‘…The target, contained in an executive order and expected to be folded into pending legislation, seeks to reduce emissions in California 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030.’

via Jerry Brown issues a more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target | The Sacramento Bee.

‘Senate Republicans introduced a bill Wednesday that would overturn the Obama administration’s landmark climate regulations for power plants and make it nearly impossible to rewrite them.’

via Senate GOP launches attack on EPA climate rules | TheHill.

‘Republican New Jersey governor and presidential hopeful Chris Christie briefly made news last week when he said that global warming is real and that “human activity contributes to it.”

Yet as a whole, climate change has yet to emerge as a major issue in U.S. presidential elections, which is consistent with the recent history.’

via Will 2016’s Presidential Hopefuls Talk Climate Change? | The New Republic.

‘World leaders are once again racing to avert disastrous levels of global warming through limits on greenhouse gas emissions. An agreement may be in reach, but because of the vast supplies of inexpensive fossil fuels, protecting the world from climate change requires the even more difficult task of disrupting today’s energy markets.’

via If We Dig Out All Our Fossil Fuels, Here’s How Hot We Can Expect It to Get – NYTimes.com.