The New Tesla Car Has An Actual ‘Insane Button,’ This Is What Happens When You Press It (VIDEO)

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/01/28/the-new-tesla-car-has-an-actual-insane-button-this-is-what-happens-when-you-press-it-video/
"And the button isn’t hype, pressing it launches the car from 0-60 miles per hour in just over 3 seconds flat."

Mitch McConnell Cut Off Keystone XL Debate So Republicans Can Meet With The Koch Brothers

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/23/mitch-mcconnell-cuts-keystone-xl-debate-republicans-meet-koch-brothers.html
"McConnell behavior is evidence of the Republican-run Senate’s real priorities. Nothing is more important to Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans than the Koch brothers."

Researchers Made A Discovery That Changes Everything We Know About Greenland’s Melting Ice

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/01/23/greenlands-melting-ice/
"The melting of the ice at the northern and southern regions of the Earth has long been the most compelling and easily digestible proof to the public that the Earth is experiencing a rapid change in the climate. As researchers begin to learn more about how climate change is changing those regions, we are beginning to see that the changes that are taking place are creating more complex chaos than we previously imagined."

Senate Republicans Unanimously Block Amendment To Keep Keystone Oil In The United States

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/21/republicans-unanimously-reject-bill-keystone-oil-united-states.html
"Republicans have been trying to convince the American people that the Keystone XL pipeline will reduce our dependence on foreign oil and that it will create American jobs. Yet on Tuesday they voted to table an amendment introduced by Sen. Edward Markey (D-MA) and Sen Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) that would have required keeping the pipeline oil in the United States for domestic use. Republicans unanimously rejected bringing up the amendment to a floor vote."

'Doomsday Clock' Ticks Forward: Climate Change, Nuclear Weapons Push Humanity Closer Towards Global Catastrophe

'Doomsday Clock' Ticks Forward: Climate Change, Nuclear Weapons Push Humanity Closer Towards Global Catastrophe

"The two factors "pose extraordinary and undeniable threats to the continued existence of humanity," the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, which came to its assessment with its Board of Sponsors, which includes 18 Nobel Laureates, said in a statement."

‘Hottest Year’ Story Obscures Bigger News: Ocean Warming Now Off The Charts

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/01/22/3614256/hottest-year-ocean-warming/
"The oceans, where the vast majority of human-caused global warming heat goes, have seen an acceleration in warming in recent years. As climate expert Prof. John Abraham writes in the UK Guardian, “The oceans are warming so fast, they keep breaking scientists’ charts"."

More Bad News For Republicans As 61% Support President Obama On Keystone XL

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/19/bad-news-republicans-61-support-president-obama.html
"In short, the (false) Republican message that Keystone XL will be great for the economy is largely falling on deaf ears outside of Republican circles."

2014 Is The Hottest Year On Record, Breaking 2005 And 2010 Highs

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/01/16/3612351/noaa-nasa-2014-hottest-year-on-record/
"In fact, as the top figure shows, the decade of the 2010s is on track to be the hottest decade on record. The 1980s were the hottest decade on record at the time. Then they were beat by 1990s, which in turn were beat by the 2000s for the title of hottest decade."

‘Climate change is real and not a hoax’

New Congress Begins Anti-Environment Attack With ‘No More National Parks’ Bill

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/01/16/3612702/new-congress-no-more-national-parks-bill/
"Earlier this week, Rep. Don Young (R-AK) introduced a bill to strip current and future presidents’ authority to designate national monuments, proposing an overhaul to a law that presidents have used for nearly a century to protect some of the country’s most iconic and treasured places."

It's Official: 2014 Ranks as World's Hottest Year on Record

It's Official: 2014 Ranks as World's Hottest Year on Record

"The finding reached by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA offers more confirmation of the planet's warming trend as a result of greenhouse gas emissions."

