News: Archive for May, 2014
‘Washington (AFP) – US President Barack Obama wants to force coal energy plants to reduce emissions and pay for greenhouse gases they do emit through a cap and trade system, the New York Times said Thursday.’
via ‘Obama wants to force coal plants to reduce emissions’ – Yahoo News.
‘…When asked if climate change was a good or a bad thing, 63 percent of Americans said it was a bad thing, while 76 percent perceived global warming as a bad thing – a 13-point difference.’
via Americans More Worried about ‘Warming’ Than ‘Climate Change’ – NYTimes.com.
‘WASHINGTON — Tom Steyer, a billionaire environmental activist from California, wants to blast the issue of climate change to the front lines of American politics. His “super PAC,” NextGen Climate, will spend about $100 million this year to influence several Senate and governor’s races in which climate change could play a major role.’
via Tom Steyer Hopes NextGen Climate Gets Voters to Consider Environment – NYTimes.com.
‘Pope Francis made the religious case for tackling climate change on Wednesday, calling on his fellow Christians to become “Custodians of Creation” and issuing a dire warning about the potentially catastrophic effects of global climate change.’
‘(Reuters) – Recent meetings between U.S. oil producers and Commerce Department officials have fueled industry hopes that the Obama administration may soon begin to ease a longstanding ban on oil exports.’
via After Washington chats, drillers hopeful U.S. will ease oil export ban | Reuters.
‘…The proposed curbs will form the cornerstone of Obama’s climate action plan, a multi-layered blueprint for fighting global warming unveiled a year ago. The plan is critical to fulfilling U.S. commitments to reduce emissions agreed to at an international forum in Copenhagen in 2009.’
via In big public push, White House seeks to smooth way for carbon curbs | Reuters.
‘Gov. Jerry Brown continued to sound the alarm about climate change on Monday, saying people need to find a way to “live with nature” and “not to collide with it.”‘
via Climate change threatens California and the world, Jerry Brown says – Los Angeles Times.
Bill McKibben of 350.org in Rolling Stone:
‘When world leaders gather in New York this fall to confront climate change, tens of thousands of people (and maybe you) will be there to demand they take action before it’s too late’
via A Call to Arms: An Invitation to Demand Action on Climate Change | Politics News | Rolling Stone.
‘NASA is distancing itself from a new study that investigates how unsustainable resource exploitation and rising income inequality could potentially lead to the collapse of human civilization as we know it.’
via NASA Clarifies Role in New Civilization-Collapse Study | Space.com.
‘”What climate scientists have feared for decades is now beginning to come true: We are pushing the climate system across dangerous tipping points” says Stefan Rahmstorf from the Potsdam Institute.’
via The First Tipping Point Has Arrived: Will It Be The Last ? | Aiko Stevenson.