A Long-Simmering Factor in Iran Protests: Climate Change
Los Angeles Times
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BREAKING: Parliament to set up special committee to investigate pesticides licensing
January 18th, 2018
The European Parliament has agreed to set up a special committee to investigate the authorisation procedure for glyphosate and other pesticides.
The committee will...
Los Angeles lawmakers propose “climate emergency” department
Four Los Angeles city council members are calling for emergency funds to set up a department for climate action.
Citing recent devastating wildfires in California, linked...
Taoiseach tells EU he is not proud of Ireland role as Europe’s climate ‘laggard’
January 18th, 2018
Ireland is a climate “laggard” and needs to do a lot more to catch up with our European neighbours in tackling climate change,...
Guest post: Why clouds hold the key to better climate models
Prof Ellie Highwood is professor of climate physics in the Department of Meteorology at the University of Reading and president of the Royal Meteorology...
A ‘new’ measurement of climate sensitivity?
Posted on 18 January 2018 by MarkR
This was first posted on and Then There's Physics by SkS contributor Mark Richardson, who is currently a Caltech Postdoctoral Scholar...
New study ‘reduces uncertainty’ for climate sensitivity
Scientists have presented a new, narrower estimate of the “climate sensitivity” – a measure of how much the climate could warm in response to...
Concerned citizens dump plastic waste at Dáil’s door over inaction to tackle plastic pollution
January 17th, 2018
Concerned citizens dumped their plastic waste at the Dáil’s door this afternoon in protest over the government’s inaction to tackle plastic pollution.
The...











