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Aug 22 2015
News
Extreme weather to cause extreme food shortages, task force finds
Food shortages and price hikes caused by extreme weather will be three times more likely over the coming decades, according to a new report.
The U.K.-U.S. Taskforce on Extreme Weather and Global Food System Resilience found that unless better planning, modeling and trade arrangements are put in place, massive disruptions to our food supply — the kind that usually only occur once a
USA TODAYJun 13 2015
News
California slashes water use for upstate farmers
State officials announced major water cutbacks for Northern California farmers Friday, a historic step that could challenge claims the agriculture industry is getting a free pass during the state's epic drought.
The cutbacks will affect some of California's oldest water rights holders — farmers who laid claim to surface water more than a century ago — for the first time in four decades
USA TODAYDec 22 2015
Opinion
OPINION: The Scorching of California
In mid-December, the first large storms in three years drenched California. No one knows whether the rain and snow will continue—only that it must last for weeks if a record three-year drought, both natural and man-made, is to end. In the 1970s, coastal elites squelched California’s near-century-long commitment to building dams, reservoirs, and canals, even as the Golden State’s population
Victor HansonJun 08 2023
Headline Roundup
Canadian Wildfires Cover Northeast in Smog: Is Climate Change to Blame?
Voices across the spectrum are divided on the role of climate change in the Canadian wildfires enveloping the northeast United States in smog.
Increased Intensity: An analysis in ABC News (Lean Left bias) stated that while wildfires are not started by climate change, “the conditions that make wildfires more intense and severe, including heat and drought, are strongly linked to human-
New York Post (Opinion) BBC News ABC News (Online)Feb 05 2014
News
White House to unveil ‘climate hubs’ to aid farmers across country
The Obama administration on Wednesday will announce the creation of seven "climate hubs" aimed at helping farmers mitigate the risk of catastrophic events, such as fires, droughts, floods and invasive pests, the White House said. The hubs will provide information about ways producers can prepare for potential threats to their crops and livestock as parts of the country are experiencing
Washington PostOct 11 2012
News
Barack Obama's Record On Addressing Climate Change In First Term Under Scrutiny By Activists
"I think I missed the part where they discussed the Arctic melting," the environmentalist and author Bill McKibben recently quipped.
A tireless spokesman for a planet in rapid and, as he sees it, dangerous flux, McKibben had taken to his Twitter account in the aftermath of last week's presidential debate and, like many other Americans, he found the whole affair wanting -- though his
HuffPostApr 04 2015
Opinion
Letter: To survive, Utahns must find water elsewhere and bring it here
The Tribune's recent climate article "West is in driest period in 1,200 years" begs the question why water regulators, private enterprise and state/ federal agencies can't collaboratively respond.
This country has the resources, technology, and ability to harness existing water sources to "flood" the Great Basin with enough water to mitigate the current drought trend. Dry islands such
Nov 02 2013
News
OBAMA SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER AIMED AT ‘PREPARING THE UNITED STATES FOR THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE’
President Barack Obama signed an executive order Friday directing federal agencies to take a series of steps aimed at helping local communities “strengthen their resilience to extreme weather and prepare for other impacts of climate change.”
“The impacts of climate change — including an increase in prolonged periods of excessively high temperatures, more heavy downpours, an increase in
The BlazeAug 09 2012
News
Romney's short list: Portman is case study in campaigning for VP
At the edge of the Alt farm cornfield, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman gets a firsthand look at the impact of a punishing drought. "These guys have crop insurance, which will cover most of their losses," Portman says of the Alt family, which has been farming this land since 1959. "But going forward, we need to prove predictability and certainty with a new farm bill." On the one hand, Politics 101: a
CNN (Online News)Dec 22 2020
Analysis
No, Joe, We’re Not in a ‘Climate Crisis’
He doesn’t want to get us thinking about climate change, but rather to suspend all rational thought about the issue.
Former Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel’s famous axiom is that a crisis is a terrible thing to waste. It’s an even worse thing to manufacture.
Although President-elect Joe Biden obviously disagrees. Creating an unwarranted sense of drama and urgency around climate
Rich Lowry