Recommended Reading

A Climate Scientist On ‘Slaying The Climate Dragon’. NPR. October 20, 2018.

Rule rollbacks could hurt Trump voters the most. E&E News. October 9, 2018.

Trump administration sees a 7-degree rise in global temperatures by 2100. The Washington Post. September 28, 2018.

Cheaper Battery Is Unveiled as a Step to a Carbon-Free Grid. The New York Times. September 26, 2018.

Big Environmental Rollbacks Are Pending. Here’s How You Can Weigh In. The New York Times. August 29, 2018.

Hurricane Season 2018: Experts Warn of Super Storms, Call For New Category 6. Inside Climate News. June 2, 2018.

What Drove a Man to Set Himself on Fire in Brooklyn? The New York Times. May 28, 2018.

Overseer Resigns Over Harvard’s Continued Fossil Fuel Investment. The Harvard Crimson. May 22, 2018.

New study suggests future hurricanes will be slower and wetter as Earth warms. The Washington Post. May 21, 2018.

A side benefit of climate action: Saving millions of lives. E&E News. March 20, 2018.

‘Sloppy and careless:’ courts call out Trump blitzkrieg on environmental rules. The Guardian. February 20, 2018.

Volvo, betting on electric, moves to phase out conventional engines. The New York Times. July 5, 2017.

Trump’s climate rollback will hurt the economy, not help it. Harvard Business Review. March 29, 2017.

The “job-killing” fiction behind Trump’s retreat on fuel economy standards. YaleEnvironment360. March 20, 2017.

World heat shatters records in 2016 in new sign of global warming. Reuters. January 5, 2017.

Arctic ice melt ‘already affecting weather patterns where you live right now.’ The Guardian. December 19, 2016.

It’s hard to describe just how badly the Arctic is doing. TIME. December 13, 2016.

Perils of climate change could swamp coastal real estate. The New York Times. November 25, 2016.

2016 likely to top 2015 as hottest year on record, scientists say. The New York Times. November 14, 2016.

Rare good news: A new report shows that our efforts to fight global warming are paying off in the biggest way yet. Quartz. November 3, 2016.

Climate change blamed for half of increase in forest fire danger. The New York Times. October 10, 2016.

Climate change is here: Inside the summer of Hell and high water. Rolling Stone. September 22, 2016.

Climate change threatens the world’s coffee supply, report says. The New York Times. September 22, 2016.

Obama on climate change: The trends are ‘terrifying.’ The New York Times. September 8, 2016.

Bill Nye explains that the flooding in Louisiana is the result of climate change. Quartz. August 24, 2016.

NASA: Last month was Earth’s hottest in recorded history. Associated Press, via San Francisco Chronicle. August 17, 2016.

June was Earth’s 14th straight record warm month. USA Today. July 19, 2016.

Could Obama’s signature fuel efficiency standards stall? The Washington Post. July 11, 2016

Global warming cited as wildfires increase in fragile Boreal Forests. The New York Times. May 11, 2016.

Even in a warming world, it will still snow somewhere. The New York Times. April 2, 2016.

Scientists warn of perilous climate shift within decades, not centuries. The New York Times. March 23, 2016.

As Alaska warms, the Iditarod adapts. The New York Times. March 6, 2016.

Seas are rising at fastest rate in last 28 centuries. The New York Times. February 22, 2016.

It’s official: 2015 ‘smashed’ 2014’s global temperature record. It wasn’t even close. Washington Post. January 20, 2016.

Father of Koch brothers helped build Nazi oil refinery, book says. The New York Times. January 11, 2016.

Global impact of transportation. Truck Locator OnLine.

A warming globe brings invisible threat: Disease. Washington Post. November 28, 2015.

Maps show how sea-level rise could swallow global icons. Grist. Nov. 9, 2015.

If global warming is a hoax…. Slate. October 28, 2015.

2015 likely to be hottest year ever recorded. The New York Times. October 21, 2015.

There’s a perfect temperature for economic success, but global warming is about to upset the balance. PBS Newshour. October 21, 2015.

Exxon’s climate concealment. The New York Times. October 9, 2015.

Exxon’s own research confirmed fossil fuel’s role in global warming decades ago. Inside Climate News. September 16, 2015.

Climate change skeptics may be about to lose one of their favorite arguments. The Washington Post. July 27, 2015.

What can we do about climate change? The New York Times. May 18, 2015.

State of the earth in 4 climate trends. Scientific American. April 22, 2015.

Mighty Rio Grande now a trickle under siege. The New York Times. April 13, 2015.

Climate change responsible for super-charging winter storms, scientists say. The Guardian. January 26, 2015.

The other Detroit auto show. The New York Times. January 15, 2015.

How global warming affected extreme weather events in 2013–interactive. The Guardian. September 29, 2014.

For polar bears, a climate change twist. The New York Times. September 22, 2014.

Combating global warming: good for economic growth, after all? The Christian Science Monitor. September 16, 2014.

