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A Climate Resistance Game Plan for 2018

A Climate Resistance Game Plan for 2018

By Jamie Henn Let’s talk for a moment about how the climate movement is going to fight back in 2018. But first, a public service announcement. This Jan. 31, movement leaders like the one-and-only Bernie Sanders, 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben, Rev. Lennox Yearwood of the Hip Hop Caucus, Jacqueline Patterson of the NAACP, and more, […]

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    Arctic Report Card 2017: Ice Cover Is Shrinking Faster Compared With Prior 1,500 Years

    Arctic Report Card 2017: Ice Cover Is Shrinking Faster Compared With Prior 1,500 Years

    By Brenda Ekwurzel The 2017 Arctic Report Card reflects contributions from 85 scientists representing 12 countries. The pace of sea ice area (hereafter extent) decrease is unprecedented over the past 1,500 years, according to Emily Osborne’s et al. 2017 contribution to the Arctic Report Card released Tuesday. Osborne and team carefully relied upon 45 different […]

    Climate Change Study Projects Global Wind Energy Winners and Losers

    Climate Change Study Projects Global Wind Energy Winners and Losers

    Climate change will harm wind energy production in some parts of the globe and favor it in other regions, according to new research. The global study, published in the journal Nature Geoscience, explored the impact of temperature rises on wind energy, projecting an overall southward shift in wind power. “There’s been a lot of research […]

    Why California Droughts Could Increase Due to Arctic Sea Ice Loss

    Why California Droughts Could Increase Due to Arctic Sea Ice Loss

    Receding ice cover in the Arctic ocean could produce more droughts in California, according to a new study. Published last week in Nature Communications, the study found that sea ice loss in the Arctic—of the proportion expected in coming years—could set off an atmospheric effect that will steer precipitation away from California. Notably, the study […]

    Alaska Sen. Murkowski Introduces Bill to Drill Arctic Wildlife Refuge

    Alaska Sen. Murkowski Introduces Bill to Drill Arctic Wildlife Refuge

    Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced legislation Wednesday night that would open a portion of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas development for the first time. The bill could advance with only 51 votes in the Senate instead of the usual 60 as it complies under Congress’ budget resolution instructions for 2018. […]

    GOP-Controlled Senate Paves Way for Oil Drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

    GOP-Controlled Senate Paves Way for Oil Drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

    The Senate Republicans’ narrow passage of the 2018 budget plan on Thursday opened the door for oil and gas drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve (ANWR). But Democratic lawmakers and environmental groups criticized the GOP for sneaking the “backdoor drilling provision” through the budget process. Past proposals to drill in the refuge have consistently […]