Why Warmer Winters Will Affect Nearly Every Aspect Of Human Life

For many, the winters we remember from childhood are becoming just that: memories. Winter’s record warmth in recent years — especially the shockingly high temperatures during the first months of 2016 — has become a frightening harbinger of a world to come....
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/19/3761760/warmer-winters-impacts/

Climate Deniers’ Favorite Temperature Dataset Just Confirmed Global Warming

February smashed monthly global temperature records, according to the satellite data analyzed by the University of Alabama at Huntsville (UAH). At the same time, a brand new study concludes that miscalculations explain why the Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) satellite temperature dataset had appeared to show a relatively slow rate of global warming....
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/02/3755715/satellites-hottest-february-global-warming/

On Fracking, Clinton And Sanders Give Vastly Different Answers

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders gave vastly different answers on fracking at the CNN Democratic debate on Sunday, illustrating a key policy contrast between the two....
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/06/3757137/sanders-hits-clinton-on-fracking/

House Republicans Say Oil Spill Prevention Rule Should Be Easier On Oil Companies

Almost five years after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill sent millions of barrels of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, the Obama administration announced a set of new offshore drilling rules that it hoped would prevent another massive oil spill. Now, as those rules appear to be racing towards finalization, House Republicans are asking the administration to revise the rules to lessen the burden on the oil industry....
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/04/04/3766124/offshore-drilling-republican-revision/

Holland, Mich.: Snowmelt capital of the USA?

Holland, Mich., has the largest system snowmelt system for roads and sidewalks in the US. The concept is based on similar technology used in some European countries and has been adopted, to a more limited extent, in some other US cities....
http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2016/0324/Holland-Mich.-Snowmelt-capital-of-the-USA

After 115 Years, Scotland Is Coal-Free

After some 115 years, Scotland has burned its last lump of coal for electricity. The Longannet power station, the last and largest coal-fired power plant in Scotland, ceased operations Thursday. What once was the largest coal plant in Europe shut down after 46 years...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/24/3763158/scotland-closes-last-coal-plant/

An Attempt To Let Coal Plants Emit Unlimited Mercury Was Just Shut Down By SCOTUS

Regulations that limit heavy metal pollution from oil- and coal-fired power plants will continue to be enforced by the EPA — at least for now — thanks to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. On Thursday, Roberts unilaterally rejected a petition from 20 conservative-led states asking the court to temporarily halt the regulations....
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/03/3756199/supreme-court-rejects-stay-mercury-rule/

Here’s Something Else Donald Trump Is Totally Wrong About

The only way to stop climate change is to drastically reduce, and ultimately eliminate, greenhouse gas emissions. If you want to know how well we're doing on that goal, a good place to start is the Environmental Protection Agency's official GHG database. And frankly, the picture isn't very pretty....
http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2016/04/heres-some-good-news-about-planet

Keystone XL's Older Pipeline Twin Spills Oil In South Dakota

Pipeline operator TransCanada shut down a section of its Keystone pipeline Sunday after about 187 gallons of crude oil spilled from the line in South Dakota, an accident that environmental groups say highlights the dangers of shipping oil by pipeline....
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/04/04/3766363/keystone-pipeline-spills/

The Great Barrier Reef Is Losing Coral Thanks To Record-High Temperatures

Record-breaking temperatures in Australia have triggered a severe coral bleaching event in the Great Barrier Reef, threatening coral survival in the World Heritage site....
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/21/3761979/great-barrier-reef-coral-bleaching/

Kasich Bashes Clean Energy And Climate Action At Ohio Town Hall

At a town hall event in Ohio’s manufacturing hub on Sunday, Republican presidential candidate John Kasich criticized Secretary of State John Kerry for traveling to Paris to fight climate change, and said clean energy was too expensive for the region. The Ohio governor’s remarks came in response to a constituent who asked how he would “implement clean energy and green jobs” in Youngstown if elected president. The questioner noted that clean energy was important to fighting human-caused climate change, and that Kerry had recently travelled to Paris to negotiate an international deal to reduce emissions...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/14/3759893/kasich-clean-energy-climate-change-ohio/

British Columbia’s Carbon Tax Has Been So Successful That Businesses Want To Increase It

A carbon tax may be a controversial topic in the United States, but in one Canadian province, this eight-year-old policy has been such a success that on Wednesday more than 100 businesses said they support a tax increase...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/31/3765312/canadian-business-support-carbon-tax-increase/

Study Confirms World’s Coastal Cities Unsavable If We Don’t Slash Carbon Pollution

This latest research from the journal Nature underscores that what the nation and the world do in the next decade or two will determine whether or not cities like Miami, Boston, New York, or New Orleans have any plausible chance to survive by 2100...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/31/3765266/coastal-cites-carbon-pollution/

Rockefeller Family Fund to Divest From ExxonMobil, Says Oil Giant Is 'Morally Reprehensible'

"There is no sane rationale for companies to continue to explore for new sources of hydrocarbons."
http://www.alternet.org/environment/rockefeller-family-fund-divest-exxonmobil-says-oil-giant-morally-reprehensible

Millions Of Americans Are Living In Areas That Are At Risk From Human-Caused Earthquakes

Six states are particularly at risk from human-caused earthquakes, according to the USGS...
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/28/3763910/usgs-maps-earthquake-risk-fracking/

This One Chart Shows How Crazy Trump’s Climate Positions Are

Now that the results from Super Tuesday are in, we can officially pivot to considering Donald Trump as the most likely Republican presidential nominee. November will see a Trump v. Clinton or a Trump v. Sanders face-off, barring a few, impressively over-analyzed scenarios. With that in mind, ThinkProgress wanted to revisit our climate and energy candidate chart, where we help voters understand where candidates stand.
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/02/3755772/trump-v-clinton-v-sanders-on-climate/

Should Kids Be Able to Sue for a Safe Climate? This Federal Court Is About to Decide

Twenty-one kids were in court yesterday to demand a climate fix.....
http://www.alternet.org/environment/should-kids-be-able-sue-safe-climate-federal-court-about-decide

More Than Half Of Ted Cruz’s Super PAC Money Comes From Fossil Fuel Sources

These fossil funders have made denying climate change and ignoring scientists a prerequisite for being a Republican candidate....
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/07/3757233/presidential-candidates-fossil-fuels/

America's 'Lead Wars' Go Beyond Flint, Mich.: 'It's Now Really Everywhere'

Flint, Mich., isn't the only American city with a lead problem. Though the health crisis in Flint has highlighted the use of lead in water pipes, author David Rosner tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross that lead, which is a neurotoxin, can be found throughout the U.S. on walls, in soil and in the air.

"The problem with lead is that it's now really everywhere, and we've created a terribly toxic environment in all sorts of ways," he says.

Lead is particularly dangerous to young children. In their book, Lead Wars, Rosner and co-author Gerald Markowitz describe the ways in which even small exposures can interfere with a child's brain development and cause lasting learning challenges.

"It causes IQ loss. It causes behavioral problems. It causes attention deficit disorder, hyperactivity, dyslexia," Markowitz says.

Rosner adds that even a small amount of lead can have a lasting effect on a child's health. "As early as the 1910s and 1920s, [doctors] were documenting children who had absorbed lead on their fingers as dust and had put their hands in their mouth and actually began going into convulsions," he says. "It's not like you need a lot of it."
Interview:

http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/03/469039064/americas-lead-wars-go-beyond-flint-mich-its-now-really-everywhere

Toxic chemical found in upstate New York's water

https://youtu.be/lFVoBaeGvVA