Stop playing politics with the LA fires and address the key cause: man-made climate change
4 days, 10 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 some human tragedy to partisan advantage, president-elect Donald Trump has attacked the governor of California, Democrat Gavin Newsom for allegedly failing to protect water supplies for fire hydrants and prioritising the endangered smelt fish over the inhabitants of Los Angeles. Meanwhile, California burns… The science of climate change can never be precise enough to be able to attribute any particular freak weather event to anthropogenic global warming. With Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg now onside, we may also expect social media platforms to spread climate denial propaganda, supportive of Mr Trump’s avowed aim to “drill, baby, drill”. Even if Mar-a-Lago itself was to be swept into the sea by some mighty typhoon, Mr Trump wouldn’t change his settled opinion that climate change is some sort of Chinese hoax.

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Los Angeles wildfires have become perfect fuel for Trump and climate denial
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4 days, 6 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, 6 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 …

It’s climate change, stupid: Director Jim Jarmusch bashes deniers amid raging LA fires
5 days, 1 hour ago

It’s climate change, stupid: Director Jim Jarmusch bashes deniers amid raging LA fires

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 Film director Jim Jarmusch erupted during a critics awards event to attack climate change deniers …

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 …

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 — …

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 …

A second Trump term could slow the shift from fossil fuels as climate threats grow
6 months, 3 weeks ago

A second Trump term could slow the shift from fossil fuels as climate threats grow

NPR  

A second Trump term could slow the shift from fossil fuels as climate threats grow toggle caption Ian Maule/AFP via Getty When Donald Trump held a town hall recently in Phoenix, 11 people were treated for heat exhaustion amid record 113-degree temperatures. “For companies with technologies that rely on government tax credits, yes, they should be very worried,” says Diana …

Boiling Point: The climate change challenge is ours
1 year, 4 months ago

Boiling Point: The climate change challenge is ours

LA Times  

Farmworker Leticia Jimenez, 61, inside her home at the Oasis Mobile Home Park in August in Thermal, Calif. Edited by Alice Short, “Our Climate Change Challenge” focuses on what must be done to slow down and ultimately reverse global warming, and who needs to do it: not just government and business, but every one of us. More particularly, how are …

How Joe Biden could really burn Donald Trump
1 year, 4 months ago

How Joe Biden could really burn Donald Trump

Raw Story  

If you weren’t sure of it yet, climate change is quite clearly here. Matters will only get worse as we continue to burn massive amounts of toxic fossil fuels day after day, and since President Joe Biden has stated fighting climate change is one of his top priorities, it’s time for him to go further — and formally declare it …

As fires burns, California moves faster on climate — maybe
3 years, 5 months ago

As fires burns, California moves faster on climate — maybe

LA Times  

This is the July 22, 2021, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. For the Air Resources Board, that will mean using next year’s edition of its twice-a-decade climate “scoping plan” to work through the feasibility of carbon neutrality by 2035. Meanwhile, KPCC’s Sharon McNary explains how Acton, …

Opinion: Dying rivers. Seattle above 100 degrees. Readers are despairing over climate change
3 years, 6 months ago

Opinion: Dying rivers. Seattle above 100 degrees. Readers are despairing over climate change

LA Times  

Shasta in the background, a firefighter cools down hot spots after the Lava fire burned through an area north of Weed, Calif., on June 28. But since there are actual fires burning in areas north of the 40th parallel that were scorched by a truly hell-on-Earth heat wave, it seemed more appropriate to highlight letters discussing drought, high temperatures and …

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 …

‘It’ll start getting cooler. You just watch': Trump states categorical denial of climate crisis during California wildfire visit
4 years, 3 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 …

Trump spurns science on climate: ‘Don’t think science knows’
4 years, 4 months ago

Trump spurns science on climate: ‘Don’t think science knows’

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With the smell of California wildfires in the air, President Donald Trump on Monday ignored the scientific consensus that climate change is playing a central role in historic West Coast infernos and renewed his unfounded claim that failure to rake forest floors and clear dead timber is mostly to blame. Trump countered, “I don’t think science knows, …

