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Ted Cruz Continues Coddle His Fossil Fuel Funders in Wake of Deadly Texas Floods
2015-06-01 18:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: On paper at least, Texas Senator and declared 2016 presidential candidate Ted Cruz is an intelligent man. He graduated cum laude from Princeton University where he was a debate champion. He went onto Harvard Law School where he graduated magna cum laude and was primary editor of the Harvard Law Review. But when Cruz talks about the climate, many people feel he sounds like the most ignorant and fact-challenged of his far-right followers. Last week, as destructive floods swept his home state,...
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Texas welcomes sunshine after days floods that killed 25
2015-06-01 02:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Sunshine and drier weather were forecast for most of flood-weary Texas after days of heavy rain, giving swollen rivers a chance to recede and relief workers and residents time for assess the damage and start a massive clean-up, officials said on Sunday. Severe flooding has killed at least 25 people and prompted U.S. President Barack Obama to declare a disaster in the state, which has endured record rainfall in May. Flooding this week turned streets into rivers, ripped homes off foundations,...
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Its Shameful': Scientists Slam Ted Cruz Dodging Climate Question After Texas Floods
2015-05-31 18:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: After literally 35 trillion gallons of water fell on Texas this month, washing away homes and killing at least 28 people, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz still would not talk about climate change. "At a time of tragedy, I think it`s wrong to try to politicize a natural disaster," the 2016 Republican presidential candidate said last week when asked about the role of climate change in the floods. In a way, the "let`s not politicize this" response is similar to the familiar "I`m not a scientist" dodge - a way...
More heavy rain soaks Texas as it grapples with floods have killed 28
2015-05-30 16:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Dallas-Fort Worth area saw another round of heavy rain on Saturday, as Texas tried to recover from flooding and heavy storms that have left at least 28 people dead there and in Oklahoma, prompting President Obama to sign a disaster declaration. The National Weather Service (NWS) issued a flash flood warning until 8.45am Saturday for Johnson and Tarrant counties. There were no immediate reports of rescues on Saturday morning. Rivers around the Dallas area have all swelled in the last week....
Hundreds seek safety from Texas floods, severe weather kills 16
2015-05-29 04:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Hundreds of people fled areas near Texas rivers that overflowed their banks on Thursday as the state reeled from severe storms this week that killed at least 17 people, flooded cities and set a record for the wettest month. The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch stretching from south of San Antonio to Dallas, through Oklahoma, where severe weather this week killed an additional six people, and into Kansas. Thunderstorms pelted large parts of the affected region. The city of...
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