Humans Have Brought World's Oceans to Brink of 'Major Extinction Event'

Humans Have Brought World's Oceans to Brink of 'Major Extinction Event'

"The report, published Thursday in the journal Science, finds that habitat loss, mismanagement of oceanic resources, climate change, and the overall "footprint of human ocean use" have resulted in a phenomenon known as "defaunation"—a decline in animal species diversity and abundance."

Climate Change destroys our delicate ecosystem

The Republican Strategy of Stupidity

http://quietmike.org/2015/01/20/republican-strategy-stupidity/
"When someone saying they aren’t a doctor or a scientist is talking out of their ass about a subject they are proudly ignorant of, they have to be told to shut the f*ck up. Instead, we are giving them center stage on the Sunday Morning Talk Shows. They need to be schooled, not flattered.
A healthy society relies on a well-educated Electorate. Civilization relies on scientific advancement. Republicans are now actively trying to undermine both of these basic foundations, and if they’re allowed to continue doing so, they will bring the nation crumbling down.
If you exist in a world not based on reality, you will eventually lose to reality. The question is how many other people will you hurt along the way?"

Republicans doctor State of the Union address by cutting out inconvenient climate change section

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2015/01/21/1359191/-Republicans-enhance-the-State-of-the-Union-by-cutting-out-inconvenient-climate-change-section
"Aww, does it hurt the Republicans' fee-fees to have the president point out that "I'm not a scientist" is a transparently stupid dodge? Does it puncture the "I'm not a scientist" dodge to have the president point out that you don't have to be a scientist to listen to what scientists are saying? Apparently so. And apparently Republicans don't even want their audience hearing that this is what scientists say."

John Boehner's Office Releases Edited Version Of SOTU Address

John Boehner's Office Releases Edited Version Of SOTU Address

"In the website’s “enhanced webcast” of the State of the Union speech, President Obama’s comments criticizing Republicans for saying they are “not scientists” when it comes to climate change are erased."

Obama Blasts GOP Climate Deniers For Their ‘I’m Not A Scientist’ BS In SOTU Address (VIDEO)

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2015/01/21/obama-blasts-gop-climate-deniers-for-their-im-not-a-scientist-bs-in-sotu-address-video/
"They’ve been playing the ignorance card and its a load of BS. They know it, the American people know it and Obama called them out for it Tuesday night."

GOP lies over Keystone XL?

Ted Cruz Takes Space And Marco Rubio Takes Earth: How The Senate Flip Could Undermine Science

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/01/13/3610709/ted-cruz-marco-rubio-climate-research/
"The reversal of the U.S. Senate’s majority party is falling into place, and there is reason for concern over how new committee chairs will influence the agencies they oversee. Right now two big reasons are garnering the most attention: Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) will chair the subcommittee that oversees NASA, and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) will chair to the subcommittee that oversees the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA. Both have gone on record denying human-caused climate change."

The Anti-Science Climate Denier Caucus: 114th Congress Edition

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/01/08/3608427/climate-denier-caucus-114th-congress/
"The members of the 114th Congress who have publicly misrepresented the science behind global warming have accepted their fair share of contributions from the fossil fuel industry. The 39 climate deniers in the Senate have taken $28,152,466 in donations from the coal, oil and gas industries, while the 61 Senators who haven’t denied the science have taken $11,033,447 in career contributions, according to the CAP Action analysis. On average, Senate deniers took $721,858 from fossil fuel interests while other Senators took $180,876."

The Secret Dirty War to Stop Solar Power

House GOP Bans EPA From Seeking Expert Scientific Advice

House GOP Bans EPA From Seeking Expert Scientific Advice

"While it forbids biologists from talking about biology, oceanographers from talking about oceans, and climatologists from talking about the climate, it does allow corporate CEOs and thier hired scientists to advise on any of those things."

