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Tue Jun 7 16:14:29 EDT 2016

For June 7th, 2016

    Boston to host major*climate*summit in 2017
    <https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2016/06/07/boston-host-major-climate-summit/UvMXXRV3Q5w7OIm4Cc2ZqJ/story.html>

The Boston Globe 	 -‎8 ho

BEIJING - Secretary of State John F. Kerry announced Tuesday at 
a*climate change*summit that Boston will host the conference in 2017 - 
an event that is expected to draw some 2,000 business officials and 
urban leaders from across the United States and*...*
Kerry:*Climate*alarms are 'screaming at us' 
<http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/kerry-climate-alarms-are-screaming-at-us/article/2593068?custom_click=rss>
Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that the recent wave of 
record-high temperatures shows that the planet is sending a shrill 
warning that humans have to act quickly to reverse the effects of 
climate change. ...

    Could This Be California's Worst*Wildfire*Season?
    <http://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/06/california-wildfires/485999/>

The Atlantic 	 -‎3 hours ago‎ 	

Five years of drought have dried up California's forests and the first 
six months of this year has seen twice as many acres burned as the same 
time in 2015, the Los Angeles Times reported.

    Pursuing energy independence will hardly mitigate*climate change*
    <https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/06/160607080655.htm>

Science Daily 	 -‎5 hours ago‎ 	

The results show that combatting*climate change*will lead to lower 
energy imports, but that ensuring energy independence will lead to only 
modest (2-15%) cuts in*greenhouse gas*emissions. The researchers also 
find that constraining energy imports would*...
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    Modi's visit to Washington holds the promise of action
    against*climate change*
    <https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2016/06/06/modis-visit-to-washington-could-set-a-new-tone-on-fighting-global-climate-change/>

Washington Post 	 -‎4 hours ago‎ 	

On the sidelines of*climate*talks in Paris in December that were aimed 
at curtailing out-of-control*global warming*trends, Modi said he had an 
“uncompromising commitment on*climate change*.” But he was quick to 
append the ... That is yet another*...*

    TV Networks Backslide By Omitting Link Between*Climate Change*And
    Destructive Texas Floods
    <https://mediamatters.org/research/2016/06/06/tv-networks-backslide-omitting-link-between-climate-change-and-destructive-texas-floods/210754>

Media Matters for America 	 -‎1 hour ago‎ 	

The major broadcast news networks ignored*climate change*in their 
coverage of Texas' recent disastrous flooding, despite the 
well-documented link between*global warming*and extreme precipitation 
events. ... Basically, we linked the weather conditions*...*

    On the issues:*Climate change*, environmental policy divide
    candidates
    <http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2016/06/06/On-the-issues-Climate-change-environmental-policy-divide-candidates/6461464979051/>

UPI.com 	 -‎5 hours ago‎ 	

Trump, like many Republicans, is deeply skeptical of that science and 
believes the*climate change*"crisis" Democrats decry is really a 
political ploy to offer justification for more taxes and regulations on 
oil and gas companies they already do not*...*

    Politics and lack of teacher training are keeping*climate
    science*out of US classrooms
    <http://www.pri.org/stories/2016-06-06/politics-and-lack-teacher-training-are-keeping-climate-science-out-us-classrooms>

PRI 	 -‎3 hours ago‎ 	

A majority of Americans - about 64 percent - say they are worried 
about*climate change*, according to a recent Gallup poll. At the same 
time, other polling and survey data show that our public school systems 
are teaching students almost nothing about it.

    As space agencies unite on*climate*, Congress shoots for cuts
    <http://fusion.net/story/310099/space-agencies-unite-on-climate-science-as-congress-doesnt/>

Fusion 	 -‎39 minutes ago‎ 	

Meanwhile, not all is sunny on the*climate science*horizon. In the 
United States, Congress is targeting*climate change*research through 
proposed cuts to NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA) for next year. In late May, the .

    *Climate change*and the value of daring
    <http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2016/jun/06/the-value-of-daring>

The Guardian 	 -‎5 hours ago‎ 	

The*climate*system is a unifying ethical field that extends from the 
physical to the metaphysical and connects your actions to my well-being, 
and vice-versa, no matter how remote your life is from mine.

What Charles Koch really thinks about*climate change* 
<https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2016/06/06/what-charles-koch-really-thinks-about-climate-change/> 

Washington Post 	 -‎7 hours ago‎ 	

Charles Koch had been talking for more than an hour - about markets, 
philosophy and why he is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to 
fund university research, particularly in economics - when the subject 
turned to*climate change*. The question*...*

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