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You Think 2012 Is Hot? Wait Until 2013: Barring a volcanic eruption, next year will set records. But don't blame El Niño. (By Stefan Rahmstorf, Slate.com, 9/9/12) As Gas Prices Rise, Republicans Once Again Propose Big Oil ‘Solutions' That Don't Solve The Problem (By Rebecca Leber, ThinkProgress.org, 9/6/12) Caribbean Coral Reefs Mostly Dead, IUCN Says (By Christine Dell'Amore, National Geographic News, 9/6/12) Saudi oil well dries up (By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, The [UK] Telegraph, 9/5/12) Team Romney: Top Response To Climate Change Should Be More Defense Spending! Romney Calls For More Scientific ‘Debate' On Climate Change, But Opposes Any Serious Effort To Cut Carbon Pollution (By Joe Romm, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress Blog, 9/5/12) Shifting Views on Climate Change (By John M. Broder, The New York Times - Green Blog, 9/5/12) A Summer of Extremes Signifies the New Normal: This summer has seen record heat waves and wildfires in the U.S, the worst flooding in Beijing's modern history, and droughts that devastated the U.S. corn crop and led India to set up "refugee camps" for livestock. These extreme events were not freak occurrences - this is how the earth works now. (By Bill McKibben, Yale Environment 360 - Opinion, 9/4/12) Permission to Pollute: A Green Light for the First Tar Sands Mine in the US? (By Melanie Jae Martin, CommonDreams.org, 9/4/12) The Six Stages of Climate Grief: I have discovered a new sixth stage, beyond acceptance of the truly depressing climate science: doing The Work. (By Daphne Wysham, OtherWords as reported by CommonDreams.org, 9/4/12) Obama, Democrats will stress administration's track record on energy, environment (By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post - Energy and Environment, 9/4/12) |