Denying Hurricane Harvey’s climate links only worsens future suffering
Human-caused climate change amplified the damages and suffering associated with Hurricane Harvey in several different ways. First, sea level rise caused by global warming increased...
Lobbying data reveals carmakers’ influence in Berlin
Car industry lobbyists have met with the German government to discuss the VW dieselgate scandal and pollutant emissions more than once every two days...
Young Fine Gael call for levy on bottles and cans in Budget 2018
September 4th, 2017
Young Fine Gael (YFG) has joined calls for the introduction of a refundable levy on bottles and cans despite hesitation from the...
Young Fine Gael call for levy on bottles and cans in Budget 2018
September 4th, 2017
Young Fine Gael (YFG) has joined calls for the introduction of a refundable levy on bottles and cans despite hesitation from the...
India’s Modi pushes international solar agreement
India prime minister Narendra Modi called on leaders of other emerging economies to back his major solar initiative at a summit in Xiamen, China on Monday.
At the Brics meeting of leaders...
Developing disasters: How cities are making hurricanes more destructive
The consequences of Houston’s historic inundation, in deaths and dollars, are nowhere near fully tallied.
Indeed, the economic costs – which will include everything from...
2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming Digest #35
Posted on 3 September 2017 by John Hartz
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2017 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #35
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Tony Abbott to address London climate sceptic group
Former Australia prime minister and government backbencher Tony Abbott is set to give the annual lecture to a London-based climate sceptic group.
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Guest post: How the Greenland ice sheet fared in 2017
Dr Ruth Mottram, Dr Peter Langen and Dr Martin Stendel are climate scientists at the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) in Copenhagen, which is part...
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