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UCLA/LLNL study concludes most climate models overestimate increase in global precipitation due to climate change

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UCLA and Lawrence Livermore researchers have found that most climate models overestimate the increase in global precipitation due to climate change. Conveniently, this quantity can be measured from space, allowing the team to assess how well the models capture the physics controlling changes in global precipitation.

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US National Research Council reiterates need for action in US to limit magnitude of climate change; final volume in Americas Climate Choices

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Illustration of the steps in an iterative risk management approach for addressing climate change. From: America’s Climate Choices. This trend cannot be explained by natural factors such as internal climate variability or changes in incoming energy from the sun. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Michael Jackson Comes Back From Dead to Blast L.A. Times Climate Change Coverage

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Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, returned from the great hereafter this morning to condemn the Los Angeles Times for being a cause of global warming and then covering it up in the newspaper he mocked as, Already more lifeless and brain dead then I am now! Even my sister Latoya knows better than that!

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Energy Secretary Warns California Agriculture and Cities in Jeopardy from Climate Change

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In an interview with the Los Angeles Times , US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu said that water shortages resulting from worst case scenarios of climate change could eliminate agriculture in California and place its cities in jeopardy. And, he added, “I don’t actually see how they can keep their cities going” either.

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Toyota sponsors Milken Institute Global Conference, advocates for fuel cell vehicles

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Toyota used the 2014 Milken Institute Global Conference in Los Angeles—which it sponsored, becoming the first automaker to do so—as a platform to argue for fuel cell vehicles and the opportunities they represent.

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Give Me A #BreakFreeLA & Then Give Me 100% Renewables RIGHT NOW

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.” He always was so ahead of the curve… Like I say, I live in Torrance, home of the exploding Exxon Mobil refinery where our Air Quality Management District just gave the refinery operators exemptions to exceed pollution limits while they restart the aging climate wrecker back up. .

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Four Startups Aim to Change the Climate Tech Game

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Starting a company to develop an energy technology that fights climate change is hard—a lot harder than starting a software company. Breakthroughs in battery technology, carbon sequestration, and other energy technologies that result in a five-fold improvement over current technology could literally change the world. Not really.”

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