Climate Change

Houston School District To End PragerU Indoctrination After 73 Schools See Video Mocking Climate Change

Houston Landing reports: A Friday lesson intended to teach students at dozens of Houston ISD schools how to think objectively included a video that mocked the idea of human-caused climate change from PragerU, a Florida nonprofit criticized for pushing biased, conservative viewpoints. Meant to help students discern fact from opinion, the seven-minute clip encouraged viewers to “do your own research,” …

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Fox Host: Things Are Too Bad To “Worry About Climate”

“Given the world situation we face now, with threats coming from multiple directions, climate change is a distraction. Climate change — worrying about climate change is almost a luxury. These are old fashioned threats that come from, you know, world powers that wish us ill. And, you know, China may say “We’ll be competitors and we won’t be adversaries,” or …

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GOP Rep: It Was 29 Degrees When I Took My Kids Trick Or Treating, Therefore Climate Change Is Fake News

“You know, we may have had a hot summer, but I just went trick or treating with my kids, and it was like, you know, the low that evening was 29 degrees, so temperatures change, alright? Temperatures have been changing for the millennia. That being said, yet again, it’s this alarmism, this agenda that stands in the way of our …

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Big Oil Deal: Chevron To Buy Hess For $53 Billion

Reuters reports: Chevron Corp said on Monday it will buy smaller rival Hess Corp in a $53-billion all-stock deal, as the oil major looks to increase its footprint in oil-rich Guyana. The deal puts two of the top oil giants, Chevron and Exxon Mobil (XOM.N), head-to-head in two of the world’s fastest growing oil basins – shale and Guyana. Guyana …

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Saltwater Likely To Contaminate NOLA Drinking Water

The New York Times reports: Saltwater is swiftly pushing its way up the Mississippi River and is expected to contaminate most of the New Orleans public drinking water supply on Oct. 28. President Biden declared a state of emergency on Wednesday, releasing federal funds to Louisiana. Officials are concerned about saltwater corroding lead pipes, which could leach heavy metals into …

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Scientists: Antarctic Sea Ice Levels At Record Low

The Washington Post reports: Sea ice levels around Antarctica just registered a record low — and by a wide margin — as winter comes to a close, according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC). This significant milestone adds worry that Antarctic sea ice may be entering a state of decline brought on by climate change. “There is …

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Bloomberg Pledges $500M To Close All Coal Plants

Reuters reports: Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg announced on Wednesday he will pump $500 million into the next phase of his energy transition campaign, aiming to shut down “every last” coal plant in the United States and slash gas-fired capacity in half by 2030. The $500 million infusion into his decade-long Beyond Carbon initiative aims to “finish the …

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TODAY: Biden To Launch “American Climate Corps”

The Hill reports: The White House will create a federal Climate Corps, a major wish list item for progressive Democrats and environmentalist groups, Biden administration officials confirmed on a call with reporters Tuesday. On the call, administration officials said the program will employ 20,000 people in its first year. These recruits, they said, will be “doing the important task of …

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Newsom To Sign Landmark Climate Disclosure Bill

The New York Times reports: Gov. Gavin Newsom of California said on Sunday that he would sign a landmark climate bill that passed the state’s legislature last week requiring major companies to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emissions, a move with national and global repercussions. The new law will require about 5,000 companies to report the amount of greenhouse gas …

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Climate Change Forces Redesigning Of Major Airports

Bloomberg News reports: Airports around the world are relocating sensitive electrical equipment to rooftops to protect it from flooding, reinforcing runways to handle extreme temperature swings and revving up air conditioning as climate change complicates operations. In New York, the $19 billion redevelopment of John F. Kennedy International Airport includes preparing for more extreme weather events such as storm surges …

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US Breaks Record On Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters

CNBC reports: The U.S. has suffered the highest number of billion-dollar weather disasters on record this year with wildfires and severe storms wreaking havoc from Hawaii to Florida, according to a report released by the federal government Monday. The nation has been hit by 23 such disasters so far in 2023, the highest number since the National Oceanic and Atmospheric …

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Hurricane Lee Intensifies To “Monster” Category 5

CNN reports: Hurricane Lee is expected to continue strengthening Friday after quickly morphing into a powerful Category 5 storm that is now packing destructive maximum sustained winds of 165 mph as it spins hundreds of miles east of the Caribbean, the National Hurricane Center said in its 5 a.m. ET advisory. The hurricane was located about 630 miles east of …

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Scientists: Summer Of 2023 Was Hottest Ever Globally

Bloomberg News reports: This summer was the warmest on record globally by a large margin as extreme heat waves impacted North America, Europe and Asia, according to Europe’s Earth observation agency Copernicus. Temperatures in June, July and August were 0.66 degrees Celsius above the average between 1991 and 2020, Copernicus said. Last month was the warmest August on record globally …

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Home Insurers To Cut Natural Disasters From Coverage

The Washington Post reports: At least five large U.S. property insurers — including Allstate, American Family, Nationwide, Erie Insurance Group and Berkshire Hathaway — have told regulators that extreme weather patterns caused by climate change have led them to stop writing coverages in some regions, exclude protections from various weather events and raise monthly premiums and deductibles. Major insurers say …

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Fox News Hosts Celebrate After Police Smash Through Burning Man Climate Protest And Point Guns [VIDEO]

Media Matters has the transcript: STEVE DOOCY (CO-HOST): Here’s a video you are going to be talking about today. Climate protesters causing a miles-long traffic jam when they blocked the only road leading into the Burning Man festival and then this happened. DOOCY: Okay. She is not happy. Jimmy Failla, hosts Fox Across America on Fox News radio and Fox …

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Rick Scott Decides Climate Change Is “Important Issue”

Florida Politics reports: During an interview on Fox Business’ “Mornings with Maria,” the Florida Senator was complaining about the Senate Budget Committee when he offered the latest seeming endorsement of the idea that human beings’ actions are heating the planet. “We talked about climate change,” Scott said by way of describing the meetings the panel had this year. “It’s an …

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Ramaswamy Calls Climate Change “A Hoax” At Debate

Politico reports: GOP candidates during the first Republican debate argued over climate change, with Vivek Ramaswamy calling it a hoax. “I’m the only candidate on stage who isn’t bought and paid for, so I can say this,” Ramaswamy said, though he caught some shade. “Climate change is a hoax … The reality is more people are dying of bad climate …

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California Gets Its First-Ever Tropical Storm Watch

The Verge reports: The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm watch for southern California today as Hurricane Hilary barrels toward the US and Mexico. This is the first time this kind of alert has been issued for sunny SoCal, which is more prone to drought and fire this time of year than hurricanes. A tropical storm watch means “that …

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Young Montana Activists Win Landmark Climate Case

The Associated Press reports: A Montana judge on Monday sided with young environmental activists who said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by permitting fossil fuel development without considering its effect on the climate. The ruling in the first-of-its- kind trial in the U.S. adds to a small number of legal decisions around …

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Feds To Issue Heat Wave “Hazard Alert” For Workers

Via press release from the White House: Millions of Americans are currently experiencing the effects of extreme heat, which is growing in intensity, frequency, and duration due to the climate crisis. President Biden has asked the Department of Labor (DOL) to issue the first-ever Hazard Alert for heat, and DOL will also ramp up enforcement to protect workers from extreme …

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