Will Yellow Vests protesters follow?! French President Macron to Kenya to UN climate summit to ‘engage member states & global ministers to implement climate policies’
https://nairobinews.nation.co.ke/hustle/french-president-macron-to-attend-un-forum-in-nairobi French President Emmanuel Macron is expected in the country next week for the fourth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (Unea-4). Mr Ado Lõhmus, a Unea special envoy, said at a press conference in Nairobi on Monday that President Macron will attend the opening of the high-level meeting. “On the 14th he […]
NOAA: Average global sea level rising at rate of only 1.7-1.8 mm/yr – ‘A measly 5.6 inches by 2100’
https://sunshinehours.net/2019/03/06/noaa-average-global-sea-level-rise-rate-of-1-7-1-8-mm-yr/ The NOAA has updated its tide gauge data for 2018 and says the average global sea level rise rate is 1.7-1.8 mm/yr. That’s a measly 5.6 inches by 2100. The map of relative sea level trends provides an overview of variations in the rates of local sea level change at long-term tide stations (based on a […]
Media claim: House & Senate GOP ‘ditching climate denial’
Energy and Commerce Republicans ditch climate denial John Shimkus (R-Ill.), Shimkus, in particular, seems to have evolved on the issue quite a bit. At the hearing last week, he called for “smart and pragmatic” action on climate change. He also authored an op-ed with Walden and former E&C Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) last month in RealClearPolicy in […]
Bernie Sanders blames climate change for Alabama tornado death toll – Sanders: ‘The science is clear, climate change is making extreme weather events, including tornadoes, worse’
https://www.al.com/politics/2019/03/bernie-sanders-blames-climate-change-for-lee-county-tornado-death-toll.html By Howard Koplowitz | [email protected] Climate change is responsible for the death toll of Sunday’s tornado that ripped through Lee County and killed at least 23 people, Sen. Bernie Sanders suggested in a Facebook post. “The science is clear, climate change is making extreme weather events, including tornadoes, worse,” the independent Vermont senator said in […]