Monthly Archives: February 2016

Monarch butterfly population surges in Mexico | GulfNews.com

There were 140 million butterflies this year in the mountains of central Mexico Source: Monarch butterfly population surges in Mexico | GulfNews.com

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Exxon’s Own Research Confirmed Fossil Fuels’ Role in Global Warming Decades Ago | InsideClimate News

At a meeting in Exxon Corporation’s headquarters, a senior company scientist named James F. Black addressed an audience of powerful oilmen. Speaking without a text as he flipped through detailed slides, Black delivered a sobering message: carbon dioxide from the … Continue reading

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Decline of Pollinators Poses Threat to World Food Supply, Report Says

Many pollinator species are facing extinction, including some 16 percent of vertebrates like birds and bats, according to the document. Source: Decline of Pollinators Poses Threat to World Food Supply, Report Says

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Tomgram: Bill McKibben, It’s Not Just What Exxon Did, It’s What It’s Doing | TomDispatch

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Oxford’s Halley Professor on How the Climate Challenge Could Derail a Brilliant Human Destiny

The Halley Professor of Physics at Oxford asks whether humanity is capable of applying the patient and creative investment of brain power and money to curtailing climate change that it invested in finding ripples in spacetime. Source: Oxford’s Halley Professor … Continue reading

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Next Supreme Court Justice Will Be Crucial to Climate Change

The Supreme Court’s temporary stay of the Clean Power Plan underscores the vulnerability of America’s pledges to the world. Source: Next Supreme Court Justice Will Be Crucial to Climate Change – The New York Times

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Warming World Spreads a Wider Welcome Mat for Zika-Carrying Mosquitoes

When the mosquito now infamous for spreading the Zika virus suddenly showed up thousands of miles from anywhere it would usually call home, a California insect abatement officer was confounded. Steve Mulligan and his equally puzzled colleagues first encountered the … Continue reading

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CLEAN POWER PLAN: NRDC’s Doniger discusses impact of SCOTUS stay decision on litigation, state action — Thursday, February 11, 2016 — www.eenews.net

Following this week’s surprising blow by the Supreme Court to the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan, how will the court’s decision to stay the rule impact pending litigation and state action on compliance? During today’s OnPoint, David Doniger, director and … Continue reading

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With 3 California Sites, Obama Nearly Doubles Public Land He’s Protected – The New York Times

The move drew immediate rebuke from some Republicans, who have criticized the president’s aggressive use of executive action to protect lands. Source: With 3 California Sites, Obama Nearly Doubles Public Land He’s Protected – The New York Times

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Is Gates Foundation Model Always a Force For Good?

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