Revealed: The Day Obama Chose a Strategy of Silence on Climate Change
This story first appeared in the Guardian.The invitation to the White House in the spring of 2009 struck Barack Obama's allies in the environmental movement as a big moment: a clear sign that climate...
View ArticleMississippi River Faces Shipping Freeze As Water Levels Drop
This story first appeared on the Guardian website as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The Mississippi as seen from Ed Drager's tug boat is a river in retreat: a giant beached barge is stranded...
View ArticleStudy: It's Not Obama's Fault That Enviro Groups Botched the Climate Fight
This article first appeared in the Guardian as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.A Harvard academic has put the blame squarely for America's failure to act on climate change on environmental...
View ArticleObama Moves Climate Change to the Forefront in His Second Inagural Address
This story first appeared in the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Barack Obama said more about climate change in his inauguration speech—and expressed it more...
View ArticleObama Under Pressure After Nebraska Governor Signs Off on Keystone XL
This story first appeared in The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Barack Obama's powerful call for climate action faced an immediate test on Tuesday, with the...
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Billionaires Secretly Funded Vast Climate Denial Network
This story first appeared on the Guardian website as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Conservative billionaires used a secretive funding route to channel nearly $120 million to more than 100...
View ArticleBiggest US Climate Rally Ever Pushes Obama to Reject Keystone Pipeline
This story first appeared in The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Tens of thousands of protesters descended on Washington DC on Sunday demanding Barack Obama...
View ArticleBP to Government: $21 Billion Fine is 'Excessive'
This story first appeared in The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.BP has announced that it will square off against the federal government in court next week to...
View ArticleTrader Joe's and Whole Foods Won't Sell GM Salmon
This story first appeared on the Guardian website. A number of US supermarket chains pledged on Wednesday not to sell genetically modified salmon, in a sign of growing public concern about engineered...
View ArticleThe Drought That Ravaged US Crops Is Only Going to Get Worse
This story first appeared on the Guardian website and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The historic drought that laid waste to America's grain and corn belt is unlikely to...
View ArticleOlympians to Obama: Climate Change Will Melt Winter Sports
This story first appeared on the Guardian website.Olympic medalists in snowboarding and skiing have called on Barack Obama on to save winter sports by taking ambitious measures against climate...
View ArticleTexas Congressman Cites Noah's Ark As Evidence Against Climate Change
This story first appeared on the Guardian website and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Texas Republican Joe Barton stands out even among his fellow conservative Republicans...
View ArticleObama's Organizing for Action Video Targets Climate Sceptics in Congress
This story originally appeared in the Guardian.The campaign group formed to support Barack Obama's political agenda has launched an initiative to shame members of Congress who deny the science behind...
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Meet America's First Climate Refugees
This story first appeared on the Guardian website and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Sabrina Warner keeps having the same nightmare: a huge wave rearing up out of the...
View ArticleFrom Palin to Parnell, the Great Alaska Climate Fail
This story first appeared on the Guardian website and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In September 2007, a rising star of Alaskan politics dared to take on one of the...
View Article"It's Happening Now…the Village Is Sinking"
This story first appeared on the Guardian website and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.One afternoon in the waning days of winter, the most powerful man in Newtok, Alaska,...
View ArticleGoogle Hosts Fundraiser for Climate Denier Sen. James Inhofe
This story first appeared on the Guardian website and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Google, which prides itself on building a "better web that is better for the...
View ArticlePoll: Young Voters Call Climate Deniers "Ignorant,""Out of Touch,""Crazy"
This story first appeared in the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Republicans in Congress who reject the science behind climate change could soon be reduced to...
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Study Predicts a Watery Future for Major US Cities
This story first appeared in the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.More than 1,700 American cities and towns—including Boston, New York, and Miami—are at greater...
View ArticleRelocation of Alaska's Sinking Newtok Village Halted
This story first appeared on the Guardian website and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.An Alaskan village's quest to move to higher ground and avoid being drowned by climate...
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