Konrad Steffen: The Melting of Greenland (March 2017)

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Konrad Steffen director of the Swiss Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research, gave this talk at the event Artico. Ultima Frontiera Summit On Climate Change, Venice (Italy), March 6, 2017, hosted by the University Ca’ Foscari.] Event info page https://www.unive.it/pag/14024/?tx_news_pi1%5Bnews%5D=2586&tx_news_pi1%5Bcontroller%5D=News&tx_news_pi1%5Baction%5D=detail&cHash=120539712ba6b06aa1dab94426b5b261 Konrad Steffen’s homepage at Colorado University http://cires.colorado.edu/emeritus/konrad-steffen Teaser image mockup, via latest NASA Grace…

Trump motivated by Bannon to exit Paris Deal? And what about the Jobs?

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The announcement by the Trump Administration to exit the Paris Climate Agreement, has been attributed to people like Steve Bannon, influencing Trump. And what about jobs and clean energy? References China to invest £292bn in renewable power by 2020 https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/jan/05/china-invest-renewable-fuel-2020-energy China cementing global dominance of renewable energy and technology https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/jan/06/china-cementing-global-dominance-of-renewable-energy-and-technology Related The Strange History of…

Trump’s Speech to pull U.S. out of Paris Agreement 6/1/17 ✯Uncut White House version✯

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In this speech on June 1st 2017, at The White House rose garden President Donald Trump announced to pull the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Agreement, signed by 194 nations to address climate change. Protests outside the White House https://www.facebook.com/peoplesclimate/videos/1865902323660742/?pnref=story Subscribe to Climate State for more from Trump and the U.S. on climate For…