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Researcher’s linking of 59,000 suicides in India to climate change ‘particularly worrisome’ under Trump

The Washington Post’s coverage of a study linking climate change and suicide managed to hold off for three paragraphs before bringing up President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris climate accord, making the study’s findings “particularly worrisome” if you buy into them, that is. 59,000 farmer suicides in India over 30 years may be linked to climate change, study says https://t.co/mS9AwFB2jO — Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 1, 2017 Vidhi Doshi reports: Tamma Carleton, a researcher at the University of California at Berkeley, compared almost five decades worth of […]

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White House designates Extreme Heat Week

Joy! Global warming was again the president’s No. 1 priority for several hours on Monday,and not onlydid theWhite House release a new report on climate change;the Obama administrationalso announced that it wasdevelopingneweducational materials on climate change for public schools, prepping something called PrepareAthon!, and declaring May 2327 Extreme Heat Week. It’s likely many missed the 2p.m. announcement of Extreme Heat Week as they were at opening day at the baseball stadium watchingsnow collect onthe outfield. Some lovely opening day snow flurries here in Milwaukee. — Christopher Hayes […]

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