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July 31, 2019

Debate 2, Night 1: Progressives vs. Moderates

Last night was the first night of the second round of the Democratic primary debates where 10 candidates had 2 hours to discuss a full gambit of voter issues including climate change. Which, by our count, got 14 total minutes of the 120-minute debate. The resounding...

July 30, 2019

Democratic Debate Tonight: What Might CNN Ask?

The second Democratic debate tonight and tomorrow night, which is being held in Detroit, offers CNN an opportunity to ask some environment/climate questions that are particularly of interest due to the local audience who are drawn from a “frontline...

July 29, 2019

Airplane Contrails the Hidden Climate Culprit

by Miro Korenha and Alexandra Patel Airplane contrails have long been the subject of a variety of exuberant conspiracy theories, including that of governments spraying toxic chemicals into the air to induce mass sterilization and mind control. Though you shouldn’t pay...


Wild Weather Shortens Penultimate Stages of Tour de France

Mother Nature had the final say on today's stage! #TDF2019 pic.twitter.com/CkGWzc4utm — #TDF2019 on NBCSN (@NBCSNCycling) July 26, 2019 Imagine 155 of the most elite bicycle racers in the world barreling through the Alps, rounding hairpin turns next to steep...


Gillibrand and Steyer Roll Out Detailed Climate Plans

Last week Democratic Presidential candidates Tom Steyer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand both issued impressively detailed and comprehensive climate change plans.  Senator Gillibrand rolled out her plan on Medium, calling it a climate change “moonshot” and...

July 26, 2019

One Cool Thing: The 1976 Team Up with Greta Thunberg

Per Pitchfork: “The 1975 have shared the first song off their long-teased fourth album Notes on a Conditional Form. As per tradition, it is called “The 1975.” But, this time, Matty Healy isn’t singing, and the song doesn’t include “The 1975”’s traditional lyrics...


Senate Dems Ask Conservatives for Help in Messaging Climate

Yesterday the members of the Senate Democrats Special Committee on the Climate Crisis interviewed Republican witnesses during a hearing about how Democrats might reach out to conservatives on the issue of climate change. No Republican senators participated and...

July 25, 2019

Heat Wave Grips Europe – Again – High Temp Records Smashed

For a second time this summer, unprecedented hot weather is disrupting daily life as high-temperature records are being broken across the European continent. It was nearly 109 degrees Fahrenheit in Paris yesterday according to Accuweather, breaking the previous...


Tweet of the Week: Sen. Schatz of Hawaii

My prediction is that even the redacted Mueller Report will demonstrate that the last five years were all the hottest on record and that climate change is costing us tens billions of dollars. — Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) April 16, 2019 This week it seemed as if...