Corrupt John Boehner Conspires With Foreigners Against America’s Best Interests

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/07/corrupt-john-boehner-conspires-foreigners-americas-interests.html
"House Speaker John A. Boehner is a corrupt and unethical pathological liar and now he has a cabal of foreigners doing his and the Koch brothers bidding to the detriment of Americans health, the nation’s largest aquifer, private landowners, farmers and trucking industry, and the world’s climate. It is long past time to hold Boehner accountable for his preponderance of unethical behavior. He has already been referred to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for his KeystoneXL lies about jobs to manipulate tar sand stock prices, and MoveOn started a (still active) petition demanding the corrupt Republican resign and face House Ethics Committee charges. There is nothing anyone can do to the lying Canadians, although their recent campaign on behalf of the Kochs and John A. Boehner certainly are despicable."

Sen. Portman Lies About Keystone Economic Benefits On America's Newsroom

Sen. Portman Lies About Keystone Economic Benefits On America's Newsroom

"Martha MacCallum interviewed the one of the GOP's less-goofy Senators, Ohio's Rob Portman, who spewed the filthy, vile lies of his oil'igarch corporate masters. When you have a new class of crazy Senators like Joni Ernst and Ben Sasse, who are joining the Ted Cruz Dominionist caucus, Fox News, sometimes likes to balance out the crazy with a more mainstream Republican. Yet somehow, Portman touts the same lies about the oil industry as the far-right-crazy caucus.

The KXL Pipeline will not create 40,000 jobs and the end result is far more disastrous than these selfish, greedy bastards let on. Mercifully, this nightmare will likely be vetoed by President Obama and Portman is naturally displeased. His Koch overlords have commanded their bought and paid for Senators to fight as hard as they can to help them destroy the earth."

America’s most ambitious infrastructure project of the century: Why today’s high-speed rail launch is miraculous

America’s most ambitious infrastructure project of the century: Why today’s high-speed rail launch is miraculous

"The most important kickoff in America today will not happen in Washington, where the 114th Congress begins its work. No, a far more consequential beginning takes place on the other side of the country, in modest Fresno, California, at an invitation-only ceremony on the corner of Tulare and G Streets. There, officials will break ground on America’s biggest and most ambitious infrastructure project of the century, a high-speed rail line linking San Francisco and Los Angeles that, when completed, will run at speeds of 220 miles an hour and move people between those metropolises in around two and a half hours, half the time it takes by car."

Connecting California by rail

2014 Was The Hottest Year On Record Globally By Far

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/01/05/3607735/2014-hottest-year-by-far/
"What makes setting the record for hottest year in 2014 doubly impressive is that it occurred despite the fact we’re still waiting for the start of El Niño. But this is what happens when a species keeps spewing record amounts of heat-trapping carbon pollution into the air, driving CO2 to levels in the air not seen for millions of years, when the planet was far hotter and sea levels tens of feet higher."

For The First Time, Scientists Prove Fracking Caused An Earthquake Strong Enough To Be Felt By Humans

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/01/06/3608591/77-earthquakes-linked-to-fracking/
"The scientists, from the University of Miami, identified 77 earthquakes of varying size in the Poland Township of Ohio, all occurring between March 4 and March 12 and all located near a group of oil and gas wells. The quakes ranged between magnitudes of 1.0 and 3.0, but the local community reportedly only felt one, a magnitude 3.0 on March 10."

Climate Deniers Employ Predatory Tactics in Fight Against Facts: Scientist

Climate Deniers Employ Predatory Tactics in Fight Against Facts: Scientist

"a concerted effort on the part of fossil fuel interests who find themselves facing overwhelming scientific consensus about the threat of human-caused climate change—and, by implication, the necessity to reduce global carbon emissions."

President Obama will veto Keystone

Kochs and Walmart Clan Wage Dirty War to Stop You From Putting Solar Panels on Your Home | Alternet

Kochs and Walmart Clan Wage Dirty War to Stop You From Putting Solar Panels on Your Home | Alternet

"ALEC, which has long been an opponent of renewable energy and the Obama administration’s effort to reduce carbon emissions, is working with conservative activists and corporate interests to fight homeowners who are installing solar panels on their roofs."

