News: ‘Climate & Energy’ Archive
‘The extreme atmospheric conditions associated with California’s crippling drought are far more likely to occur under today’s global warming conditions than in the climate that existed before humans emitted large amounts of greenhouse gases.’
via Stanford scientists say drought linked to climate change.
‘The goal of last week’s climate summit at the United Nations was “to raise political momentum for a meaningful universal climate agreement in Paris in 2015.” But previous attempts at such agreements have ended in frustration.’
via Is a Global Climate Treaty Only a Pipe Dream? – Room for Debate – NYTimes.com.
‘The People’s Climate March in New York City on Sept. 21 promised to be “the largest climate march in history.” If media coverage is any indicator, it was. According to Google Trends, news headlines in September mentioned the phrase “climate march” more than any time in the history of the service’s data collection.’
via How Many People Really Showed Up To The People’s Climate March? | FiveThirtyEight.
‘Coming off a week of events dedicated to fighting global warming, the administration is now hunkering down to finalize and promote policies that are the pillars of President Obama’s climate legacy.’
via Week ahead: EPA on the clock for climate, water rules | TheHill.
‘The goal of last week’s climate summit at the United Nations was “to raise political momentum for a meaningful universal climate agreement in Paris in 2015.” But previous attempts at such agreements have ended in frustration.’
via Is a Global Climate Treaty Only a Pipe Dream? – Room for Debate – NYTimes.com.
‘(Phys.org) —As more gardeners and farmers add ground charcoal, or biochar, to soil to both boost crop yields and counter global climate change, a new study by researchers at Rice University and Colorado College could help settle the debate about one of biochar’s biggest benefits—the seemingly contradictory ability to make clay soils drain faster and sandy soils drain slower.’
via Biochar alters water flow to improve sand and clay, study finds.
‘About 100 climate change protesters were arrested on Monday as hundreds marched through the streets of Lower Manhattan, at one point clashing with the police as they tried to push through barricades sealing off Wall Street.’
via Climate Change Protesters Tangle With Police at Wall St. – NYTimes.com.
‘More than 100 demonstrators were arrested in lower Manhattan on Monday after blocking traffic along Broadway for hours as part of a climate-change rally.’
via More than 100 Arrested at Climate-Change Protest in Lower Manhattan – WSJ.
‘On Tuesday, more than 100 world leaders gathered at the United Nations to open a climate summit meeting that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon hopes will provide momentum to a new round of negotiations toward a global environmental agreement to be signed in Paris next year.’
‘CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — ON Tuesday, world leaders will converge at United Nations headquarters in New York for a summit meeting on the climate that will set the stage for global negotiations next year to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the threat of global climate change. The summit is titled “Catalyzing Action,” a decidedly hopeful characterization.’