Scientists highlight deadly health risks of climate change

Story highlights Former Vice President Al Gore hosted a controversial Climate & Health Meeting on Thursday Future climate change events will cause premature deaths, experts said CNN  —  The future is expected to hold more deadly heat waves, the fast Continue reading Scientists highlight deadly health risks of climate change

The Presidential Primaries Silence Voters Who Care About Climate Change

Counterintuitively, psychologists have found that being exposed to these sorts of life-altering climate events has less bearing on an individual’s climate change opinion than their underlying political ideology. “Most of us,” Leiserowitz explains, “do not experience a heat wave and Continue reading The Presidential Primaries Silence Voters Who Care About Climate Change

Florida GOP Goes Full McCarthy—Joe, That Is—With Proposed School Change

And Vice President Kamala Harris offered her own aggressive defense of the president Friday, calling for the special counsel to have a “higher level of integrity” after the report accused the 81-year-old president of having a memory with “significant limitations.” Continue reading Florida GOP Goes Full McCarthy—Joe, That Is—With Proposed School Change

The U.S. Is in a Spectacularly Bad Position to Talk About Climate Change Right Now

The U.S. has no plan to proactively phase out so-called “unabated” fossil fuel production, despite the pledge it’s made to that effect. There are also no assurances that emissions from ever-expanding fossil fuel production can in fact be abated—a term Continue reading The U.S. Is in a Spectacularly Bad Position to Talk About Climate Change Right Now

World’s Wealthiest Countries Gather to Admit Continued Failure to Address Climate Change

Since the start of the year, meanwhile, the non-profit Oil Change International finds that the U.S. has approved more fossil fuel financing than any other country, furnishing $1.5 billion to four projects. Germany came in second. Both were among the Continue reading World’s Wealthiest Countries Gather to Admit Continued Failure to Address Climate Change

Republican Rep. Nearly Blames Hurricanes on Climate Change on Fox News

She said Trump will have to prioritize the trial, and the schedule will not change based on his professional obligations, meaning campaign events. She pointed out that this is no different from how she would treat any other defendant. This Continue reading Republican Rep. Nearly Blames Hurricanes on Climate Change on Fox News

Ohio Republicans Sneak in Sinister Change to Abortion Ballot Language

These changes are a clear attempt to make the amendment seem far more extreme and dangerous than it actually is. LaRose said the full amendment text will still be available at election boards and on posters at voting stations, but Continue reading Ohio Republicans Sneak in Sinister Change to Abortion Ballot Language