Barack Obama Shares Viral Images of Orange Skies after California Wildfire, Warns of Climate Change
4 years, 4 months ago

Barack Obama Shares Viral Images of Orange Skies after California Wildfire, Warns of Climate Change

News 18  

Residents of San Francisco and elsewhere in California woke to a deep orange sky that triggered apocalyptic visions at a time, already rife with disturbing events. As viral photos of eerie looking skies and ambiance flooded social media, former US President Barack Obama too shared orange visuals bringing forth the need to address the issue of climate change. “The fires across the West Coast are just the latest examples of the very real ways our changing climate is changing our communities,” Obama said. “The orange skies this morning are a result of wildfire smoke in the air,” said the San Francisco Bay air quality officials adding, “These smoke particles scatter blue light and only allow yellow-orange-red light to reach the surface, causing skies to look orange.” As smoke gets thick in some areas, it blocks sunlight causing dark skies, the officials explained. When asked about the findings that unchecked global warming would take a toll on the US economy, he had said, “I don’t believe it.” Finance officials from the world’s 20 biggest economies on Sunday referenced climate change in their final communique for the first time in US President Donald Trump’s administration, but stopped short of calling it a major risk to the economy.

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Los Angeles wildfires have become perfect fuel for Trump and climate denial
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4 days, 11 hours ago

Los Angeles wildfires have become perfect fuel for Trump and climate denial

Salon  

As of Friday, the plague of wildfires in Los Angeles has consumed more than 20,000 acres, destroyed roughly 13,000 buildings, forced more than 180,000 evacuations and caused at least 11 deaths. “Climate change is 100% responsible” for the wildfires Kyla Bennett, director of senior policy at the activist group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, told Salon. “The weather patterns over …

‘Half the Country’s Thinking Magically’: California Fire Victims Grapple with the Political Paralysis Over Climate Change
4 days, 11 hours ago

‘Half the Country’s Thinking Magically’: California Fire Victims Grapple with the Political Paralysis Over Climate Change

Politico  

There’s an idea I’ve heard from many Democrats, especially in California, that more experience with natural disasters might spur more urgency around climate change. California’s former governor, Jerry Brown, told me when we met last month in Sacramento that Trump might represent something of an opening for Democrats on the issue: “If the assault on the environment is as extreme …

Stop playing politics with the LA fires and address the key cause: man-made climate change
4 days, 14 hours ago

Stop playing politics with the LA fires and address the key cause: man-made climate change

The Independent  

The best of Voices delivered to your inbox every week - from controversial columns to expert analysis Sign up for our free weekly Voices newsletter for expert opinion and columns Sign up to our free weekly Voices newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Never missing an opportunity to turn …

Opinion | Climate Activists Need to Radically Change Their Approach Under Trump
1 month, 1 week ago

Opinion | Climate Activists Need to Radically Change Their Approach Under Trump

New York Times  

Donald Trump’s return to Washington might seem like a terrifying moment for the fight against climate change. The incoming administration is not just hostile to the energy transition; it’s also expected to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, roll back a wide range of pollution regulations and promote domestic fossil fuel production — decisions likely to …

Letters to the Editor: Regardless of Trump, the battle against climate change is picking up. Let’s keep it going
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Letters to the Editor: Regardless of Trump, the battle against climate change is picking up. Let’s keep it going

LA Times  

Postal Service worker inspects trucks in a flooded area of New Port Richley, Fla., after Hurricane Milton on Oct. 11. Last year, the average global temperature was 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average, a tipping point for much greater damage. The renewable energy transition has also reached a tipping point; new renewables are cheaper than fossil fuels, and almost …

Editorial: How California leaders can protect the environment from another Trump administration
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Editorial: How California leaders can protect the environment from another Trump administration

LA Times  

Donald Trump speaks last month at a rally in Coachella, during which he threatened to withhold federal firefighting aid to California unless Gov. With Trump’s team expected to kill President Biden’s electric vehicle tax credit, among other reversals, California can cement its reputation for consistently committing to its climate policies. That worked in California’s favor in 2019, when Ford, Honda …

Boiling Point: Trump is coming for climate progress. Here we go again
2 months ago

Boiling Point: Trump is coming for climate progress. Here we go again

LA Times  

Then-President Trump and then-Paradise Mayor Jody Jones view damage from the Camp fire in Paradise, Calif., in November 2018. Unlike the first time around, when chaos reigned, Trump’s second administration might have a strong legal plan right out of the gate for undoing climate rules. Speaking of the Colorado, it turns out the Western drought from 2020 to 2022 — …

