Checkmate is a position in Chess, in which a player's king is in a line of attack by an opponent's piece and cannot escape check.
The new study focused on 14 measures with the greatest climate benefit. All 14 would curb the release of either black carbon or methane, pollutants that exacerbate climate change and damage human or plant health either directly or by leading to ozone formation.
Much of the foot-dragging in addressing climate change is in the perception that climate change is a ways down the road and only occurring in remote parts of the planet. Climate change is happening now. It's happening in our own backyards, and ... it affects you and the things you care about.. The report, Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States, is issued every decade by the federal government's Climate Change Science Program.