Climate Change

"Literature: Meet Cli-Fi. It's Dark, It's Gloomy — And It Might Help"

"The southern United States disappeared under rising waters and sudden storms pummel the coast of the Mississippi Sea. New Orleans is gone; so is Florida. Oil is outlawed, and the nation is plunged into a second civil war marked by disease and desperate refugees. ... This is cli-fi."

Source: ClimateWire, 02/18/2020

Weather Data Privatization Poses Conflicts in a Changing Meteorology Landscape

Weather reports are not just about donning galoshes. They can mean literal life or death for people and businesses, such as during a natural disaster. So, as the latest Issue Backgrounder details, the ongoing effort to privatize publicly funded weather data is a matter of real controversy. Find out what’s in the weather privatization forecast.

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Gunasekara, Who Pushed Trump To Exit Paris Pact, Named EPA Staff Chief

"Mandy Gunasekara, who pressed for President Trump to exit the Paris climate agreement as the Environmental Protection Agency’s top air-policy adviser, is poised to return to the agency as its next chief of staff, according to two individuals briefed on the matter."

Source: Washington Post, 02/17/2020

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