climate change
US cap on coal sector emissions “carbon crumbs” – Hansen
NEWS: US power sector is already halfway to the EPA’s 2030 carbon cap
Vermont’s maple syrup threatened by climate change
NEWS: First US state-level climate assessment says maple syrup production will decline as weather warms
Obama appeals to health benefits of acting on climate
NEWS: President believes cutting pollution levels and deaths from car and power emissions could mobilise public support
US proposed carbon cap nears EU climate ambition
ANALYSIS: Proposed EPA rule on power sector emissions gets closer to EU climate ambition
Greener Australian outback is lowering atmospheric CO2
NEWS: Extra plant growth in Australian dry lands reveals region’s growing global role as carbon sink
Forest fires and warming to blame for Greenland melt
NEWS: Increasing forest fires spell more bad news for Greenland ice sheet, study finds
US senators to hold marathon debate on climate change
Senate Democrats to debate climate change as Republican foes try to block curbs on coal
Least Developed Countries say science must drive UN climate talks
Nepal’s Prakash Mathema tells RTCC opportunity to address climate impacts is ‘closing fast’
Keystone Gulf Coast pipeline opens in USA
Thursday’s top five: Green groups anger as US pipeline opens, US court blocks Arctic drilling, scientists turn yeast to oil
Climate and nuclear threats leave world ‘five minutes to midnight’
Doomsday Clock at ‘five minutes to midnight’ say scientists in letter to UN chief Ban Ki-moon
Fossil fuel giants face ‘climate stress test’ call at UN summit
New York ‘climate risk’ meeting will call on oil majors to evaluate size of carbon reserves that are incompatible with warming world
UK must prepare for more floods says government climate advisor
Monday’s top five: Sir David King calls for climate action, US states confirm fracking pollution, thousands of bats killed by Queensland heat
Warming climate could push Amazon region into further poverty
Peru’s efforts to reduce poverty are at risk from the effects of climate change, one example of the problems facing the wider Amazonia region in a warming world
China outlines climate change adaptation plans
Leading planning agency calls for more resilient infrastructure, warning global warming cost country $32.9 billion since 1990
Deep ocean could hold key to global warming
Understanding what happens on the deep ocean floor should help scientists construct more accurate climate models
Brazil, Chile and Nicaragua top Latin America low carbon index
Clean energy investment in the three countries topped US$11.3 billion in 2012 says Bloomberg
Warsaw climate pact: reaction from PwC, KPMG and IKEA
Reaction from PwC, KPMG and Institutional Investors Group on the COP 10 climate summit
Fossil fuel lobbying at UN climate talks ‘harmful’ say NGOs
Comment: fossil fuel industry is undermining and subverting climate policies says Rachel Tansey, and need regulation
Almost 80% of US citizens believe climate change is man-made
Stanford University reports majority in every state polled wants limits on greenhouse gas emissions
UK slams Japan’s decision to slash climate target
Japan has revised its target to cut emissions which would see them rise by 3% on 1990 levels by 2020