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‘Should climate change be added to the civil rights agenda?’

Should climate change be added to the civil rights agenda? | Environment | theguardian.com http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2013/aug/30/climate-change-civil-rights-washington?CMP=twt_fd Excerpt: Chances are, when you think about civil rights, environmental issues aren’t on the radar screen. But stop and think about it. Remember Hurricane Katrina? The hurricane that leveled New Orleans showed that severe weather in low-income neighborhoods and communities […]

Not Syria-ous: Kerry takes break from war drums to push global warming at climate conference: ‘The science is clear. It is irrefutable and it is alarming’

Not Syria-ous: Kerry takes break from war drums to push global warming at climate conference http://junkscience.com/2013/09/02/not-syria-ous-kerry-takes-break-from-war-drums-to-push-global-warming-at-climate-conference AFP reports: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday the evidence for climate change was beyond dispute but it was not too late for international action to prevent its worst impacts. “The science is clear. It is irrefutable […]

New paper finds a long-term decrease in fire activity: Published in Quaternary Research reconstructs fire activity in Israel and finds, ‘a long-term decline in fire activity over the past 3070 years’

New paper finds a long-term decrease in fire activity http://hockeyschtick.blogspot.com/2013/08/new-paper-finds-long-term-decrease-in.html A new paper published in Quaternary Research reconstructs fire activity in Israel and finds, “a long-term decline in fire activity over the past 3070 years, from high biomass burning ~ 3070–1750 years before the present to significantly lower levels after ~ 1750 years before the […]