"A major new federal report warning the United States could warm up to 10 degrees Fahrenheit by the end of the century if global greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise has renewed hope among environmental groups that President Obama will make climate change a priority in his second term."
"The analysis details the ways man-made climate change has already altered American lives and landscapes. Written by more than 300 scientists, the report -- a draft of the third national assessment of climate change impacts in the United States -- describes a country that is hotter and more extreme than in the past in many ways."
Lauren Morello reports for ClimateWire January 14, 2013.
SEE ALSO:
"House Science Chairman Lamar Smith Puts Climate Change Assessment on
Agenda" (Dallas Morning News)
Editorial: "House Science Panel Wears Blinders" (Austin
American-Statesman)
"An Alarm in the Offing on Climate Change" (Green/NYT)