What the Trump victory could mean for the climate crisis
2 months, 1 week ago

What the Trump victory could mean for the climate crisis

Hindustan Times  

With the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP29, fast approaching, the world’s attention is firmly set on the urgent need for unified action against the climate crisis. With Donald Trump reclaiming the White House in 2024, the United States ’ approach to climate policy may face another major shift, one that could impact not only American environmental efforts but global …

The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election
2 months, 2 weeks ago

The climate stakes of the Harris-Trump election

Salon  

Helene and Milton, the two massive hurricanes that just swept into the country — killing hundreds of people, and leaving both devastation and rumblings of political upheaval in seven states — amounted to their own October surprise. With early voting already underway and two weeks before Election Day, when voters will decide between Vice President Kamala Harris, who has called …

Hurricane Helene brings climate change to forefront of the presidential campaign
3 months, 1 week ago

Hurricane Helene brings climate change to forefront of the presidential campaign

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The hurricane featured prominently in Tuesday's …

Hey, presidential candidates, climate change would like a word
3 months, 1 week ago

Hey, presidential candidates, climate change would like a word

LA Times  

It is Wednesday, Oct. 2. The Cedar fire killed 15 people and destroyed more than 2,500 structures in San Diego’s inland suburbs and rural communities; at the time, it was the largest California wildfire in 75 years. A fire season surpassing 1 million scorched acres of land that doesn’t feel like a big deal — that’s climate change. A hurricane …

Climate Change-Denying GOP Lawmaker Comes ‘So Close’ To Figuring It Out
1 year, 4 months ago

Climate Change-Denying GOP Lawmaker Comes ‘So Close’ To Figuring It Out

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING MSNBC’s Chris Hayes on Tuesday was among those who mocked Rep. Barry Loudermilk for his latest dismissal of climate change, saying the GOP lawmaker came “so close to figuring it out.” Loudermilk, talking with Fox Business’ Stuart Varney about incoming Hurricane Idalia, lamented how global warming had become the go-to explanation for extreme weather events. Or this …

From Hawaii to Greece, the planet is broiling from wildfires. How much is climate change to blame?
1 year, 5 months ago

From Hawaii to Greece, the planet is broiling from wildfires. How much is climate change to blame?

Salon  

This week, social media has been flooded with tragic images of a freakish wildfire that leveled a Hawaiian town, leaving at least 53 people dead and destroying more than 270 buildings, according to county officials August 10. "It's no secret that wildfires are related to climate change, as are hurricanes," Sarah Barmeyer, Deputy Vice President for the National Park Conservation …

Column: California wildfires to Florida hurricanes, how the rich game climate change
2 years, 3 months ago

Column: California wildfires to Florida hurricanes, how the rich game climate change

LA Times  

Boats are stacked up at the Port Sanibel Marina in Fort Myers, Fla., on Sept. 29. “They have hurricane disasters which most likely cost billions of dollars,” went one email, “yet they keep rebuilding only to have the same disaster again.” He’s right. Climate scientists are skeptical, though, because as with so much of high-risk Northern California, it’s likely that …

Wildfires are getting worse across the globe. How does California compare?
2 years, 10 months ago

Wildfires are getting worse across the globe. How does California compare?

LA Times  

An alarming new United Nations report warns that the number of extreme wildfires is expected to increase 50% globally by the end of the century, and that governments are largely unprepared for the burgeoning crisis. “We hear that people in D.C. think of fire as a Western issue, or a Californian issue, but it really isn’t — it’s a global …

GOP push to shake label of climate crisis denier runs into Trump
3 years, 2 months ago

GOP push to shake label of climate crisis denier runs into Trump

CNN  

CNN — As global temperatures rise, some congressional Republicans are feeling the pressure to show they’re embracing climate change and offer up their own plan for how to deal with it. “It’s kind of a recent phenomenon in conservative politics, and really has developed well in the last few years,” said Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas, one of the Republicans …

Biden pushes to combat climate crisis while surveying wildfire damage in Western US
3 years, 4 months ago

Biden pushes to combat climate crisis while surveying wildfire damage in Western US

CNN  

CNN — President Joe Biden surveyed wildfire damage in the Western US on Monday, using nearly every stop on his trip to illustrate how recent extreme weather events underscore the urgency of his economic agenda and its investments in the nation’s infrastructure. At Sacramento Mather Airport, the President delivered a speech on his administration’s response to the fires, describing how …

