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Dan Bloom, a journalist who started the Cliffies two years ago and traces the evolution of climate change films, said it all started with "The Day After Tomorrow" in 2004. "And I think we're going to see a lot more in the next 10 years," he predicted.
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Even George Clooney's star power couldn't save "Tomorrowland," whose heavy message about global warming turned off some moviegoers.
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"Tomorrowland" is following a film industry trend by centering climate change in a fictional story. The big-budget Disney film tanked at the box office and received poor reviews, but is a contender in the Cli-Fi Movie Awards. (Walt Disney photographs)
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Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy, disputing energy industry estimates, argues that average Americans ultimately will see lower electric bills as a result of regulations under President Obama's climate change agenda. (Associated Press)
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The Deckers in San Jose, California, found a patriotic solution for their brown, unwatered lawn after the city began rationing water usage in the face of crippling drought. (CBS FF)
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The indigenous Kadazan-Dusun people claimed that a group of exhibitionist Western tourists so offended local animist spirits that they triggered a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that killed 18 climbers June 5 on Malaysia's Mount Kinabalu, a UNESCO World Heritage site. (Associated Press)
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Yukiya Amano, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, speaks June 8, 2015, during a news conference after a meeting of the IAEA board of governors at the International Center in Vienna. World powers are prepared to accept a nuclear agreement with Iran that doesn’t immediately answer questions about past atomic weapons work, U.S. and Western officials said, even though Washington had previously declared such concerns must be resolved in any final deal. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican and 2016 presidential hopeful, greets supporters in Central, S.C., on June 1, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican and presidential hopeful, greets supporters in Central, S.C., on June 1, 2015. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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A typical day on the Rhine River, passing medieval villages and lonely castles. (Photo by Lark Gould)
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In this Sunday, June 7, 2015 photo, rescuers work on the raised capsized ship Eastern Star on the Yangtze River in Jianli county of southern Chinas Hubei province. China has assembled a 60-strong team to probe last week's river cruise ship sinking following orders from President Xi Jinping to find the cause of the country's worst maritime disaster in nearly seven decades. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Top picks from recent home theater releases include The Last Ship: The Complete First Season from Warner Home Video and Project Almanac from Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment.
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Claire Harrison, of Alpharetta, Ga., protests the Environmental Protection Agency during a July 29, 2014, rally in Atlanta in response to an EPA hearing on tougher pollution restrictions. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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National Edition News cover for June 9, 2015 - Obama bashes U.S. courts deciding major legacy laws: U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a media conference at the conclusion of the G-7 summit at Schloss Elmau hotel near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern Germany, Monday, June 8, 2015. The two-day summit addressed such issues as climate change, poverty and the fight against terrorism. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
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Republican presidential candidate and former Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks during a campaign stop at the South Carolina Military Museum, Monday in Columbia, South Carolina.
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Dark storm clouds are seen over the White House in Washington on Oct. 15, 2014. (Associated Press) **FILE**
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In this May 27, 2015 photo provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society, a southern pudu fawn walks in its enclosure at the Queens Zoo in New York. The male southern pudu fawn, the world's smallest deer species, was born May 12 at the Queens Zoo. Southern pudus tend to be around a foot tall at the shoulder. When they're born, they're only 6 inches high, and weigh less than a pound. (Julie Larsen Maher/Wildlife Conservation Society via AP)
