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Waste Heat Responsible For Most of Northern Hemisphere Warming | sunshine hours

“The waste heat generated by car engines, power plants, home furnaces and other fossil fuel-burning machinery plays an unappreciated role in influencing regional climates, new computer simulations suggest. By altering atmospheric circulation, human-made heat may raise temperatures by as much as 1 degree Celsius during winter in the northernmost parts of the world.”

Turbine Plans Unnerve Fans of Condors in California - NYTimes.com

The California condor’s slow 20-year climb back from the brink of extinction has long been a fragile not-quite-success story in the conservation world. So when the news came on Friday that developers of a wind-energy project near the Mojave Desert would not face criminal charges if the blades killed a single condor, environmental groups expressed grave concern.

Progressive Israeli Warmist: Reducing greenhouse gas won’t change a thing for Israel’s citizens | JunkScience.com

“In Israel’s latest budget plan, the item dedicated to reducing greenhouse gas emissions has been cancelled, arousing frustration among the country’s environmental organizations. However, reducing greenhouse gas emissions is not the most urgent problem facing Israelis regarding climate change, and thus, the budget should be directed toward other environmental problems.”

Vermont sees flooding, snow at high elevations « The In Box

Route 108 in Smugglers Notch closed due to snow accumulation

Twitter / NobleIdeas: RT @AmyAHarder @ENERGY ...

RT @AmyAHarder @ENERGY @ErnestMoniz: “Climate change to me is extraordinarily high priority. Frankly, it’s a driver of my coming back here."

In GOP-run House, has science left the building? | Ed Markey

One thing I learned in hearing after hearing in the Select Committee was how investing in climate solutions will create jobs in America. The public has learned the same lesson.