Tag: Global Climate Change - Page 7
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Wake-up Call Climate Report from U.S. Government Made Public
A government advisory committee has submitted for public review of an climate report that -- surprisingly -- doesn't mince words.
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President Obama, Leave a Climate and Clean Energy Legacy
The Sierra Club is launching a historic effort demanding that the President tackle the climate crisis head-on and quickly move the nation to clean energy.
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Start That Gluten-Free Diet: Wheat Will Be More Expensive This Year
The drought across the midwest is going to hit wheat, corn and soybeans hard, yet we keep feeding it to cars
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Since 2009, Sunday TV Shows Have Not Quoted A Single Scientist On Climate Change
For science, what matters is data. But for policy, you need to influence public opinion, and sadly, there's often a rift between what the scientific data shows and what public opinion knows.
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2012 Was Hottest Year on Record for U.S. Lower 48 States, Says NOAA
2012 was a notable year on many fronts, and that includes the weather.
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Now's the Time to Act on Climate, Writes MIT's Technology Review in Open Letter to Obama
Let's hope that president Obama will listen, and tackle our climate problems with more vigor and urgency.
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Extreme Weather During 2012 Second Only to 2005 in Ferocity (Video)
Paul Douglas, the Chief Meteorologist of WeatherNation, did an excellent review of the past year’s extreme weather events.
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Antarctic Ice Warming More Rapidly Than Anticipated, Significant Sea Level Rise
Ice that could raise sea levels 3 meters (10 feet) is warming far faster than predicted according to new temperature study.
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IEA: World to Burn 1.2 Billion More Tons of Coal Per Year by 2017 (If We Don't Wake Up)
Since 1 ton of coal produces 2.86 tons of CO2 when burned, this would mean an additional 3.4 billion tons of CO2 produced just from this extra coal.
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Obama Says Climate Change Will be One of His Three Top Priorities in Second Term
The president is dropping hints that he's going to get more serious about climate change in his second term.
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End of an Era: Mat McDermott Shares His Favorite TreeHugger Moments
Dear TreeHugger readers, you've no doubt noticed some changes on the site in past weeks. You'll notice other changes coming as well, one of which being that you won't be seeing aany more pieces under my byline. That's right, I'm moving on from TreeHugger.
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57% of Americans Think Government Should Do a "Great Deal" to Combat Global Warming
Which appears to be a rather striking sea change in Americans' attitudes toward climate change.
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A True Climate Legacy? Obama Can Block the Keystone XL Pipeline
President Obama can create a real climate legacy by blocking the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline.
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Down to the Wire: The COP18 UN Climate Conference Is On!
TreeHugger rounds up the best reporting, commentary, and social media reaction to this year's version of the annual UN climate talks.
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Is This The Most Climate-Progressive Country On Earth?
Leadership sometimes comes in small packages. And one nation in particular is leading the way with groundbreaking legislation on sustainability.
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Deniers Are Not The Problem, Naysayers Are
We are not short of solutions to tackle our ecological crisis. But we are faced with too many people who would tell us otherwise.
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Do Not Ask Arizona Governor Jan Brewer About Global Warming
"Where in the hell did that come from?" she said after she thought the camera was off. It wasn't.
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Is Earth Screwed? Scientist Says Yes, and He's Not Even Talking About the Outcome of COP18
We now have scientific data proving something that many TreeHugger readers, climate change politics watchers, biodiversity wonks, anti-deforestation activists, consumer culture critics already probably know, or at least fear, deep down in their hearts.
