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Peter Gleick: Misrepresenting Climate Science — Cherry-Picking Data for Political Purposes
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In 2009, Harrison Schmitt, a former senator, astronaut, and self-described climate "denier" (and potentially the Energy Secretary to the new New Mexican governor), sent a paper to NASA riddled with long-debunked errors of science. Others have written about this paper, taking it apart error by error. But this week, some of those errors reappeared
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Prompted By Scarcity, Colorado River Basin States Examine Their Lifeline
The worst drought in the 105-year historical record of the Colorado River has opened a new era of water scarcity that is prompting state and federal water managers to evaluate never before considered options for increasing water supply and reducing demand.
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Peter Gleick: 2010 Hottest Year on Record—The Graph That Should Be on the Front Page of Every Newspaper
Climate change is worsening, fast. The National Climate Data Center of the National Oceanic
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Deadly La Niña Goes Global—Part I: For Western Hemisphere, Record Rains in Latin America
Hundreds have died in Colombian floods, as cooler sea temperatures affect regions around the Pacific; climate change seen as a possible cause.
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Water and Climate Connection — Will It Make the COP-16 Negotiating Texts in Cancun?
National delegations, in addition to interest groups, are pushing water higher on the climate agenda
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Study: NASA Shows World’s Water is Warming, Buoy Data Confirms in Great Lakes
In some northern regions, lake temperatures are increasing more than air temperatures.
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Talking Climate, Jobs, and Energy from D.C. to Cancun
House committee holds hearing on climate change as climate negotiators meet in Cancun.
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Analysis: Despite a Drying and Flooding Planet, Cancun Climate Negotiators Anticipate Scant Progress
Without water as part of the equation, there can be no long-term solution to climate change.
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Cholera in Haiti — The Climate Connection
Researchers explain the correlation between environmental interactions and human health, as reported infections climb to 10,000 cases.
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Export Agriculture Drains Latin America’s Water Supplies
Peruvian asparagus and Costa Rican pineapples illustrate the threats global agribusiness poses to the environment.
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Hydropower Has Uncertain Future in Scotland’s Renewable Energy Ambitions
Does Scotland's clean energy transition hold fresh water?
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Report Highlights Lack of Water Risk Disclosure in Municipal Bonds
The study identifies the need for major overhaul of how water risk is measured and reported in the U.S.