Are Climate ‘Deniers’ Anti-Women? Study: ‘Global Warming Will Cause 180,000 More Rapes by 2099’ – Can a carbon tax save you from being raped?!

Via Mother Jones: http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/02/climate-change-murder-rape property crimes, especially burglary and larceny, initially tend to increase as the weather warms but then level off once temperatures reach about 50 degrees. This suggests that cold weather may create obstacles to committing these types of crimes—Ranson cites closed windows, for example—obstacles that disappear when it’s warmer outside. By contrast, […]