Climate change: Is your opinion informed by science? Take our quiz! The Christian Science Monitor. August 27, 2014

Scientists may have cracked the giant Siberian crater mystery–and the news isn’t good.Washington Post. August 5, 2014.

New data on extreme temperatures underscore planet’s warming trend, scientists say. Inside Climate News. July 23, 2014.

A sunken kingdom re-emerges. The New York Times. June 23, 2014.

Study implicates mankind in a Peruvian glacier’s retreat. The New York Times. February 25, 2014.

The Dust Bowl returns. The New York Times. February 9, 2014.

The end of snow? The New York Times. February 7, 2014.

U.S. Keystone report relied heavily on Alberta govt-funded research. Inside Climate News. February 7, 2014. 

November was cold, but the climate keeps warming. TIME. December 12, 2013.

Dangerous global warming closer than you think, climate scientists say. Scientific American. December 4, 2013.

In New Jersey Pines, trouble arrives on six legs. The New York Times. December 2, 2013.

Carbon emissions must be cut ‘significantly’ by 2020, says UN report. The Guardian. November 5, 2013.

Pacific Ocean warming 15 times faster than before. USA Today. October 31, 2013.

Mystery of the ‘missing’ global warming. Bloomberg. October 23, 2013.

A warmer world will mean more pests and pathogens for crops. TIME.com. September 2, 2013.

Climate change will cause more energy breakdowns, U.S. warns. The New York Times. July 11, 2013.

You can’t deny global warming after seeing this graph. Washington Post Wonkblog. July 9, 2013.

Warm temperature records dramatically outpacing cold records in Washington, D.C. Capital Weather Gang/Washington Post. June 26, 2013.

We haven’t hit the global warming pause button. The Guardian. June 24, 2013.

Firebrand for science, and big man on campus. The New York Times. June 18, 2013.

How higher fuel economy standards will save you money. ConsumerReports.org. June 13, 2013.

What to make of a warming plateau. The New York Times. June 11, 2013.

Climate warnings, growing louder. The New York Times. May 19, 2013

Heat-trapping gas passes milestone, raising fears. The New York Times. May 10, 2013.

What BP doesn’t want you to know about the 2010 Gulf Spill. The Daily Beast. April 22, 2013.

Chief of US Pacific forces calls climate biggest worry. Boston Globe. March 9, 2013.

Cold snaps, global warming go hand-in-hand. Weather.com. Jan. 29, 2013.

Your warming world. New Scientist.

The weird coalition sounding the alarm on global warming. Atlantic Wire. November 19, 2012.

Sea ice in Arctic measured at record low. The New York Times. August 27, 2012.

Climate change link ‘cannot be overlooked.’ The Independent. August 22, 2012.

Weather extremes leaves parts of U.S. grid buckling. The New York Times. July 26, 2012

Loading the climate dice. The New York Times. July 23, 2012.

Now do you believe in global warming? TIME. July 10, 2012.

The fires this time. The New York Times. July 5, 2012.

This summer is ‘what global warming looks like.’ Associated Press. July 3, 2012.

Erratic weather and drought in the US heartland. Politics of Poverty/Oxfam America. June 26, 2012.

Are we wildly underestimating solar and wind power? The Washington Post. June 19, 2012

Extraordinary extremes: Climate scientists explain our crazy weather. Chicago Tribune. June 6, 2012.

Warming gas levels hit ‘troubling milestone.’ The Associated Press, via the Boston Globe. May 31, 2012.

Hawaii’s beaches are in retreat, and its way of life may follow. The New York Times. May 14, 2012.

Game over for the climate. The New York Times. May 9, 2012.

8 ways global warming is already changing the world. Yahoo.com. April 21, 2012.

Mexico passes climate-change law. Nature.com. April 20, 2012.

March came in like a lamb, went out like a globally warmed lion on steroids who smashed 15,000 heat records. ThinkProgress. April 10, 2012.

Really? A longer allergy season as climate warms. The New York Times. April 3, 2012.

Military sees threats, worry in climate change. The Daily Climate. April 2, 2012.

Global warming close to becoming irreversible–scientists. Reuters. March 27, 2012.

Earth sends climate warning by busting world heat records. Reuters. March 25, 2012.

Mankind kept 2011 global temperatures near record–WMO. Reuters, via the Chicago Tribune. March 23, 2012.

Scientists: Global warming played ‘critical role’ In snowpocalypse winters. ThinkProgress.org. February 28, 2012.

“Global warming has stopped?” How to fool people using “cherry-picked” climate data. Forbes. Feb. 5, 2012.

NASA finds 2011 ninth warmest year on record. NASA News. January 19, 2012.

Did global warming destroy my hometown? Popular Science. January 19, 2012.

Warm weather deflates prospects for retailers. The New York Times. January 18, 2012.

Temperature rising: As permafrost thaws, scientists study the risks. The New York Times. December 17, 2011.

Top ten signs we are living in a warming world: 2011 Edition. The New Yorker. December 12, 2011.

Shock as retreat of Arctic sea ice releases deadly greenhouse gas. The Independent. December 13, 2011.

Bees, plants waking up earlier each spring. USA Today. December 5, 2011.

