Climate Change Archives - The Westside Story

Climate change will compound both floods and droughts in Africa, study predicts

Jun 16, 2019

Africa is likely to face more frequent and intense weather extremes, including both flooding and more damaging droughts, according to new research. The study predicts that over the next 80 years, Africa will se...

Global carbon emissions rose more quickly in 2018 than in any year since 2011

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Jun 11, 2019

Environment, Science

Last year saw the most rapid increase in carbon emissions from the world’s energy industry since 2011, BP’s latest global energy review reports. The increase came as extreme weather and temperature shifts boost...

While arguing there’s no evidence for a climate crisis, Trump is working hard to suppress it

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Jun 10, 2019

Environment, Opinion, Policy

Those that believe honest disagreement is behind the Trump administration’s refusal to address climate change would be hard pressed to defend some of its recent, Orwellian moves to control information, language...

Florida appoints nation’s first state-level science chief to deal with climate change and pollution

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May 29, 2019

Environment, Policy, Science

The US state of Florida has become the first in the nation to appoint a chief science officer on the state level, to help address a range of problems ranging from water quality to rising sea levels due to clima...

Pompeo’s rosy take on Arctic warming reveals the administration’s climate hypocrisy

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May 7, 2019

Environment, Opinion, Science

For an administration that has routinely denied that climate change is anything more than a hoax, Trump’s Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was quick to celebrate its effects on Monday. At a meeting of the Arctic ...

UK becomes the first nation to declare a ‘climate emergency’

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May 2, 2019

Environment, Policy, Science

British MPs have passed a motion to declare an “environment and climate emergency,” making the nation’s legislature the first in the world to do so, according to the Independent. “We pledge to work as closel...

Soil damage threatens to fuel climate change, says new report

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Apr 29, 2019

Environment, Science

Poor farming practices and deforestation are threatening to compound climate change by degrading the soil, according to a report set to be formally published next week. Soil erosion both limits the growth of ca...

In the Missisipi Delta, the human costs of fossil fuels are hard to ignore

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Apr 22, 2019

Environment, Opinion, Science

Despite consistent warnings from scientists on rising sea levels and extreme weather, the mainstream dialogue surrounding climate change and fossil fuel use remains focused on the idea of a future threat, rathe...

Central banks call for green investment, assessment of climate risks

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Apr 17, 2019

Business, Environment, Science

A group of major financial institutions including 30 central banks has called for measures to promote green investment, and for the finance sector to assess the risks associated with climate change, according t...

Canada is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world

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Apr 2, 2019

Environment, Science, World

Canada is warming twice as quickly as the rest of the world, according to a new report from the Canadian Environment and Climate Change department, detailed by CNN on Tuesday. Since the earliest available re...

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