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Goodbye to glaciers in Washington's North Cascades?

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A few years ago I did a multi-day backpacking trip that took me through some  spectacular terrain in the Glacier Peak Wilderness of Washington state’s North Cascades. On the second day of this 8-day trip, my small team of three left the beaten trail and hiked up Spider Glacier to Spider Gap and then down into an enchanting lake basin. The lakes, Lyman Lakes, are fed by nearby Lyman Glacier. more

California may lead the nation’s global warming efforts, but report shows we can’t rest yet

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This week’s White House release of a climate change impacts report reinforces a familiar message for Californians: Our state is undergoing rapid changes to our cities and farms, our mountains and deserts. The Golden State must continue to respond to global warming because the consequences are so severe. more

Government raises alarm on global warming: New report warns of dire consequences

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A long-awaited government science report — the first comprehensive national assessment in a decade of the current and predicted impacts of global climate change — was released by the Obama administration June 16 at a packed White House news briefing. Release of the report follows years of foot-dragging by the Bush administration, which preferred quibbling about the reality of global warming to doing anything about it, and which sat on the report’s scientific findings for years. more