Republican Senator Cornyn just says “It’s summer”. We are all paying for Republican unwillingness to do anything about climate change. Sad!
Category: Climate
Farmers suffer from the double whammy of Trump’s tariffs and weather
Trump’s tariffs have been disastrous for US farmers. China is shopping elsewhere and will never buy as much from the US again. Meanwhile climate change, which Trump has called a Chinese hoax, is making it harder to grow crops. Trump’s lack of acknowledgement will make it harder to combat the climate problems. The majority of Trump’s farm subsidies went to richer farms.
“Net farm income across the country right now is half of what it was six years ago. Every year it ratchets down. This trade uncertainty makes things far, far worse for farmers,” says Roger Johnson, president of the National Farmers Union, about the ongoing US-China trade war. pic.twitter.com/2MuvatkkvQ
— CNN (@CNN) August 13, 2019
Farm income is way down, bankruptcies are way up, and farmers are relying on government payments to make ends meet.
— Chris Lu (@ChrisLu44) August 13, 2019
So, of course, it’s the perfect time for Sonny Perdue to joke about “whining” farmers. #CantMakeThisUp https://t.co/Mj26XbKmPv
”Farmers’ discontent over President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with China erupted into the open Wednesday as his agriculture secretary was confronted at a fair in rural Minnesota.” https://t.co/3uSFxhaoyd
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) August 7, 2019
'Trump is ruining our markets': Farmers lose a huge customer to trade war — China https://t.co/OPRWeX4IGQ
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) August 12, 2019
Due to bad weather conditions, slumping prices and a big trade war, farmers are resorting to side jobs including hosting pizza nights for tourists, to make ends meet. https://t.co/gyAVleyn6K
— Axios (@axios) August 9, 2019
‘Crops aren’t moving. There’s no market’: Why so many family farms are facing bankruptcy – The Washington Post https://t.co/dMEhnDzHqZ
— Le Chat Proud Democrat (@LeChatNoire4) August 7, 2019
BREAKING: Trump trade aid paid the top 1% of farmers an average $188,000 while the bottom 80% averaged less than $5,000, @ewg analysis finds. https://t.co/bWJbuoh0UZ via @markets
— Mike Dorning (@MikeDorning) July 30, 2019
Socializing Big Ag https://t.co/SvooQuGZOG
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) July 31, 2019
Trump’s dumb trade war is hurting farmers so now taxpayers get stuck with the tab as he tries to buy back their votes https://t.co/w6VuRCR4WJ
— Tommy Vietor (@TVietor08) July 26, 2019
Trump was asked what he got in return. He said China agreed to purchase ‘tens of billions’ in US farm products, but he has said this before & farmers have complained that no orders ever materialized.
— Andrew deGrandpre (@adegrandpre) June 29, 2019
Chinese officials confirmed nothing. https://t.co/7B2kuPHjnQ
Trump’s trade wars are pushing America’s rural economy toward a full-blown meltdown after years of financial hardship, and it's causing more farmers to default on loans while putting the squeeze on agricultural lenders https://t.co/wGpwQTkAkD
— POLITICO (@politico) June 24, 2019
“When he was on the campaign trail, Donald Trump promised to stop the ‘war on the American farmer.’ He has broken that promise, and Ohio's farm community is paying the price.” – @DavidPepper https://t.co/kIOYR8IAmS
— David C. DeWitt (@DC_DeWitt) August 14, 2019
"I'm scared for my future. I'm scared for my family's future." Farmers are the front lines of America’s climate crisis. So long as we allow special interests to control the narrative, agricultural communities will suffer – along with everyone else.https://t.co/eixZR1HubY
— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) August 13, 2019
Farmers are turning to drones and other technology to conserve water from a crucial river in the US West that's under pressure from climate change and booming cities. https://t.co/iwWsVZrlbk
— AP West Region (@APWestRegion) August 14, 2019
Climate update 8/12/19
We will never be able to undo the permanent damage caused by Trump’s unwillingness to deal with climate change.
