Gov. Rick Scott’s anti-science purge begins: State employee banned for uttering ‘climate change’ A Florida state employee has been reprimanded and told not to come to work after Gov. Rick Scott’s (R) administration banned the use of the terms “climate change” and “global warming.” Earlier this month, reports said that officials in the Scott administration ordered Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) administrators not to use the terms in documents or meetings because they asserted that the climate science behind global warming was not a “true fact.” More
38 At least 36 dead as fire rages through Russian psychiatric hospital Thirty-eight people were feared dead after a fire raged through an isolated psychiatric hospital north of Moscow on Friday, killing some patients in their beds and others who were trapped by barred windows. Most of the patients died in their sleep inhaling the fumes as they were likely sedated by prescribed medicine, a police source told the RIA Novosti news agency. More
Greenhouse gases make high temps hotter in China China, the world's largest producer of carbon dioxide, is directly feeling the man-made heat of global warming, scientists conclude in the first study to link the burning of fossil fuels to one country's rise in its daily temperature spikes.... More
Recent summer heat waves unprecedented, study says The summer heat waves over the past decade that killed thousands of people in Europe, scorched the Russian wheat crop, and sent Greenland's glaciers galloping to the sea are without parallel since at least 1400, according to a new study. More
Climate Policy Is Working KELLY SIMS GALLAGHER is Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy and Interim Dean of the Fletcher School at Tufts University. These young people despaired of attempts by their governments to ... 04/24/2024 - 3:50 am | View Link
A long, hot U.S. summer is looming, forecasters say A hotter-than-usual summer is likely to occur in the U.S. and many other parts of the globe, according to new forecasts and scientific research. Why it matters: Extreme heat is a major public health ... 04/23/2024 - 1:44 am | View Link
CBS News poll finds big majority of Americans support U.S. taking steps to reduce climate change People who have experienced extreme weather are especially likely to say climate change needs to be addressed right away. 04/21/2024 - 4:45 pm | View Link
Phoenix hit its 1st 100-degree temperature, but for less than 10 minutes Phoenix hit its first 100-degree temperature of the year today, but temperatures are expected to cool back down. 04/21/2024 - 2:14 pm | View Link
Lawmakers Hope To Use This Emerging Climate Science To Charge Oil Companies For Disasters Backers of the state bills say they expect strong legal challenges from oil companies if their proposals become law. Pat Parenteau, an emeritus professor of environmental law at Vermont Law School, ... 04/21/2024 - 2:00 am | View Link