Biden says Ida, wildfires show ‘climate crisis’ has struck
3 years, 4 months ago

Biden says Ida, wildfires show ‘climate crisis’ has struck

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday pledged robust federal help for the Northeastern and Gulf states battered by Hurricane Ida and for Western states beset by wildfires — with the catastrophes serving as deadly reminders that the “climate crisis” has arrived. At Biden’s request, the Energy Department said it was releasing 1.5 million barrels of oil from the nation’s …

Climate change is causing wildfires that are amplifying Covid
3 years, 4 months ago

Climate change is causing wildfires that are amplifying Covid

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. “Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations have been climbing precipitously in the Reno area over the past several weeks,” according to CNN’s report. “Coronavirus cases in Washoe County on Monday were up 24% compared to the week before, and hospitalizations increased by more than 18%.” A study published in the journal …

Climate change report from IPCC a 'code red for humanity', United Nations chief warns
3 years, 5 months ago

Climate change report from IPCC a 'code red for humanity', United Nations chief warns

ABC  

The Earth could be just 10 years from heating by more than 1.5 degrees Celsius — a threshold beyond which even more serious and frequent fires, droughts, floods and cyclones are expected to wreak havoc on humanity. Key points: Global warming would likely increase to 1.5C by about 2030, the IPCC report says, based on our current trajectory The effects …

‘Orange skies': Biden raising federal pay to fight wildfires
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Orange skies': Biden raising federal pay to fight wildfires

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Wednesday it is hiring more federal firefighters — and immediately raising their pay — as officials ramp up response efforts in the face of a severe drought that is setting the stage for another destructive summer of intense wildfires across the West. “The truth is we’re playing catch-up’’ on preparing for extreme heat and …

Trump rejects California request for federal disaster aid to recover from catastrophic wildfires
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump rejects California request for federal disaster aid to recover from catastrophic wildfires

Salon  

This article originally appeared at Common Dreams. After repeatedly downplaying the catastrophic wildfires that have ravaged California in recent months and falsely attributing the blazes to poor "forest management," the Trump administration this week denied Gov. The Los Angeles Times reported late Thursday that the Trump White House "rejected California's request for disaster relief funds aimed at cleaning up the …

Trump administration denies California disaster relief funds to deal with wildfires
4 years, 2 months ago

Trump administration denies California disaster relief funds to deal with wildfires

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy California's calls for federal …

Column: Trump unleashes another unhinged rant about California water and wildfires
4 years, 3 months ago

Column: Trump unleashes another unhinged rant about California water and wildfires

LA Times  

Trump dials in to Fox News’ Sean Hannity on Thursday: We listened to spare you the pain. As my colleague Sammy Roth reported, among California’s 40 million residents, “Just under half a million homes and businesses lost power for as little as 15 minutes and as long as 2½ hours on Aug. 14, with another 321,000 utility customers going dark …

As The Climate Crisis Intensifies, Trump Digs In On Denial
4 years, 3 months ago

As The Climate Crisis Intensifies, Trump Digs In On Denial

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING With tens of thousands of Americans reeling from the devastating impacts of climate change and the 2020 election looming, President Donald Trump is out to prove as he seeks a second term that he has no intention of accepting the crisis as reality ― much less lifting a finger to combat it. Jemal Countess via Getty Images …

‘It’ll start getting cooler. You just watch': Trump states categorical denial of climate crisis during California wildfire visit
4 years, 4 months ago

‘It’ll start getting cooler. You just watch': Trump states categorical denial of climate crisis during California wildfire visit

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Donald Trump clashed with Democratic officials in California over West …

In California, Trump continues to deny climate change is real: ‘It will start getting cooler’
4 years, 4 months ago

In California, Trump continues to deny climate change is real: ‘It will start getting cooler’

LA Times  

President Trump walks to speak to reporters as he arrives at Sacramento McClellan Airport on Sept. 14, 2020, for a briefing on the California wildfires. The president said, “Absolutely.” A few moments later, however, during a presentation by California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot, Trump said: “It will start getting cooler, you just watch.” When Crowfoot said that science disagreed, …

Smog blankets US West Coast as wildfires kill 27; climate change becoming 'existential issue', warns Joe Biden
4 years, 4 months ago

Smog blankets US West Coast as wildfires kill 27; climate change becoming 'existential issue', warns Joe Biden

Firstpost  

More than 20,000 firefighters are battling the blazes, with officials warning that a respite provided by the arrival of cooler weather could end on Monday with the return of warmer, drier weather Portland: Dense smog from US wildfires that have burnt nearly five million acres and killed 27 people smothered the West Coast Saturday, as presidential challenger Joe Biden warned …

