Climate Changes Updates 20 October  2014

1.           Warmer Days a Catastrophe in the Making for Kenya’s Pastoralists

http://www.ipsnews.net/2014/10/warmer-days-a-catastrophe-in-the-making-for-kenyas-pastoralists/

2.     Pa. studies on shale-site air emissions incomplete, according to court documents

http://powersource.post-gazette.com/powersource/policy-powersource/2014/10/20/State-studies-on-shale-site-air-emissions/stories/201410170097

3.     Powering up the poor shouldn’t hurt the climate

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn26406-powering-up-the-poor-shouldnt-hurt-the-climate.html#.VEXW_fnF_IV

4.    Nigeria: Fashola, Asiodu Task Nigerians On Climate Change, Healthy Living

http://allafrica.com/stories/201410200249.html

5.     Five Lessons for Canada from Germany’s Clean Energy Revolution

http://thetyee.ca/News/2014/10/20/German-Clean-Energy-Revolution/

6.    Natural Gas Is Leaking And Warming The Climate — And You’re Paying For It

http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/natural-gas-is-leaking-and-warming-the-climate-and-youre-paying-for-it/

7.     Divestment campaign urges customers to boycott banks which support fracking and fossil-fuel industry

http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/divestment-campaign-urges-customers-to-boycott-banks-which-support-fracking-and-fossilfuel-industry-9804997.html

8.         Elk Valley watershed: Why has this unfolding disaster been ignored?

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/elk-valley-watershed-why-has-this-unfolding-disaster-largely-been-ignored/article21158283/

9.    How Climate Change Is Fueling the Miami Real Estate Boom

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-10-20/how-climate-change-is-fueling-the-miami-real-estate-boom

10.                        Bushfire season ‘will be more severe as a result of climate change’

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2014/oct/21/bushfire-season-will-be-more-severe-as-a-result-of-climate-change

11.                        3 Questions: The launch of the MIT Climate Change Conversation

http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2014/3-questions-roman-stocker-mit-climate-change-conversation-1020

12.                        Springfield City Council passes resolution to fight climate change

http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2014/10/springfield_city_council_passe_3.html

13.                        Dan Esty Says Climate Change Deal Needs Grassroots Push

http://www.courant.com/business/hc-climate-change-dan-esty-20141019-story.html

14.                        Five Conflicts and Collapses That May Have Been Spurred by Climate Change

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/climate-wars-conflicts-collapses-spurred-climate-change-180952862/#MLgkpfu0LOZQvCed.99

15.                        League of Women Voters holds discussion on climate change

http://www.courant.com/reminder-news/windham-edition/rnw-wm-p3-climate-change-1024-20141020-story.html

16.                        If climate change doesn’t bother you, why does Ebola?

http://blogs.mprnews.org/newscut/2014/10/if-climate-change-doesnt-bother-you-why-does-ebola/

17.                        Climate Change on the Nuclear Subcontinent

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-b-strozier/climate-change-on-the-nuclear-subcontinent_b_5998290.html

18.                       The ‘Threat Multiplier’ of Climate Change

http://consortiumnews.com/2014/10/20/the-threat-multiplier-of-climate-change/

19.                        Mary Robinson: Why Europe needs to set the pace on climate change

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/mary-robinson-why-europe-needs-to-set-the-pace-on-climate-change-1.1969959

20.                        Mediterranean, semi-arid ecosystems prove resistant to climate change

http://phys.org/news/2014-10-mediterranean-semi-arid-ecosystems-resistant-climate.html

21.                        Farmers in Burkina Faso outsmart climate change

http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Making-a-difference/Change-Agent/2014/1020/Farmers-in-Burkina-Faso-outsmart-climate-change

22.                        Blowing Smoke at Global Warming

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/margo-t-oge/blowing-smoke-at-global-w_b_6004774.html

23.                        Deniers Mistakenly Say that Global Warming Has Ended

http://theenergycollective.com/henry-auer/2145431/deniers-mistakenly-say-global-warming-has-ended

24.  U.S. Oil Exports Would Worsen Global Warming, Government Auditors Say

http://insideclimatenews.org/news/20141020/us-oil-exports-would-worsen-global-warming-government-auditors-say

25.                        Global warming not driving Kilimanjaro meltdown

http://summitcountyvoice.com/2014/10/20/study-global-warming-not-driving-kilimanjaro-meltdown/

26.                        Which Is the Bigger Threat to People in Developing Countries: Climate Change or Energy Poverty?

http://www.globalwarming.org/2014/10/20/which-is-the-bigger-threat-to-people-in-developing-countries-climate-change-or-energy-poverty/

27.                        A Man For All Seasons: Remembering Rick Piltz, Climate Science Whistleblower

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/10/20/3581634/rick-piltz-climate-whistleblower/

28. UN climate talks in Bonn: Day 1

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/10/20/live-un-climate-talks-in-bonn/

29. Europe’s new “energy union” leader talks tough on Russia –

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/10/20/europes-new-energy-union-leader-talks-tough-on-russia/#sthash.6qhpTl91.dpuf

30. Calls for deeper carbon cuts as EU debates 2030 climate deal

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/10/20/calls-for-deeper-carbon-cuts-as-eu-debates-2030-climate-deal/#sthash.pyzADnD1.dpuf

31. Arctic ice melt sends Alaskan temperatures soaring by 7C –

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/10/20/alaskan-town-warms-7c-in-34-years/#sthash.hzMMsosS.dpuf