Greta Thunberg takes flak for returning to Europe on ‘plastic yacht’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/14/greta-thunberg-takes-flak-returning-europe-plastic/ Skeptics chuckle as climate activist Greta Thunberg sets sail for Europe on ‘plastic yacht’ Skeptics chuckle as climate activist Greta Thunberg sets sail for Europe on ‘plastic yacht’ Thunberg slated to attend U.N. climate conference in Madrid By Valerie Richardson – The Washington Times – Thursday, November 14, 2019 Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg […]
Scarier than fiction: climate worry driving ‘cli-fi’ boom
https://news.yahoo.com/scarier-fiction-climate-worry-driving-cli-fi-boom-023220739.html Paris (AFP) – Imagine a world where storms inundate coastal megacities, entire species become extinct in the blink of an eye, and conflicts are fought over dwindling natural resources. Not so difficult in 2019, perhaps. After a year of devastating extreme weather and worldwide unrest over the emergency posed by climate change, topics that […]
Dem Prez candidate Tom Steyer pledges to declare a ‘climate emergency’: ‘I’d use the emergency powers of the presidency’
https://www.eenews.net/eedaily/2019/11/15/stories/1061551729 Steyer says he’s ‘in a completely different class’ on climate Timothy Cama, E&E News reporter Published: Friday, November 15, 2019 Democrat Tom Steyer campaigned in Concord, N.H., after filing his papers to run for president. Timothy Cama/E&E News CONCORD, N.H. — Democratic presidential candidate Tom Steyer is fighting for the climate change mantle in […]
CNN: This Arctic blast is shattering hundreds of records and causing deadly road conditions. And it’s not over
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/13/us/winter-weather-wednesday/index.html CNN) We’re still 38 days from the official start of winter, but Mother Nature doesn’t care. Hundreds of million of people were grappling with bone-chilling weather Wednesday as an Arctic blast grips the eastern two-thirds of the US. “Freeze warnings continue into the Deep South, with freezing temperatures in Florida this morning,” CNN meteorologist […]