‘Zero-Energy’ constructions crosses the ocean. The New York Times. December 1, 2011.

Climate change: 2011 temperatures the hottest ever during La Nina. Reuters, via Christian Science Monitor. November 29, 2011.

The Wall Street Journal’s fuel economy falsehoods. Media Matters for America. November 28, 2011.

Greenhouse gases soar; no signs warming is slowed. The Associated Press. November 21, 2011.

U.N. panel finds climate change behind some extreme weather events. The New York Times. November 18, 2011.

Dr. Paul Epstein, expert in public health, is dead at 67. The New York Times. November 15, 2011. (Dr. Epstein was a member of the Safe Climate Campaign’s board of advisors).

Two degrees of disaster. The New Yorker. November 11, 2011.

World headed for irreversible climate change in five years, IEA warns. The Guardian. November 9, 2011.

Study clarifies the energy savings in retrofitted buildings. The New York Times. November 9, 2011.

Here comes the sun. The New York Times. November 7, 2011.

Changes in the air: Stone-washed blue jeans (Minus the Washed). The New York Times. November 2, 2011.

Global warming worsens weather extremes, international climate panel will say. Associated Press, via Washington Post. November 1, 2011.

Where did global warming go? The New York Times. October 15, 2011.

Why we must support clean energy in U.S.: our national security. Tampa Tribune. October 9, 2011.

Europeans fear climate change more than financial turmoil, poll shows. The Guardian. October 7, 2011.

SQUARE FEET: The self-sufficient office building. The New York Times. October 5, 2011.

Who’s bankrolling the climate-change deniers? TIME. October 4, 2011.

Temperature rising: The threats to a crucial canopy.  The New York Times. October 1, 2011.

Health and climate change: 7 ways you are being harmed. The Atlantic. September 26, 2011.

Automakers resolve to drop a few pounds. The New York Times. September 18, 2011.

Global warming no hoax to insurance companies. MarketWatch.com. September 9, 2011.

Scientist left speechless as vast glacier turns to water. WalesOnline. September 2, 2011.

Documenting a collapsing ice shelf. The New York Times. August 31, 2011.

Betting the farm against climate change. Los Angeles Times. August 28, 2011.

Japan plans new fuel economy norms for automakers, report says. Reuters, via Automotive News. August 18, 2011.

Sticker shock. The New York Times. June 5, 2011.

Detroit’s rebound is built on smaller cars. The New York Times. May 30, 2011.

Report: Global warming already crimping crop production, pushing prices higher. Washington Post. May 5, 2011.

More flooding, less salmon habitat predicted for West. Miami Herald. April 25, 2011.

NASA Research Finds 2010 Tied for Warmest Year on Record. Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA). January 12, 2011.

A Scientist, his work and a climate reckoning. The New York Times. December 22, 2010.

Biting winters driven by global warming: scientists. AFP. December 22, 2010.

US gas demand should fall for good after ’06 peak. The Associated Press, via The New York Times. December 20, 2010.

NASA: 2010 meteorological year warmest ever. Science. December 10, 2010.

Houston, oil capital, takes steps toward green. The New York Times. November 27, 2010.

Fuel economy progress. Bangor Daily News. September 28, 2010.

Extreme heat bleaches coral, and threat is seen. The New York Times. September 21, 2010.

Hot weather records falling right and left. WashingtonPost.com. August 3, 2010.

Four ways to kill a climate bill. The New York Times. July 26, 2010.

Last month was the hottest June recorded worldwide, figures show. Guardian. July 16, 2010.

Plants and animals race for survival as climate change creeps across the globe. Guardian.co.uk. December 23, 2009.

Earth’s polar ice sheets vulnerable to even moderate global warming; New Orleans, much of Southern Florida, expected to be permanently submerged. Science Daily. December 17, 2009.

Sea level is rising along US Atlantic Coast, say environmental scientists. ScienceDaily. December 11, 2009.

America on the Move: State leadership in the fight against global warming and what it means for the world. Environment America, December 3, 2009.

A big loophole in cap and trade.  BusinessWeek. November 19, 2009.

Too much pollution: State and national trends in global warming emissions from 1990 to 2007.Environment America. November 11, 2009.

Energy and Global Warming News: Each extra year of climate inaction adds $500 billion to final cost — IEA. Climate Progress. November 10, 2009.

Is the U.S. news media failing to do its job on climate change? Greenbiz.com. November 9, 2009.

How global warming is already affecting us, and the tough choices we have to make.  Marketplace (American Public Media). October 27-30, 2009.

Ailing planet seen as bad for human health. Washington Post. October 27, 2009. 

Climate change begins at home: Small steps to cut greenhouse emissions can lead to big results. Scientific American. October 26, 2009.

Cutting carbon emissions, one household at a time. Science Now. October 26, 2010.

Arctic to be ice-free in summer in 20 years: scientist. Reuters. October 15, 2009

Accelerated melting of continental icepacks is major reason for rise in sea level between 2003 and 2008. ScienceDaily. December 2, 2008.