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North Carolina Pretends Current Sea Level Rise Isn't Happening (By Kaid Benfield, The Atlantic Cities, 7/9/12) Record Heat Wave Responsible For At Least 52 Deaths (By Rebecca Leber, ThinkProgress.org - Newsflash, 7/9/12) The Guardian Is Ignoring The Critical Paradox Of Peak Oil (By Nicole Foss, Business Insider, 7/9/12) We're Already Topping Dust Bowl Temperatures - Imagine What'll Happen If We Fail To Stop 10°F Warming (By Joe Romm, ThinkProgress.org - Climate Progress, 7/8/12) US bakes under heatwave as fears grow over rising death toll among elderly: The mercury is set to top 100 degrees in America's midwest and some eastern states, where power outages add to concern (The Associated Press as reported by The [UK] Guardian, 7/7/12) Tax Billionaires, Carbon to Improve Prosperity, says UN (By Common Dreams staff, CommonDreams.org, 7/6/12) Canadian town gears up for Keystone XL (By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post - Energy and Environment, 7/6/12) Climate Change Belief Increased In U.S. After Extreme Weather, NOAA Chief Says (By Rod McGuirk, The Huffington Post - Green Blog, 7/6/12) Extreme weather events forecast storm over climate change denial: The US media and meteorologists will be on the wrong side of history if they keep refusing to make the weather-warming link (By Amy Goodman, The [UK] Guardian, 7/5/12) Scientists say ongoing weather extremes offer proof of climate change: Record-shattering heatwaves, wildfires and freak storms are a sampling of what is to come in 2012 and a window to the future (By Suzanne Goldenberg, The [UK] Guardian - Environment Blog, 7/3/12) Carbon Pricing in Australia: Lessons for the United States (By Joshua Meltzer, Brookings - Opinion, 7/2/12) NOAA State of the Climate Report for January - June, 2012 (NOAA Satellite and Information Service, Published on-line July 2012) |