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    Network Newscasts Ignore*Global Warming's*Role in Canada's Wildfires
    <http://fair.org/home/network-newscasts-ignore-global-warmings-role-in-canadas-wildfires/>

FAIR 	 -‎6 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

“This is an example of what we expect - and consistent with what we 
expect for*climate change*,” University of Alberta Wildland Fire 
Professor Mike Flannigan told CNN.


    Young People Sue Their Elders Over*Climate Change*
    <http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/05/10/young-people-sue-their-elders-over-climate-change/>

New York Times (blog) 	 -‎3 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

As far as*climate change*solutions go, suing the federal government is a 
bit of a long shot. But that's what a nonprofit representing young 
people is doing, casting the government's failure to act as a violation 
of their civil rights.


    In Novel Tactic on*Climate Change*, Citizens Sue Their Governments
    <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/science/climate-change-citizen-lawsuits.html>

New York Times 	 -‎14 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

Individuals in Pakistan and New Zealand have sued to force their 
governments to take stronger action to fight*climate change*. A farmer 
in Peru has sued a giant German energy utility over its part in 
causing*global warming*. And while the arguments can*...*


    Wildfires to increase in Alaska with future*climate change*
    <https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/05/160510143702.htm>

Science Daily 	 -‎4 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

New research by University of Montana affiliate scientist Adam Young and 
UM fire ecology Associate Professor Philip Higuera projects an increased 
probability of fires occurring in Alaskan boreal forest and tundra under 
a warmer, drier*climate*. Their*...*


    MIT Lecture: 'Is Islamaphobia Accelerating*Global Warming*?'
    <http://www.mediaite.com/online/mit-lecture-is-islamaphobia-accelerating-global-warming/>

Mediaite 	 -‎8 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

*global-warming*A Monday lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology examined the question of whether or not hatred of Muslims was 
driving the rise in global temperatures.


    Almost Everything You Know About*Climate Change*Solutions Is
    Outdated, Part 1
    <http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/05/10/3776465/everything-you-know-climate-change-solutions-outdated/>

ThinkProgress 	 -‎4 hours ago‎ 	

	
	
	

First,*climate science*and*climate*politics have been moving 
unexpectedly quickly toward a broad consensus that we need to keep total 
human-caused*global warming*as far as possible below 2°C (3.6°F) - and 
ideally to no more than 1.5°C. This has truly*...*


    Study: Economics Affects*Climate Change Psychology*
    <http://www.reportingclimatescience.com/2016/05/05/psychology/>

reportingclimatescience.com 	 -‎May 8, 2016‎ 	

	
	
	

Lead researcher Erin Hennes, Department of Psychological Sciences Purdue 
University: “The problem isn't primarily ignorance about this 
issue...Even when people are exposed to the same information, their 
attitudes about climate change may be polarized ...Skepticism about 
climate change may be linked to concerns about the economy, according to 
a study on the psychology of climate change. Americans dismiss 
scientific evidence of climate change despite education efforts, the 
study finds


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    Carbon Capture Report http://www.carboncapturereport.org/
    Daily Climate http://www.dailyclimate.org/
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    Science Daily https://www.sciencedaily.com/news/earth_climate/
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