'Do-Nothing' Republicans refuse to act on climate change

Why Cutting the Rainforests Will Be a Bigger Disaster

The 11 Dumbest Things Conservative Media Said About Climate Change in 2014

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2014/12/30/the-11-dumbest-things-conservative-media-said-a/201964
"Yet despite the fact that more Americans than ever support action on climate change, conservative media went to ridiculous lengths to cast doubt on the scientific consensus behind global warming, citing everything from free market economics to witchcraft, touting conspiracy theories and predictions of an "ice age," and even fulfilling Godwin's law."

Fox host: We don’t need smog rules because ‘whatever happened with acid rain?’ (Spoiler: Laws worked)

Fox host: We don’t need smog rules because ‘whatever happened with acid rain?’ (Spoiler: Laws worked)

"the reason Morris can’t remember “whatever happened to acid rain” is because regulations worked.

Beginning in 1980, Congress began passing laws like the Acid Deposition Act, President George H. W. Bush amended the Clean Air Act during his term, and the EPA issued the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) under President George W. Bush.

More than 20 years after the government began regulating acid rain, the EPA estimated that 2009 sulfur dioxide levels were cut to about one-third of what they were in 1990. But the EPA has also said that further reductions are still needed to recover from the effects of acid rain."

How Fox News Covered Pope Francis' Action On Climate Change

http://mediamatters.org/blog/2015/01/02/how-fox-news-covered-pope-francis-action-on-cli/201994
"acting on climate change already has widespread support among Catholics. The pope's move comes after senior bishops from around the globe called on the world's governments to phase out fossil fuels completely"

The Koch Brothers Launch A Surrogate War Against Pope Francis

http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/02/koch-brothers-surrogate-war-pope-francis.html
"The Cornwall Alliance was quick to lash out at the Pope this week when he announced he would be issuing a “rare encyclical on the environment and climate change” early this year, as well as convene a summit of the world’s religious leaders to address climate change. Pope Francis will also address the United Nations General Assembly with a view toward influencing the upcoming U.N. meeting on climate change in Paris this year.
The Pope’s announcement drew a harsh rebuke from the religious right’s Cornwall Alliance, whose spokesman, Calvin Beisner, said that regardless of his position as Pope, or intent to help mankind, “Francis will be opposed by the powerful US evangelical movement.” The Koch-funded “Cornwall Alliance for the Stewardship of Creation” had previously issued a biblical declaration labeling the American environmental movement a dirty false religion and “unbiblical.” There is nothing whatsoever in any version of the Christian bible that refers to the American environmental movement as a religion, false or otherwise, or contrary to biblical principles. But American evangelicals cannot be expected to know the contents of an alleged holy book they refuse to read much less follow."

Radical Right Are Losing Their Sh** Over Pope’s Encyclical On Climate Change (TWEETS)

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2014/12/30/radical-right-are-losing-their-sht-over-popes-encyclical-on-climate-change-tweets/
"In 2015, Pope Francis will publish an encyclical on climate change. An encyclical is a rarely issued edict addressing matters the Pope deems serious. The Pontiff will urge all 1.2 billion Catholics, on both moral and scientific grounds, to take action on climate change."

The Pope Thinks Climate Change Is a Major Threat. So Do American Catholics.

http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2014/12/pope-francis-climate-change
"The pope's climate plans follow a call by prominent Catholic bishops to end the use of fossil fuels and secure a global agreement to fight climate change."

This Is Why It’s Time to Abandon Nuclear Power

13 Species We Might Have To Say Goodbye To In 2015

13 Species We Might Have To Say Goodbye To In 2015

"In fact, the world is losing dozens of species every day in what experts are calling the sixth mass extinction in Earth’s history. As many as 30 to 50 percent of all species are moving toward extinction by mid-century — and the blame sits squarely on our shoulders."