Dahr Jamail, Truthout: The
level of summer sea ice could reach zero in one or two years, according
to Arctic sea ice expert Dr. Peter Wadhams. This would result in more
extreme winters along the Northwestern Atlantic coastline and more
intense hurricanes in the tropical Atlantic.
The Daily Take Team, The Thom Hartmann Program: At
some point or another we, as a civilization, are going to have to
institute a carbon tax on all fossil fuel emissions. Giant corporations
know this and are imposing internal carbon pricing plans. Yet, thanks to
the fossil fuel lobby, the GOP is still pretending climate change does
not exist.
Sharon Kelly, DeSmogBlog: In
the city of Richmond, California, Chevron Corp. not only processes up
to 250,000 barrels of crude oil a day from the largest refinery on the
West Coast -- it also writes the Richmond Standard, an online paper
focused on local news for the city.
Emily Schwartz Greco, Moyers & Company: The
nation's greenhouse gas emissions fell between 2005 and 2014. But
averting what scientist Michael Mann calls "dangerous and irreversible
changes in our climate" will take strong post-Obama White House
leadership.
Norman Solomon, Norman Solomon's Blog: The
AFL-CIO put out a statement from its president, Richard Trumka, last
week regarding the Dakota Access pipeline. The rhetoric was standard
flackery for energy conglomerates, declaring "it is fundamentally unfair
to hold union members' livelihoods and their families' financial
security hostage to endless delay."
Stop Blaming the Drought on a Lack of Rain
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