US wildfires: How climate change is spurring deadly blazes
4 years, 4 months ago

US wildfires: How climate change is spurring deadly blazes

Al Jazeera  

Increasingly dry conditions in arid western US states are making wildfires bigger and tougher to contain, expert says. San Francisco, United States – As deadly wildfires continue to burn in the US, from the Pacific Northwest down to the California-Mexico border, LeRoy Westerling has a sombre projection for beleaguered residents and exhausted firefighters: “It’s going to get worse.” Westerling, a …

‘Vote like your life depends on it — because it does’: Obama shares alarming pictures of West Coast fires in stark message about climate crisis
4 years, 4 months ago

‘Vote like your life depends on it — because it does’: Obama shares alarming pictures of West Coast fires in stark message about climate crisis

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Barack Obama has underlined the connection between the raging wildfires in America’s West and the …

California is broiling and burning. Here are ideas for dealing with climate despair
4 years, 4 months ago

California is broiling and burning. Here are ideas for dealing with climate despair

LA Times  

Wind turbines near the 10 freeway in Cabazon are framed by the smoke from the Lake fire. My colleagues Tony Barboza, Louis Sahagun and Joseph Serna looked at the big picture, writing that “millions are experiencing the havoc that ensues with extreme weather that is growing more frequent with climate change.” California’s power grid operator faulted the Public Utilities Commission …

50 Years of Earth Day: What’s Better Today, and What’s Worse
4 years, 8 months ago

50 Years of Earth Day: What’s Better Today, and What’s Worse

New York Times  

In the 1970s, environmentalism was overwhelmingly bipartisan. While research by Pew shows that voters’ interest in climate and environmental issues is soaring, it also reveals an astonishing split: More than 75 percent of Democrats called climate change a top policy priority, while less than 25 percent of Republicans did. Fossil fuel companies and political donors have funded denial of the …

Trump weakens fuel economy standards, rolling back key U.S. effort against climate change
4 years, 9 months ago

Trump weakens fuel economy standards, rolling back key U.S. effort against climate change

LA Times  

The Trump administration on Tuesday weakened one of the nation’s most aggressive efforts to combat climate change, releasing new fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks that handed a victory to the oil and gas industry. “We are delivering on President Trump’s promise to correct the current fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions standards,” EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler said in …

On climate, Trump is guilty of willful ignorance (opinion)
4 years, 11 months ago

On climate, Trump is guilty of willful ignorance (opinion)

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Alice Hill is the Senior Fellow for the Council on Foreign Relations. Alice Hill courtesy of Alice Hill On Tuesday, President Trump called climate change activists “prophets of doom” in his formal remarks to the global elite assembled for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland – even though the Forum, for the first time ever, ranked extreme …

Editorial: Why we wrote our series on climate change
5 years, 4 months ago

Editorial: Why we wrote our series on climate change

LA Times  

The Los Angeles Times editorial board has been writing about the climate change debacle for years. We’ve written about its relationship to the intensified California wildfires, about the importance of moving to sustainable energy sources, about the importance of the Paris accords, about the ongoing efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in California, the United States and around the world. …

Bernie Sanders talks about ‘silver linings’ and his climate change plan in fire-devastated town
5 years, 4 months ago

Bernie Sanders talks about ‘silver linings’ and his climate change plan in fire-devastated town

LA Times  

Sen. Bernie Sanders is hugged by Geralynne Radar, a volunteer with the Paradise, Calif., Police Department, as he tours a mobile home park destroyed by last year’s wildfire. Surveying the ruins of a mobile home park incinerated in November here in the deadliest wildfire in California history, Bernie Sanders said there could be a “silver lining” to the tragedy: public …

Readers React: We knew about climate change in 1989. It’s time to do something
5 years, 6 months ago

Readers React: We knew about climate change in 1989. It’s time to do something

LA Times  

To the editor: We’ve moved on from the outright denial of climate change from 30 years ago, when the California Energy Commission warned that the state faced more droughts, floods, fires and heat waves because of global warming. To the editor: We knew about global warming long before 1989, when this article says it was merely a “blip on the …

Trump promotes environmental record despite rollbacks
5 years, 6 months ago

Trump promotes environmental record despite rollbacks

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared himself a champion of the environment Monday, working to boost his standing on climate change and pollution issues in advance of the 2020 election despite having launched some of the most sweeping rollbacks in air, water and other protections in decades. Trump’s previous conservation statements have included campaigning to all but eliminate the Environmental …

