News: Archive for July, 2015
‘Experts say that the latest heat waves in Europe is “virtually certain” to be caused by climate change. This week, Germany, Spain and London all experienced the hottest July day ever recorded.’
via Heat Waves In Europe Caused By Climate Change Says Scientists : SCIENCE : Tech Times.
‘Actor and activist Jane Fonda is in Toronto to support a rally aimed at bringing attention to climate change, employment and justice issues in Canada.’
via Jane Fonda in Toronto for climate rally | CTV Toronto News.
‘…Research suggests such extreme heat waves, including the one in India that killed more than 1,400 people last month, are largely the result of human-caused climate change. A study published last year in the journal Nature Climate Change found that Europe is now 10 times more likely to see another heat wave as intense as that of 2003 than it was one decade ago.’
‘BP has agreed to pay a record environmental fine of $18.7bn to settle legal actions brought by the US and several states over the fatal 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.’
‘…India has so far resisted calls for an ambitious target, citing the millions in the country who do not have access to energy and the need to pull those people out of poverty. Instead, it has suggested that it may make two climate pledges: one that can be achieved with domestic resources, and another that would be possible with financial and technological aid from the developed world.’
via India’s climate pledge ‘critically important’, says UN climate chief | Environment | The Guardian.
‘…It is clear, they say, that CO2 from burning fossil fuels is changing the chemistry of the seas faster than at any time since a cataclysmic natural event known as the Great Dying 250 million years ago.’
‘Germany agreed on Thursday to mothball about five of the country’s largest brown coal power plants to meet its climate goals by 2020, after months of wrangling between the parties in chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition.’
via Germany to mothball largest coal power plants to meet climate targets | Environment | The Guardian.
‘The Climate Change Authority says Australia needs to cut carbon emissions by 30% by 2025 and sign up to further cuts of 40-60% by 2030 to catch up to other countries in the international effort to mitigate the risks of global warming.’