‘Nations have so dragged their feet in battling climate change that the situation has grown critical and the risk of severe economic disruption is rising, according to a draft United Nations report. Another 15 years of failure to limit carbon emissions could make the problem virtually impossible to solve with current technologies, experts found.’

via U.N. Says Lag in Confronting Climate Woes Will Be Costly – NYTimes.com.

‘The number of Americans who believe global warming isn’t happening has risen to 23 percent, up 7 percentage points since April 2013.’

via Climate Change Disbelief Rises in America – Yahoo News.

‘The hands of the infamous “Doomsday Clock” will remain firmly in their place at five minutes to midnight — symbolizing humans’ destruction — for the year 2013, scientists announced Monday.’

via The end is nigh? Doomsday clock holds at 5 to midnight | Fox News.

‘Carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s energy sector rose about 2% in 2013 after declining for several years, federal energy officials reported Monday.’

via U.S. carbon emissions rose 2% in 2013 after years of decline – latimes.com.

‘…the fact is this: Global warming is running at a rate of 400,000 A-bombs hitting Planet Earth daily, dangerously overheating our world, day after day after day..

via New ‘War of Worlds’: Capitalism vs. Planet Earth – Paul B. Farrell – MarketWatch.

‘WASHINGTON — As a young naval officer in Vietnam, John Kerry commanded a Swift boat up the dangerous rivers of the Mekong Delta. But when he returned there last month as secretary of state for the first time since 1969, he spoke not of past firefights but of climate change.’

via Kerry Quietly Makes Priority of Climate Pact – NYTimes.com.