Category Archives: Global Climate Disruption and Impacts

In Texas field hearing, Congressional subcommittee will attack EPA even as the state faces another year of devastating drought

A March 24 U.S. House Energy and Power Subcommittee hearing will focus on the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Air Act enforcement, including its steps to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.  The hearing will take place against a backdrop of long-term – and devastating – … Continue reading

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Northern Update - Canada's own year of extreme weather

2010 was a year of wild weather all over the world. Who doesn't remember the torrential monsoon rains that devastated Pakistan, Russia's raging wildfires that wiped out grain crops and burnt forests to a crisp, and the record breaking hot … Continue reading

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Arctic seals listed as threatened by climate change; polar bears get critical habitat designation

The Obama Administration cited habitat disruption primarily due to climate change as the reason for its proposed listing of six subspecies of Arctic seals as ‘threatened’ under the Endangered Species Act.  The seals would be the first species since the … Continue reading

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"Warm Arctic - Cold Continents"

Arctic sees second lowest November sea ice extent on record, favoring another cold season of extremes in mid-latitudes.  The impacts of climate change in the Arctic now appear to be spilling well beyond the region to affect the lives of hundreds … Continue reading

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Final hearing of the House global warming committee: "a fight that is far from over"

In the final hearing of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming on December 1, witnesses Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, Dr. Peter Gleick, Richard L. Kauffman, Dr. Kenneth Green, and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. testified on climate … Continue reading

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Markey to hold what may be final hearing for House committee on global warming

The House Select Committee on Global Warming and Energy Independence will hold a hearing on Wednesday, December 1 to discuss climate change from "national, economic, and planetary security perspectives."  Chairman Edward Markey (D-MA) has assembled a list of prominent witnesses, … Continue reading

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Ben Santer on the attribution of extreme weather events to climate change

“When you warm up the planet, you experience that through changes in weather that makes up the climate,” says Dr. Benjamin Santer at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab. In a video interview with Climate Science Watch, Santer answers the questions: … Continue reading

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House Science Committee: one last ‘rational’ climate science hearing?

On November 17,  a subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee held a “Rational Discussion of Climate Change,” with testimony from climate scientists including Ralph Cicerone, Gerald Meehl, Heidi Cullen, Richard Lindzen, Ben Santer, Richard Alley, Richard Feely, Patrick Michaels, and … Continue reading

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One last "rational discussion of climate change" in the House

In a November 17 hearing, the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the House Science and Technology Subcommittee will hold a “rational discussion of climate change."  Witnesses include prominent climate scientists, a U.S. Navy Rear Admiral in charge of addressing … Continue reading

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US faces collision between energy demands and water scarcity, reports Circle of Blue

The U.S. must integrate water and energy planning as the nation heads into a collision between rising energy and water demands and increasing water scarcity, warns Circle of Blue Waternews, an international news network of journalists and scientists reporting on … Continue reading

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