April 5, 2012
The effect of climate change on Washington State could be $10 BILLION per year.

The effect of climate change on Washington State could be $10 BILLION per year.

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Filed under: climate change global warming environment Washington State 
February 10, 2012
“To reach a low-cost, low-carbon electricity system in the West, UC Berkeley energy researchers propose this combo of power sources as one possible solution. A carbon tax (placing CO2 at about $70/ton) could help the West reach a goal of 54 percent of 1990 emissions by 2030, according to their models. (Credit: UCB/James Nelson.)”

“To reach a low-cost, low-carbon electricity system in the West, UC Berkeley energy researchers propose this combo of power sources as one possible solution. A carbon tax (placing CO2 at about $70/ton) could help the West reach a goal of 54 percent of 1990 emissions by 2030, according to their models. (Credit: UCB/James Nelson.)”

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Filed under: chart climate change global warming carbon tax cap and trade berkeley energy alternative energy solar wind nuclear natural gas hydro fossil fuels 
February 9, 2012

What is the true cost of a gallon of gasoline? And why do prices vary from country to country? An interesting animation from the Center for Investigative Reporting.

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Filed under: energy climate change oil refinery gasoline global warming 
January 25, 2012
What kind of energy does Obama really care about? Not renewables….An analysis of energy policy from the State of the Union…

What kind of energy does Obama really care about? Not renewables….An analysis of energy policy from the State of the Union…

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Filed under: SOTU State of the Union Obama energy renewable energy natural gas carbon dioxide global warming Keystone XL 
January 12, 2012
SOOOO adorable. From a collection of polar bear images from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska.

SOOOO adorable. From a collection of polar bear images from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska.

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Filed under: environment climate change global warming polar bear arctic alaska u.s. fish and wildlife service wildlife photography photography wildlife 
January 10, 2012
Very powerful paintings of polar bears, from painter Sally Linder’s “Approaching a Threshold” series. Linder’s artist statement is a quote: The polar bear may be just the canary in the coal mine… If we can save the polar bears, we will ultimately save ourselves. Linder was featured in NRDC’s OnEarth magazine, with images and an interview.

Very powerful paintings of polar bears, from painter Sally Linder’s “Approaching a Threshold” series. Linder’s artist statement is a quote:

The polar bear may be just the canary in the coal mine… If we can save the polar bears, we will ultimately save ourselves.

Linder was featured in NRDC’s OnEarth magazine, with images and an interview.

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Filed under: painting global warming climate change polar bears environment science environmentalism natural resources defense council art environmental art 
December 8, 2011

Why climate science hasn’t proved persuasive.

A year in the making, this video pays tribute to a critical scientific and academic figure in postmodern history: the late Climatologist and Stanford Professor Stephen Schneider (1945-2010)

This video was screened before a live audience by Climate One of the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco on Dec 6, 2011 as the introduction to an event honoring Stephen Schneider and presenting an award in his name to Richard Alley, Professor of Geosciences and Associate of the EMS Environment Institute. 

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Filed under: Steven Schneider climate change environment video climate change video co2 carbon dioxide global warming science science and policy 
October 19, 2011
The new dust bowl. In Lubbock, Texas.

The new dust bowl. In Lubbock, Texas.

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Filed under: climate change global warming drought environment texas Dust Bowl 
August 23, 2011
Via Science Daily: A vast network of previously unmapped glaciers on the move from thousands of miles inland to the Antarctic coast has been charted for the first time by UC Irvine scientists. The findings will be critical to tracking future sea rise from climate change.

Via Science Daily:

A vast network of previously unmapped glaciers on the move from thousands of miles inland to the Antarctic coast has been charted for the first time by UC Irvine scientists. The findings will be critical to tracking future sea rise from climate change.

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Filed under: science antarctica mapping climate change environment global warming 
July 7, 2011
Starting this month, when a day is declared colder, snowier or hotter than usual, it won’t mean what it used to. (The right hand map is the baseline for normal maximum temperatures across the continental U.S.; the left hand map is what the temperature change in degrees from that old normal.) NOAA data says climate change has made our “normals” for the past 30 years (1981-2010) hotter than the normals of 1971-2000. Read our blog on what these numbers mean, and how higher temperatures lead to bigger disasters in the West.

Starting this month, when a day is declared colder, snowier or hotter than usual, it won’t mean what it used to. (The right hand map is the baseline for normal maximum temperatures across the continental U.S.; the left hand map is what the temperature change in degrees from that old normal.) NOAA data says climate change has made our “normals” for the past 30 years (1981-2010) hotter than the normals of 1971-2000. Read our blog on what these numbers mean, and how higher temperatures lead to bigger disasters in the West.

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(Notes: 6)
  
Filed under: climate change global warming NOAA wildfire temperature weather 
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