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‘Climate change becomes a matter of mental health’

http://www.pressherald.com/2015/09/20/climate-change-becomes-a-matter-of-mental-health/   As world temperatures go up, rates of violence are expected to go up. Even the threat of climate change creates emotional distress and anxiety, researchers found. With that comes fear, despair, a sense of being overwhelmed or powerless. From there, the path diverges. For some, being overwhelmed inhibits “thought and action” and the […]

Politifact Says Scott Walker’s Claim that EPA climate regs will have ‘marginal’ impact is ‘half true’

http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2015/sep/21/scott-walker/even-epa-says-obamas-power-plan-will-have-only-mar/   , Walker said the Obama administration’s “own Environmental Protection Agency” has said its Clean Power Plan “will have a marginal impact on climate change.” The EPA acknowledges that the plan can have only a limited effect on global climate change, given that they order reductions in carbon emission only in the United States. […]

The Lead Climate Scientist Behind the Obama/RICO Letter has Some Serious Questions to Answer

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/09/22/lead-climate-scientist-behind-obamarico-letter-serious-questions-answer/   So why, exactly was the letter to Obama sent from the IGES? Does its tax status not exclude it from such naked politicking? Also, is it not the case that under Virginia law (Shukla teaches at George Mason University, remember) you cannot be employed elsewhere to do the same job? So perhaps he […]

Abortion and death penalty come before climate change for church, Vatican official says

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/25/abortion-and-death-penalty-come-before-climate-change-for-church-vatican-official-says?CMP=share_btn_tw   Turkson, who heads the pontifical council for justice and peace, said global challenges elevated by Francis – such as climate change and justice – would still take second place in importance to individual life-and-death issues such as abortion and the death penalty. “I would not put them on the same level. I would […]

After Promoting ‘Major’ Leftist Event, WashPost Avoids Numbers as DC Climate Change Rally Fizzles

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/pj-gladnick/2015/09/28/wapo-avoids-numbers-dc-climate-change-rally-fizzles   UPDATE: Juliet Eilperin did write a followup story based on the fizzled numbers best described as “oops”: The faith-based climate rally that took place Thursday in Washington drew a much smaller crowd than anticipated, though organizers say they still managed to convey their message. The Moral Action on Climate Justice network, which worked […]