Al Gore tells @jonkarl "I thought it was worth trying," meeting with Donald Trump on climate change: "I did think at the time that there was a chance he might change on climate when presented with the facts. I was clearly wrong about that." https://t.co/PDM6tjcB5y pic.twitter.com/pIT20Ld6KJ
— ABC News (@ABC) August 12, 2019
Food will become scarcer, grocery prices will spike and crops will lose their nutritional value due to the climate crisis, UN report says https://t.co/5z0tlMyXxq
— CNN (@CNN) August 12, 2019
The window for averting a climate-driven food crisis is closing rapidly, a major UN report warnshttps://t.co/5cQiMQkJtv
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 10, 2019
There will undoubtedly be more pleas for forgiveness from Republicans and others who once denied the climate crisis unfolding before their eyes. https://t.co/OobfuzJ3Kl
— The New Republic (@newrepublic) August 9, 2019
Climate change is taking a bigger toll on our food, water, and land than we realized https://t.co/yvnqTXeYFN
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) August 8, 2019
Climate change made the stifling heat that enveloped parts of Europe last week much more likely and hotter, researchers said https://t.co/UOfeUytgmW
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 3, 2019
A Republican polling firm found that for younger Republicans, “climate change is their most important issue” and called the numbers “concerning” for the party’s future. @lffriedman https://t.co/UMHeYVjcoH
— John Schwartz (@jswatz) August 2, 2019
Greenland's ice sheet just lost 11 billion tons of ice — equivalent to 4.4 million Olympic swimming pools — in one day https://t.co/h5kRrtLhMU
— CNN (@CNN) August 2, 2019
If you didn't see this when it posted yesterday, you might want to watch it now https://t.co/27D8PP1FMV
— David Frum (@davidfrum) August 2, 2019
Our new UN Ambassador is lying to the world about climate change while we run out of time to do something about it.
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) August 2, 2019
Our children and grandchildren will pay the price for these lies. https://t.co/FLI3JpTfUz
In the past, climate change seemed like a problem for the future — bad things would happen, maybe, but not until like 2070.
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) August 1, 2019
That was wrong.
Today, Greenland is melting at the rate once projected for 2070. https://t.co/ZtK2gq6uoQ
The White House may have blocked Dr. Schoonover from submitting his testimony on climate change when I invited him to @HouseIntel,
— Adam Schiff (@RepAdamSchiff) July 30, 2019
But Trump's dangerous climate denialism won't change the facts:
Climate change poses a serious danger to national security that we can’t ignore. https://t.co/rz2WhijQOC
This week, 40 billion tons of ice will melt in Greenland as the European heat wave moves north — enough to measurably raise global sea levels.
— Eric Holthaus (@EricHolthaus) July 29, 2019
This single heat wave will create a permanent change in our oceans that will linger for millennia.
We are in a climate emergency. https://t.co/ypkH6093aU
It's your weekly NYT Climate FWD: newsletter, with items on Greta Thunberg's ocean adventure and making your philanthropic dollars do the most for the planet. Why not subscribe? https://t.co/qAA4o8zE5J
— NYT Climate (@nytclimate) August 14, 2019
Climate news (all bad) update 7/26/19
We are losing four years we can’t spare to try to do something because of the liar in the White House who won’t even admit this is a problem. It’s Trump against science and the rest of the world. It’s too bad we are all paying for his ignorance.
"Senior leadership was ordering changes to my report without my knowledge. They had scrubbed of any mention of the human causes of the climate crisis. This was not normal editorial adjustment. This was climate science denial." https://t.co/3B5HpvilhZ
— DNC War Room (@DNCWarRoom) July 26, 2019
Automakers to Trump: Stop trying to force us to pollute more.
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) July 25, 2019
No, really, that happened.
Via @paulwaldman1, who looks at the deeper reasons for Trump's extremism on climate change:https://t.co/NENh2SyCbC
Four major automakers reach an agreement with California on fuel efficiency rules, bypassing a Trump administration effort to strip the state of the right to fight climate change by setting its own standards. More here: https://t.co/j5RVmZdbmV pic.twitter.com/nByFd7Rbr5
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 26, 2019
Tens of millions people in the Western Europe are now probably experiencing the most concrete effect of human-induced climate change during their lifetime so far. pic.twitter.com/c1ubPwlvFF
— Mika Rantanen (@mikarantane) July 25, 2019
Climate records fall as Europe bakes in heatwave https://t.co/NhTumXtfGm pic.twitter.com/nm3ii0UqGc
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 25, 2019
Special Report: A Cloudspotter's Guide to Climate Change https://t.co/FPsbLS3u5S pic.twitter.com/Ll7qXvX1Uz
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 25, 2019
Climate change experts believe that 2020 could be the deadline to save the planet. ♻️🌎 https://t.co/IKbtJb2qcp pic.twitter.com/OOEAOU9PPS
— Complex (@Complex) July 26, 2019
Moody's buys climate-data firm to help investors price impact of a warming planet https://t.co/sp3njkNhPV pic.twitter.com/Xo5QNCUQUy
— CBS News (@CBSNews) July 26, 2019
JUST IN: More than 60 media outlets commit to week of focused climate coverage https://t.co/wT38QpqKNY pic.twitter.com/ZadSIL9eIB
— The Hill (@thehill) July 26, 2019
Networks invite Democratic presidential candidates to climate change town halls https://t.co/YdUB8RiNJi pic.twitter.com/DZHVCTQuOV
— Reuters Top News (@Reuters) July 26, 2019
Federal scientists testified yesterday that the Trump admin is actively working to squash #climatecrisis research.
