As Louisiana recovers from the worst flooding in the US since Hurricane Sandy, you would have thought that the chaos and lives lost in the flooding would force an immediate rethink from the Obama Administration regarding energy policy and our continued use of fossil fuels.
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Louisiana Floods: A “classic signal of climate change”
The US state of Louisiana was under a state of emergency over the weekend with at least six people dead and 20,000 people rescued due to an “historic” flooding event affecting the state for the previous few days.
Half UK Population Links Flooding to Climate Change
More and more people in the UK believe that the severe flooding which has affected large swathes of Southern England from the Somerset levels in the west to the affluent towns and villages in the Thames valley near London, are the result of climate change.
Colorado: 44,000 Gallons of Oil Spilt
The amount of oil spilt in Colorado’s floods is slowly creeping up
Colorado’s Flooded Frack Wells
There is growing concern that toxic fracking chemicals have leaked out in the devastating Colorado floods, with hundreds of wells said to be underwater.
South Asia Floods Strand Millions
So far this Summer we have had floods in Northern Europe, a crippling heath wave in Southern Europe, a drought in some parts of the US and now huge floods in Asia. Almost 150 people have died and almost 20 million people have been displaced or marooned in severe flooding across India, Bangladesh and Nepal. … Read More