Articles by Joseph Romm
Joseph Romm is the editor of Climate Progress and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress.
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NASA’s James Hansen on hacked emails
Our top climate scientist was interviewed by Newsweek‘s Science Editor last week. Sharon Begley talked to Hansen “on the eve of the publication of his first book, Storms of My Grandchildren, which he finished while recovering from treatment for prostate cancer and which will be published in December.” SB: Last week, someone leaked emails obtained […]
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Phil Jones to stand down as CRU investigator
Professor Phil Jones has today announced that he will stand aside as Director of the Climatic Research Unit until the completion of an independent Review resulting from allegations following the hacking and publication of emails from the Unit. That is from the University of East Anglia’s new release today. This shouldn’t be a surprise to […]
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Kenya to build huge wind farm as drought curtails hydropower
In January, a consortium of Dutch and Kenyan investors will begin construction on the $760 million project, which envisions more than 350 wind turbines towering over desert expanses near Lake Turkana in northern Kenya. When completed in 2012, the wind farm is expected to boost the power supply in this nation by almost 30 percent. […]
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Journal: Cutting greenhouse emissions has major direct health benefits
Strong action will save millions of lives, improve health of billions “Climate change is the biggest global health threat of the 21st century.” So concluded a Lancet—UCL Commission earlier this year. Asystematic appraisal of available evidence showed that the risks from changing patterns of disease, food insecurity, unsafe water and sanitation, damage to human settlements, […]
