‘…The Obama Administration may have stood up to Big Coal, but the richer Big Oil got permission this summer to drill in the Arctic; Washington may soon grant the rights for offshore drilling along the Atlantic seaboard, and end a longstanding ban on oil exports. All these measures help drive the flow of carbon into the atmosphere—the flow of carbon that Exxon knew almost forty years ago would likely be disastrous.’

via What Exxon Knew About Climate Change – The New Yorker.

‘…What made the short exchange most notable was the fact that none of the candidates on stage spent time refuting the fundamental science behind climate change: that the world is warming, and that humans are responsible.’

via We Fact-Checked What the Republicans Said About Climate Change During the Debate | Mother Jones.

‘Nearly a dozen Republican members of Congress will break ranks with leaders of their party on Thursday, and call for action against climate change.’

via Republicans to break rank with party leaders in call for climate change action | Environment | The Guardian.

‘Exxon has known about climate change for almost 40 years, despite its efforts to continue to promote fossil fuels and deny its existence throughout the 1990s as a leader of the Global Climate Coalition, according to an internal investigation by InsideClimate News.’

via Exxon Knew About Climate Change in the 1970s – Fortune.

‘After nearly three hours of glistening brows – and just miles from raging climate-driven wildfires — the Republican presidential field finally took up the issue of dangerous, man-made global warming. But they didn’t do it willingly, they didn’t break any new ground, and – if the nation’s leading scientists and economists are right – they didn’t get it right.’

via GOP climate skeptics reluctantly address environment | MSNBC.

‘WASHINGTON — Reaching for a successful end to global climate talks, Vice President Joe Biden will call on other nations to commit to ambitious cuts in greenhouse gases at a gathering of U.S. and Chinese leaders on Wednesday in Los Angeles.’

via In California, Biden aims to build resolve for climate pact :: WRAL.com.

‘The populations of some marine species have declined by 49 per cent in just four decades, according to one of the most extensive surveys of sealife ever compiled.’

via Half of all marine life lost in 40 years: WWF report – Science – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation).

‘Warming temperatures in the Arctic are causing mosquitoes to show up earlier and spread faster, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. This is bad news for the area’s caribou population — the main food source for mosquitoes in the Arctic.’

via Climate change is bringing more mosquitoes to the Arctic | The Verge.

‘…Activists from the Catholic church and other faith traditions are preparing a vast mobilisation around the pope’s visit this month culminating in a vigil and 24 September rally on Washington’s Mall where they are hoping to draw crowds of 300,000. But they described a disconnect between the enthusiasm of community groups and the patchy response from the church leadership.’

via Pope Francis faces challenge persuading US’s Catholic leaders on climate change | Environment | The Guardian.

‘At the upcoming U.N. climate conference, most of the world’s major nations will pledge to make significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. But serious doubts remain as to whether these promised cuts will be nearly enough to avoid the most severe impacts of climate change.’

via Will the Paris Climate Talks Be Too Little and Too Late? by Fred Pearce: Yale Environment 360.