Climate Changes Updates May 16-18, 2014

1.      Miller pushes Senate opponents on climate change

http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20140517/miller-pushes-senate-opponents-climate-change

2.    What’s exceptional about the current drought — and what isn’t

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2014/05/17/whats-exceptional-about-the-current-drought-and-what-isnt/

3.    Gas drilling, fracking promise economic boom for NC, but at what cost?

http://www.fayobserver.com/news/local/article_e2f22739-3a38-5e58-88f3-9bb95090d10b.html

4.    Climate change is real

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Climate-change-is-real-5484930.php

5.          Drought, Hurricane Bigger Threat to World’s Top Companies

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-05-16/drought-hurricane-bigger-threat-to-world-s-top-companies.html

6.  As environmental debate rages over fracking, people in western Pennsylvania express dread

http://www.buffalonews.com/home/as-environmental-debate-rages-over-fracking-people-in-western-pennsylvania-express-dread-20140517

7.    Global warming: it’s a point of no return in West Antarctica. What happens next?

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/17/climate-change-antarctica-glaciers-melting-global-warming-nasa

8.    Climate change is upon us and we must act

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/18/climate-change-global-warning-calamity-floods-observer-editorial

9.    Taking on climate change urgently

http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/2014/05/18/34511

10.                    Global warming fragmenting Himalayan glaciers

http://www.thehimalayantimes.com/fullNews.php?headline=Global+warming+fragmenting+Himalayan+glaciers&NewsID=415189

11. China’s coal solution has carbon downside across globe

http://seattletimes.com/html/specialreportspages/2023517279_chinaenergyxml.html

12.                        Jerry Brown says ‘virtually no Republican’ in Washington accepts climate change science

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2014/may/18/jerry-brown/jerry-brown-says-virtually-no-republican-believes-/

13.                        City of Vancouver seeks study of economic effects of climate change

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/City+Vancouver+seeks+study+economic+effects+climate+change/9854061/story.html#ixzz328YWiNse

14.                        Sustainably Speaking: 350.org powers climate-change push

http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/tech/science/environment/2014/05/18/sustainably-speaking-keystone-pipeline/9135987/

15.                        Climate Change Will Force Us to Abandon Coastal Cities. We Better Start Preparing Right Now.

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/117799/climate-change-will-force-us-abandon-cities-if-we-dont-prepare-now

16.                        State stepping up to address climate change predictions

http://www.unionleader.com/article/20140518/NEWS11/140519165/0/FRONTPAGE

17.                        Climate change forum scheduled on Pitt campus

http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/6120414-74/climate-health-public#axzz328ZQN8Dm

18.  Climate Change Causing Glaciers Near Alaska to Shrink Rapidly

http://guardianlv.com/2014/05/climate-change-causing-glaciers-near-alaska-to-shrink-rapidly/

19.                        Climate change fight needs big incentives

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/opinion/my-turn/2014/05/18/climate-change-fight-needs-big-incentives/9191247/

20.                      Six civilizations destroyed by climate change

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/six-civilizations-destroyed-by-climate-change/27723/