‘HONG KONG — Scientists may have been overestimating China’s emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas driving global warming, by more than 10 percent, because of inaccurate assumptions about the country’s coal-burning, according to a study published on Wednesday.’

via China’s Carbon Dioxide Emissions May Have Been Overstated by More Than 10% – The New York Times.

‘Muslim scholars and environmental advocates from about 20 countries on Tuesday called for a global phase-out of greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, joining a chorus of religious leaders urging the world to take strong action against global warming.’

via Muslim Leaders Call For Climate Change Action.

‘Most efforts at combating climate change have focused on reducing carbon emissions or trying to eliminate them, but many climate scientists believe we may have already passed the point of no return. That’s why Noah Deich wants to pull carbon out of the air.’

via The controversial quest to stop climate change by pulling carbon out of the air | The Verge.

‘The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday will propose the first-ever federal regulations to cut methane emissions from the nation’s oil and natural-gas industry, according to people familiar with the move, which is part of President Barack Obama’s climate agenda.’

via EPA to propose first methane cuts as part of Obama climate efforts – MarketWatch.

‘The kind of food crises that helped spark the Arab Spring will occur every 30 years instead of every century thanks to climate change and population increases, according to a new report.’

via Food crises to become more common as climate changes – CSMonitor.com.

‘NASA reports this was the hottest July on record. So we are now in “bet the mortgage” territory that 2015 will be the hottest year in NASA’s 125-year temperature record.’

via Hottest July On Record Keeps 2015 On Track To Crush 2014 For Hottest Year | ThinkProgress.

‘Historians may look to 2015 as the year when shit really started hitting the fan.’

via Page 2 of The Point of No Return: Climate Change Nightmares Are Already Here | Rolling Stone.

‘FAIRBANKS, Alaska – One of the state’s worst wildfire seasons in history has scorched 5 million acres of tundra and forests across Alaska, and experts here fear climate change will cause even more devastating fires through a combination of lower snowpack, drying tundra and melting permafrost.’

via Alaska’s permafrost threatened by intense fires, climate change.

‘..Next year, though, may truly – actually, seriously – be different, if climate scientists are right. The next candidate Americans send to the Oval Office, experts say, may also be the very last who can avert catastrophe from climate change.’

via The 2016 Election Is Critical for Stopping Climate Change – US News.

‘Prominent Muslim leaders are putting the final touches on a new statement on climate change, hoping to issue a sweeping call to protect the planet and insist that followers of Islam have a religious duty to help the environment.’

via Prominent Muslim Leaders To Issue Sweeping Call To Act On Climate | ThinkProgress.