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5 Delicious Foods Threatened By Climate Change
Chocolate, peanut butter, bread, cheese, wine, coffee, and raspberries. That’s my desert island list. You know, the foods I would choose to have with me if stranded on a desert island. But recent reports are indicating that climate change threatens… Read more >
New Report to Warn Climate Change Already Fueling Extreme Weather
A new report is set to warn the intensity of 2011′s floods, heat and drought aren’t freak occurrences – they’re the direct result of man-made climate change. Read more >
Global Warming-Fueled Extreme Weather Spikes Peanut Butter Prices
Will consumers get the jarring truth about why peanut butter prices are suddenly chunky? So far, it looks like the media is feeding them a smoothed-over version that omits the impact of the climate crisis. Read more >
Climate Change and Hurricanes: Not Just a Concern for Coastal Communities
The 2011 hurricane season may well be remembered most for flooding along the eastern seaboard, especially from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee. The impacts were felt in places that typically don’t have to worry about hurricanes. That’s because some… Read more >
WATCH: 24 Hours of Climate Reality a Call to Action
24 Presenters. 24 Time Zones. 13 Languages. 1 Message. 24 Hours of Reality was a worldwide event to broadcast the reality of the climate crisis. Featuring a new multimedia presentation created by Al Gore and delivered once per hour for… Read more >
Global Warming Hits Home for NWF Climate Scientist
As I stood in a torrential downpour waiting for my son’s bus to arrive, I couldn’t help but think how this was yet another sign of climate change hitting home. Literally. It was only his third day riding the bus… Read more >
Bad Obama Ozone Decision May Spell Trouble for Wildlife
The Obama Administration’s recent announcement that the Environmental Protection Agency will not strengthen the ozone or smog standard is of little consolation to parents who have to rush their asthmatic kids to the hospital emergency room on dirty air days… Read more >
Vermont Governor Bemoans Climate Inaction After Flood
Saying his state is under siege after Hurricane Irene swept through his state early this week, the governor of Vermont had some choice words about the failure of leaders at the national and international level to cut carbon pollution that… Read more >
Media Proves Gore Right on Climate Coverage
Al Gore’s Rolling Stone essay spent four times as much space comparing the news media to pro wrestling referees than it did urging President Obama to act on the climate crisis. So what did media coverage of Gore’s piece exclusively focus on? Read more >
Reporters Link TV Watching to Obesity. Why Not Climate Change to Extreme Weather?
Few reporters are connecting Western wildfires to global warming despite overwhelming scientific evidence. But do other fields of research treat connections so gingerly? Read more >
