As yet another brutal winter storm hammers Massachusetts with snow, wind and coastal erosion, there's a lot of talk about what a rough winter it's been in Massachusetts. But our temperatures have actually been mild, and climate scientists … [Read more...]
How Can We Have Blizzards in a Warming World?
Global warming doesn't mean blizzards are going away - in fact, warmer air and water can help add fuel to extreme winter storms. We'll walk through the science in a minute, but first, let's be honest: It's not easy to talk climate change … [Read more...]
Climate Change Turning Northeast Into New Hurricane Alley?
Climate change is shifting hurricane tracks away from the Gulf Coast and towards the Northeast, according to a new study that's backed up by both previous research and the historical record. Reports Paul Voosen of E&E News (sub. … [Read more...]
MA Climate Impacts: Record Heat in 2012, More Extreme Weather in 2013?
While NOAA and NASA haven't made official pronouncements yet, 2012 is looking like a climate change-fueled record-smasher for America's hottest year ever. As you'd expect, cities across the country broke local records for hottest year ever, … [Read more...]
Free “Living on Earth”!
Why is WBUR's "Living On Earth" buried in a 7am Sunday time slot? It's well-produced, interesting, locally-made (in Somerville). It deals intelligently and urgently with the most critical issues of our times -- like, where can we get food … [Read more...]
Climate and Occupy Activists Join Forces to Announce New Grassroots Campaign in Response to Scott Brown Corruption Scandal
More than 60 protesters gathered today to announce the launch of a new grassroots anti-corruption campaign in response to Sen. Brown’s co-sponsorship of a bill to force through the Keystone XL Pipeline just last week. The campaign, a … [Read more...]
NH Moves to Withdraw from RGGI
It looks like the NH house voted to withdraw NH from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative which is bad news. RGGI's not perfect, but as far as I can tell, it's worked pretty well. I'm not bothered by NH doing something libertarian, that's … [Read more...]
Climate Collaboration Contest
I voted for the 350 alternative, the closest this simulation can get to zero emissions, and entered a zero emissions scenario in the last iteration of Climate Collab. The new program is more detailed than the last but there is still a … [Read more...]
Small Business Support for Clean Energy A Key to 2010 Elections?
Yesterday’s Democratic Senate caucus meeting – combined with Majority Leader Reid’s push on this issue, combined with President Obama’s leadership, combined with a clear demand by the public for action … [Read more...]
TX Oil Companies Try to Kill CA Clean Energy Legislation
As if the oil companies from Texas – and their allies in the corridors of power - hadn’t done enough harm to our country already (for more, see the late, great Gulf of Mexico), now they are at it once again. This … [Read more...]
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