‘On Monday, the US Supreme Court took up a case examining whether the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exceeded its regulatory power when it sought to expand the use of the Clean Air Act to regulate the release of greenhouse gases that scientists say are causing global warming.’

via Did EPA overstep in tackling global warming? Supreme Court sharply split. (+video) – CSMonitor.com.

‘WASHINGTON — In trying to decide whether the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority under two programs to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources like power plants, the Supreme Court on Monday faced what Justice Elena Kagan called “the conundrum here.”’

via For the Supreme Court, a Case Poses a Puzzle on the E.P.A.’s Authority – NYTimes.com.

‘Cooling caused by volcanic eruptions accounts for 15 percent of the recent global warming “pause,” the mismatch between actual warming and climate-model predictions, according to a new study.’

via Volcanoes Partly to Blame for Global Warming ‘Pause’ – Yahoo News.

‘WASHINGTON (AP) — Industry groups and Republican-led states are heading an attack at the Supreme Court against the Obama administration’s sole means of trying to limit power-plant and factory emissions of gases blamed for global warming.’

via High court climate case looks at EPA’s power – Yahoo Finance.

‘RALEIGH, N.C. — Federal prosecutors have broadened their criminal investigation of state environmental regulators after a massive coal ash spill Feb. 2 that contaminated the Dan River in North Carolina, issuing 20 more subpoenas demanding documents about communications and possible payments and gifts.’

via U.S. widens inquiry of Duke Energy’s coal ash spill in North Carolina – latimes.com.

‘JAKARTA, Indonesia — Secretary of State John Kerry urged Indonesia on Sunday to take steps to combat climate change, warning that failure to act would jeopardize the nation’s resources and damage its economy.’

via Kerry Implores Indonesia on Climate Change Peril – NYTimes.com.

‘Melting Arctic sea ice has contributed considerably more to warming at the top of the world than previously predicted by climate models, according to a new analysis of 30 years of satellite observations.’

via Warming from Arctic Sea Ice Melting More Dramatic than Thought | LiveScience.

‘JAKARTA, Indonesia AP — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday called climate change perhaps the world’s “most fearsome” destructive weapon and mocked those who deny its existence or question its causes, comparing them to people who insist the Earth is flat.’

via John Kerry mocks those who deny climate change – Yahoo Finance.

‘For the first time, experiments have produced more energy from fusion reactions than the amount of energy put into the fusion fuel, scientists at the federally funded Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California said.’

via U.S. Scientists Reach ‘Turning Point’ In Quest For Fusion Energy.

‘Stronger Pacific Ocean winds may help explain the slowdown in the rate of global warming since the turn of the century, scientists said.’

via Global-Warming Slowdown Due to Pacific Winds, Study Shows – Bloomberg.