— Rep. Diana DeGette (@RepDianaDeGette) July 26, 2019
Denver’s Dr. Caffrey was fired over her report on climate change.
The GOP called it "cute."
There’s nothing “cute” about firing scientists & hiding the truth. pic.twitter.com/ghq2tcauvC
Poor people are going to be the most affected by #climatechange. Discover why @WorldBank is making a conscious choice in investing in climate adaptation. Watch this #Econothon video replay to learn more: https://t.co/ggeZa0GYXo pic.twitter.com/00GfT5GC6G
— World Bank (@WorldBank) July 26, 2019
84% of climate voters say the @DNC should hold a presidential debate focused on the climate crisis. Overall, two in three likely Democratic primary voters now agree (64%) we need a #ClimateDebate.https://t.co/6x7WMRpMYB pic.twitter.com/y1i7jMzs3J
— Sierra Club (@SierraClub) July 26, 2019
Recent studies show that current global warming far exceeds any similar climate event that’s occurred in the past 2,000 years. #ClimateCrisishttps://t.co/UK0QjQHX1a pic.twitter.com/a8Si2anNIZ
— Climate Reality (@ClimateReality) July 26, 2019
We don’t have 12 years to save the climate. We have 14 months. https://t.co/XIvOJXB6CS pic.twitter.com/mO6BEPQNuU
— ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) July 26, 2019
Climate update July 20, 2019
Climate Change Will Strain Federal Finances:
— Michiko Kakutani (@michikokakutani) July 19, 2019
Climate-related disasters are happening more frequently and affecting a broad cross-section of the economy. via @sciam https://t.co/PPDerQhnNL
This is real fucking scary and bad. https://t.co/nYAVstsCVS
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) July 20, 2019
“50 to 75 years out” pic.twitter.com/mbsBAkJwTq
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) July 19, 2019
Among corporate sponsors of a recent gala hosted by a think tank that undermines climate science: Google and Amazon https://t.co/TvZlG3EfMd @LFFriedman
— Hiroko Tabuchi (@HirokoTabuchi) July 10, 2019
Intelligence aide, blocked from submitting written testimony on climate change, resigns from State Dept.https://t.co/7NmzscWLfA
— Aaron Blake (@AaronBlake) July 10, 2019
U.S. cities were already struggling to maintain their aging water infrastructure. Now climate change is making that challenge harder, and also more urgent. My latest: https://t.co/4BIMLhpxBb
— Christopher Flavelle (@cflav) July 9, 2019
Climate change is leaving the farmers of Central America with a choice: Wait for rain or migrate.
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 9, 2019
Global warming has heated the air and driven away seasonal rains, leaving parts of Central America in a drought, causing food shortages. (1/7) https://t.co/3foeGYJvUf
Trump administration suppresses testimony on climate change
They don’t want us to know the truth. Trump continues to be unwilling to accept the facts (which applies to a lot more than climate change). We will all suffer because of his ignorance. I have also included other recent tweets on climate change.
White House blocked intelligence agency’s written testimony saying human-caused climate change could be ‘possibly catastrophic’ https://t.co/zygWQrt8A1
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 9, 2019
On climate change, a senior Trump National Security Council official criticized State Dept scientific testimony by saying “a consensus of peer reviewed literature has nothing to do with the truth.”
— Colin Kahl (@ColinKahl) June 9, 2019
Policy liberated from facts and reason is a road to Hell. https://t.co/cGfZsEB1nc
"The world is getting warmer faster than it's ever gotten in history. Climate change and global warming are the same thing."
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 9, 2019
— Bill Nye https://t.co/jSJvUE7FKF
BirthStrike: The people refusing to have kids, because of climate change https://t.co/GQivbRzZeg
— Yashar Ali 🐘 (@yashar) June 10, 2019
Climate change could have a devastating effect on many societies by 2050 without swift and dramatic action to curb global warming, according to a new think tank report backed by Australia's former military chief https://t.co/1Jc827TTB2
— CNN (@CNN) June 9, 2019
Since I made this graphic 350 days ago 218 Central Parks have been added to the oceans from Antarctica alone. https://t.co/D70dNcrdtv
— Kevin Pluck 🇳🇿 (@kevpluck) June 9, 2019
Climate change is a major cause of migration from Guatemala
People are leaving Guatemala because crops are dying. Trump denies climate change and cuts off aid to countries where the migrants come from. This is only going to make the situation worse.
