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How the Koch brothers screwed over the climate even more than you know
2013-07-02 22:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Billionaire oil moguls Charles and David Koch have had a pernicious effect on climate and energy policy, a host of other progressive issues, and American democracy itself, as we`ve reported many times before. But a new report by the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University reveals even more about how the Koch brothers have undermined climate action. Since 2008, the Koch-backed group Americans for Prosperity has been urging candidates and politicians to sign its No Climate Tax Pledge."...
Screwed by climate change: 10 cities that will be hardest hit
2013-05-23 15:37:34| Airlines - Topix.net
Here at Grist, climate change is our bread and melting butter. But this month, we're feeling especially hot and bothered .
We're Screwed: 11000 Years' Worth of Climate Data Prove It
2013-03-09 14:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Atlantic: Back in 1999 Penn State climate scientist Michael Mann released the climate change movement's most potent symbol: The "hockey stick," a line graph of global temperature over the last 1,500 years that shows an unmistakable, massive uptick in the twentieth century when humans began to dump large amounts of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. It's among the most compelling bits of proof out there that human beings are behind global warming, and as such has become a target on Mann's back for climate...