Why Trump is flying into climate change turbulence
5 years, 7 months ago

Why Trump is flying into climate change turbulence

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Mark Lynas is a writer on climate change, and visiting fellow at the Alliance for Science at Cornell University. London CNN — Fresh from the latest disasters on Brexit, surely the last thing the UK needs is a state visit from the world’s provocateur-in-chief, Donald Trump. “Embarrassing for almost everyone” Donald Trump, on the other hand, mocks renewable …

Climate change gets worse management under Trump, investigation finds
5 years, 10 months ago

Climate change gets worse management under Trump, investigation finds

CNN  

CNN — The federal government is doing a worse job managing the problem of climate change under President Donald Trump, according to an investigation from the Government Accountability Office that included climate change on its High Risk List report on Wednesday. Testifying Wednesday before the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, GAO Comptroller General Eugene Louis Dodaro said that of the …

Jay Inslee is betting he can ride climate change to the White House
5 years, 10 months ago

Jay Inslee is betting he can ride climate change to the White House

LA Times  

With his state’s economy roaring and Democrats having just retaken seven governorships nationally in no small part because of his efforts, Washington Gov. The state has aggressively pursued climate action during Inslee’s tenure, advancing renewable energy goals, electric-car innovations, and efficiency requirements. “Social change takes time,” Inslee said during the interview in Washington, D.C., where he had just participated in …

Climate change: in US experts and officials call for rapid action on Capitol Hill
5 years, 11 months ago

Climate change: in US experts and officials call for rapid action on Capitol Hill

CNN  

CNN — President Donald Trump did not mention climate change or any efforts to help the environment during his State of the Union address Tuesday, but members of the US House of Representatives held two hearings Wednesday on Capitol Hill to take a closer look at the threat of climate change. “Today, we turn the page on this committee from …

Presidential hopefuls pushed to go big on climate change
6 years, 1 month ago

Presidential hopefuls pushed to go big on climate change

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Environmental activists are ramping up a pressure campaign designed to drum up Democratic support for a sweeping agenda to fight climate change, with the 2020 presidential campaign in their sights. Already embraced by Rep.-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., an increasingly influential figure on the left, the Green New Deal is designed to nudge prospective Democratic presidential candidates to stake …

Trump doesn’t care about climate change or the new federal report.
6 years, 1 month ago

Trump doesn’t care about climate change or the new federal report.

Slate  

On Friday, the federal government released the Fourth National Climate Assessment, a report on the state of climate change. “It’s based on modeling.” Trump and Sanders are repeating an old Republican talking point: that coal jobs and oil sales are real, but climate change is just speculation. The report calculates that by 2090, under present trends, climate change will cost …

Government climate report warns of worsening US disasters
6 years, 1 month ago

Government climate report warns of worsening US disasters

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — As California’s catastrophic wildfires recede and people rebuild after two hurricanes, a massive new federal report warns that these types of disasters are worsening in the United States because of global warming. “As a climate scientist it is almost surreal.” And Donald Wuebbles, a co-author from University of Illinois climate scientist, said, “We’re going to continue to see …

Climate Change Is Already Hurting U.S. Communities, Federal Report Says
6 years, 1 month ago

Climate Change Is Already Hurting U.S. Communities, Federal Report Says

NPR  

Climate Change Is Already Hurting U.S. Communities, Federal Report Says Enlarge this image toggle caption Noah Berger/AP Noah Berger/AP Climate change is already causing more frequent and severe weather across the U.S., and the country is poised to suffer massive damage to infrastructure, ecosystems, health and the economy if global warming is allowed to continue, according to the most comprehensive …

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s misdirection on Calif fires, climate
6 years, 1 month ago

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s misdirection on Calif fires, climate

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is going too far in assigning most of the blame for California’s devastating wildfires on the state’s forest management. I’m not saying that in a negative way, a positive — I’m just saying the facts.” — interview with “Fox News Sunday.” TRUMP: “There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in …

California wildfires: Trump blames forest management during tour of devastation and says ‘I want great climate’
6 years, 1 month ago

California wildfires: Trump blames forest management during tour of devastation and says ‘I want great climate’

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “I think everybody’s seen the light and I don’t think we’ll have this again to this extent.” After viewing …

Trump sees wildfire areas, consoles those harmed by shooting
6 years, 1 month ago

Trump sees wildfire areas, consoles those harmed by shooting

Associated Press  

PARADISE, Calif. — President Donald Trump on Saturday acknowledged Californians suffering from twin tragedies, walking through the ashes of a mobile home and RV park in a small northern town all but destroyed by deadly wildfires and privately consoling people grieving after a mass shooting at a popular college bar outside Los Angeles. It’s like total devastation,” Trump said as …

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