Eventually, this could happen within the United States as some areas become difficult to farm and live in because of climate change. Sad!
Great @NickKristof piece about the root causes of migration from Guatemala – hunger and climate change: ‘Food Doesn’t Grow Here Anymore. That’s Why I Would Send My Son North.’ https://t.co/kr3BhDSr4d #InvestInNutrition #AidWorks
— Chris Ford (@chrisford3000) June 6, 2019
An excellent piece by my 2019 win-a-trip winner, @MiaAArmstrong, from rural Guatemala about the consequences of the lottery of birth. I wish this spirit informed our immigration policy. https://t.co/8TD6B9GjUR
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) June 7, 2019
.@NickKristof traveled to Guatemala to find out why so many are risking their lives to go to the U.S. He tells @Lawrence that drought is leaving many with little choice to migrate or starve. https://t.co/iZQ0TTBzwa pic.twitter.com/tfHRp3A9Fw
— The Last Word (@TheLastWord) June 7, 2019
Trump administration attack on climate change
This is disgraceful. We will all pay for their ignorance and greed.
It’s not just Trump. It’s a whole party out of step with facts and the rest of the world.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 27, 2019
“Denying climate change was a gateway drug for Republican irrationality.” From this column: https://t.co/7FWcBKOMVH https://t.co/6aG1K33Lnq
— Max Boot (@MaxBoot) May 15, 2019
Voters in 2020 can choose President Trump, who brags about oil production — the fact that the US is now the largest producer of oil on Earth or the Democratic candidate who will likely take aggressive action on climate change https://t.co/hQCLFirJZx
— CNN (@CNN) May 25, 2019
The concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere has risen to over 415 parts per million — far higher than at any point in the last 800,000 years, since before the evolution of humans https://t.co/6qpnUNXfeS
— CNN (@CNN) May 19, 2019
Overall, the 12 months ending in April were the wettest 12-month period on record in the U.S., according to NOAA https://t.co/WFMMUXaYtP
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 13, 2019
Anxiety about global warming has become such a concern that the American Psychological Association created a 69-page climate-change guide to help mental health care providers. https://t.co/swgXnMhspq
— CNN (@CNN) May 7, 2019
The best and worst airlines for tackling climate change https://t.co/B28FFakJxn pic.twitter.com/qtCWwPXQRA
— CNN (@CNN) March 5, 2019
Climate change update 4/28/19
a roundup of tweets and articles
For Earth Day, @washingtonpost is highlighting 24 important climate change stories they wrote over the past year, including my interview with @pbump on the consequences of a warming Earth – "What Will Climate Change Do to Us?" https://t.co/bPrq1E1Ft1
— Alex Halliday (@AlexNHalliday) April 19, 2019
New EPA document tells communities to brace for climate change impacts https://t.co/UINAhCfYFt
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 27, 2019
If you've been keeping your powder dry, waiting for the moment when the climate fight really needed you–right about now would be that momenthttps://t.co/nN5xjTzG64
— Bill McKibben (@billmckibben) April 25, 2019
From the “even if you don’t care about climate change” file: https://t.co/rbHa7dbp04
— John D. Sutter (@jdsutter) April 9, 2019
We’re losing the war on climate change
A climate change solution slowly gains ground https://t.co/z2Xa0HfEhU
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 21, 2019
Thinking about what is said in the news, in your view is the seriousness of global warming generally:
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) April 21, 2019
Exaggerated 35%
Correct 22%
Underestimated 42%
(Gallup Poll, 3/1-10/19)
trend: https://t.co/CuNMYc00Hw
Along with losing water that billions of people drink, the crops they grow and the energy they need, the great melting of North America's glaciers will affect ecosystems and the creatures within them, like the salmon that spawn in meltwater streams https://t.co/TI70QiXJuO
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 20, 2019
Poll on environment vs. economic growth
With which do you most agree? Protect the environment, even at the risk of curbing economic growth. Economic growth should be given priority, even if the environment suffers to some extent.
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) April 21, 2019
Environment 65%
Growth 30%
(Gallup Poll, 3/1-10/19)
full wording: https://t.co/CuNMYc00Hw
Sad! 