Press Release (excerpt) Wednesday, June 24, 2015 J o i n t C e n t e r f o r H o u s i n g S t u d i e s o f H a r v a r d Uni v e r s i … Continue reading
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Average Temperature for May 2015 Highest in 136 Years
June 18, 2015 Report from the National Centers for Environmental Information Excerpt The combined average temperature over global land and ocean surfaces for May 2015 was the highest for May in the 136-year period of record, at 0.87°C (1.57°F) above the 20th century average of 14.8°C (58.6°F), surpassing the previous … Continue reading
Crops and Climate: Plants Will Suffer as Earth Warms (Op-Ed)
June 16, 2015 By Marlene Cimons, Climate Nexus Marlene Cimons writes for Climate Nexus, a nonprofit that aims to tell the climate story in innovative ways that raise awareness of, dispel misinformation about and showcase solutions to climate change and energy issues in the United States. She contributed this article … Continue reading
Unaffordable Rents
June 4, 2015 The National Low Income Housing Coalition has published a comprehensive report entitled Out of Reach 2015 describing in great detail how low wages and high rents affect people throughout the United States. California, our most populous state and a historical trendsetter, has the 3rd highest rents in … Continue reading
Global Warming Not Slowing
A study published on June 4 2015 by the National Climatic Data Center at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) found that a UN 2013 report erroneously concluded that there had been a 15-year hiatus in global warming. Turns out, the rate of global warming was measured incorrectly: the hiatus … Continue reading
California Needs 42 Cubic Km of Water
December 16, 2014 RELEASE 14-333 NASA Analysis: 11 Trillion Gallons to Replenish California Drought Losses It will take about 11 trillion gallons of water (42 cubic kilometers) — around 1.5 times the maximum volume of the largest U.S. reservoir — to recover from California’s continuing drought, according to a new … Continue reading
Climate Change, Differentiation and Money
December 14, 2014 The United Nations climate change conference in Lima ended with a less than comprehensive accord. There’s an anecdote from the age before radar that illustrates where the world stands today with respect to climate change: A brand new dreadnought-class battleship is steaming at 15 knots in thick … Continue reading