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 …

How climate change is fueling record-breaking California wildfires, heat and smog
4 years, 4 months ago

How climate change is fueling record-breaking California wildfires, heat and smog

LA Times  

Smoke and haze from wildfires hovered Thursday over San Francisco, as much of California was blanketed in smoke from a siege of wildfires and poor air quality. In 2001, a team of international scientists projected that during the next 100 years, the planet’s inhabitants would witness higher maximum temperatures, more hot days and heat waves, an increase in the risk …

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 …

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 …

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. …

Why it's time we all became climate change optimists
6 years, 1 month ago

Why it's time we all became climate change optimists

Wired  

Joe Bunni/Getty Images Things aren’t looking good. And certainly not to the Arctic circle, where the indigenous Sami people are demanding state aid to help prevent their reindeer herds from starving to death as a result of unprecedented drought and wildfires. Or 2017's March for Science, which was attended by more than one million people in around 600 cities around …

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 …

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 …

Donald Trump tours town destroyed by Californian wildfire, says disaster hasn't changed his opinion on climate change
6 years, 1 month ago

Donald Trump tours town destroyed by Californian wildfire, says disaster hasn't changed his opinion on climate change

ABC  

US President Donald Trump says the devastation caused by California's deadliest bushfire has not changed his mind about climate change. Key points: The remains of 77 people have been recovered so far More than 1,000 people are listed as missing President Donald Trump said that he did not think there would be a fire to this extent again The President …

Trump's Response To The California Wildfires Isn't Just Inaccurate. It's Dangerous.
6 years, 1 month ago

Trump's Response To The California Wildfires Isn't Just Inaccurate. It's Dangerous.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Saturday morning, as entire California towns were engulfed in flames, the president retreated to Twitter. Instead, he offered an explanation for the wildfires ― California’s “poor forest management” ― and threatened to withhold federal recovery funds. Poor forest management is a nod to logging interests and, for reasons others have pointed out, is not the root cause …

Celebrities attack Trump for inaccurate tweet on California wildfires: 'This man is demented'
6 years, 2 months ago

Celebrities attack Trump for inaccurate tweet on California wildfires: 'This man is demented'

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. In a series of tweets, Mr Trump pointed the finger at “gross mismanagement” for …

A week in review: Trump fiddles as the world burns … and drowns, dries and dies
6 years, 3 months ago

A week in review: Trump fiddles as the world burns … and drowns, dries and dies

Salon  

We’re becoming inured to name-calling and bullying threats as a substitute for governing. Now comes the new report from a United Nations panel that warns that the world might be on a path toward catastrophic climate change if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t cut dramatically by 2030. The report, released late Sunday by the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, says …

Trump’s ‘ridiculous’ tweet about California wildfires
6 years, 5 months ago

Trump’s ‘ridiculous’ tweet about California wildfires

CNN  

CNN — Wildfires are raging in California. “California wildfires are being magnified & made so much worse by the bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amounts of readily available water to be properly utilized,” the US President wrote on Twitter. “Nice!” The problem with his tweets, according to environmental scientists and California water experts, is that there’s way more …

Column: In a strikingly ignorant tweet, Trump gets almost everything about California wildfires wrong
6 years, 5 months ago

Column: In a strikingly ignorant tweet, Trump gets almost everything about California wildfires wrong

LA Times  

No one would mistake President Trump for an expert on climate change or water policy, but a tweet he issued late Sunday about California’s wildfires deserves some sort of award for most glaring misstatements about those two issues in the smallest number of words. Trump blamed the fires on “bad environmental laws which aren’t allowing massive amount of readily available …

Carr fire: California wildfires will only get worse in the future because of climate change, experts say
6 years, 5 months ago

Carr fire: California wildfires will only get worse in the future because of climate change, experts say

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. “What we’re seeing over the last …

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