November 7, 2012

Hurricane Sandy Showed the Way

Steven Anderson, Huffington Post


Google images

As we clean up from the ravages of Hurricane Sandy, it behooves us to listen carefully to climate scientists who predict climate change will bring us more frequent and destructive storms like Sandy. Climate change is arguably the most pressing challenge we will face as a nation in the years ahead and we cannot let deliberate campaigns to undermine climate science -- as exposed last week by Frontline -- to derail what is a national and international imperative to confront the reality of our changing climate.

Read Full Article ››

TAGGED: Keystone XL pipeline, Cornell University's Global Labor Institute, Hurricane Sandy

RECOMMENDED ARTICLES

November 2, 2012
Protests or Not, They Have a Pipeline to Build
Zain Shauk, Fuel Fix
The teams start rolling out before daybreak, a rumbling cacophony orchestrated under floodlights and black skies.They fan out, men carrying hardhats walking past trucks on the move, busloads of workers, and trailers carrying... more ››
October 31, 2012
U.S. Oil Boom's Impact on Keystone XL
Elizabeth Douglass, InsideClimate
The argument is familiar to just about every American by now: The United States needs to import more Canadian crude oil to secure its energy independence, and building the proposed Keystone XL import pipeline is critical to... more ››
After the wrath of Superstorm Sandy hit the Northeastern coast of the United States, towns and communities have been left without power for days. Even New York City hasn’t been spared. Since Monday night, a large part of... more ››
November 2, 2012
How Climate Change Made Sandy More Destructive
Joseph Romm, EC
Climate science explains how global warming can make a superstorms like Sandy more destructive in several ways: Warming-driven sea level rise makes storm surges more destructive. In fact, a recent study found “The sea... more ››
November 5, 2012
Why You Need a Climate Change Portfolio
John Wasik, Reuters
Whether you believe in man-made global warming or not, it's undeniable that trillions of dollars will be spent on technologies to address the collateral damage of climate change. . . more ››