according to a national poll by The Washington Post a...
Shared from the 12/6/2019 The Denver Post eEdition By Jeffrey Collins
The Associated Press
SWANSBORO, N.C.»Historic cities and towns along the Southeastern U.S. coast have survived wars, hurricanes, disease outbreaks and other calamities, but now that sea levels are creeping up with no ...
On November 29th and December 6th, young people across the country will join a national #ClimateStrike to continue the incredible momentum we saw this September.
With the consequences of climate change becoming more clear and dire with each passing day, a new powerful wave of the climate move...
Newly formed bipartisan Senate Climate Solutions Caucus.
Senator Mike Bennett, (D-CO) Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) to craft and advance bipartisan climate change solutions. The team of eight senators has launched this effor...
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ITALY Venice “on its knees” after 2nd-worst flood By Colleen Barry and Luca Bruno
The Associated Press
VENICE, ITALY» The worst flooding in Venice in more than 50 years prompted calls Wednesday to better protect the historic city from r...
Opinion TNYT, Nov 8, 2019 Few thought it would arrive so quickly. Now we’re facing consequences once viewed as fringe scenarios.
By Eugene Linden, Mr. Linden has written widely about climate change.
Nov. 8, 2019
For decades, most scientists saw climate change as a distant prospect. We n...
Shared from the 11/11/2019 The Denver Post eEdition FLOOD CONTROL
Thousands of aging structures are rated as unsatisfactory or poor condition
By David A. Lieb, Michael Casey and Michelle Minkoff The Associated Press
On a cold morning last March, Kenny Angel got a frantic knock o...
jacki Pocock, NOV 11.2019
Australia is enduring a bushfire crisis that has left three people dead, razed more than 150 homes, and prompted warnings of "catastrophic" danger.
Bushfires are a regular feature in the Australian calendar, but the blazes in New South Wales and Queensland have not previo...
Eleven thousand scientists from across the globe wrote a letter Tuesday warning that “untold human suffering” will happen if the governments of the world don't act immediately to combat climate change.
The letter, which was published in BioScience Tuesday, says that "climate change has arrived and ...
Shared from the 10/30/2019 The Denver Post eEdition By Seth Borenstein
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON» The number of people threatened by climate change-triggered flooding is about three times higher than previously thought, a new study says. But it’s not because of more water.
It’s because ...
Climate We can't merely cut emissions to preserve a livable planet. We'll have to invent technologies to take back the carbon we've already released. By Jon Gertner Fall 2019
When one grasps the full implications of climate change, there comes a measure of grief. I first recognized ...
EDMONTON, ALBERTA » Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg stayed away from any direct criticism of Alberta’s oil sands as the teenager took her message to the oil-rich Canadian province.
The 16-year-old told thousands of people in front of the provincial legislature in Edmonton on Friday tha...
Shared from the 10/13/2019 The Denver Post eEdition By Cathy Bussewitz
The Associated Press
NEW YORK» Climate change has led to deadlier wildfire seasons in the American West and more severe hurricanes and storms barreling up the Southern and Eastern coasts. The dramatic weather frequently k...
