Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, in an essay in the National Catholic Reporter, praises Pope Francis' remarks on stewardship of the earth and climate change.
A new National Audubon Society report says more than 300 bird species are at risk of disappearing by the end of the century because of climate changes. Among those birds: the mallard duck.
The Daily Show held climate deniers up to ridicule Thursday night and those skewered included Arkansas Sen. John Boozman, whose denial including citing his optometrist creds in his scientific view of the issue. Which leads to a little climate change eye exam by Jon Stewart.
Paul Krugman makes the case for an Obama presidency more successful than many would credit. And that the federal debt has been overblown as an issue, which doesn't mean it won't be critical in coming elections.
Have 9 minutes? Watch this affecting New York Times video on a disappearing island on the coast of Louisiana — a victim of rising sea levels, coastal erosion and stronger storms.
* ONE-YEAR STUDY FINDS FRACKING CHEMICALS DID NOT SPREAD INTO DRINKING WATER: That's the verdict so far in a federal test of migration of fluids in western Pennsylvania.
This is nifty. It's an interactive map provided by U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman that allows you to look at every congressional district in the country, with the photo above showing results for the 2nd District of Arkansas, represented by Tiny Tim Griffin of Mayflower, the oil and coal companies' defender.
Environmentalists I've seen commenting are wide-eyed at President Obama's tough speech on climate change and the need to further regulated greenhouse gases.