‘Climate negotiators divided on how to tackle global warming—and who should foot the bill—grappled Friday on the final day of crunch talks to finalise a draft agreement ahead of a crucial UN summit.’

via Climate talks stumble as Paris summit looms.

‘…Copenhagen. The city where aspirations for a strong, global deal on climate change came to nothing in the chilly Danish capital, back in 2009.’

via Copenhagen ghosts haunt climate talks – BBC News.

‘WASHINGTON — As many as 25 states will join some of the nation’s most influential business groups in legal action to block President Obama’s climate change regulations when they are formally published Friday, trying to stop his signature environmental policy.’

via Numerous States Prepare Lawsuits Against Obama’s Climate Policy – The New York Times.

‘Calling climate change a “problem which human beings created,” the 80-year-old Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader said all of humanity was now responsible for taking action. But instead, he said, “we are relying on praying to God or to Buddha. Sometimes I feel this is very illogical.”‘

via Dalai Lama calls action on climate a ‘human responsibility’ – US News.

‘…Following separate lines of evidence and document trails, they’ve reached the same bombshell conclusion: ExxonMobil, the world’s largest and most powerful oil company, knew everything there was to know about climate change by the mid-1980s, and then spent the next few decades systematically funding climate denial and lying about the state of the science.’

via Exxon Knew Everything There Was to Know About Climate Change by the Mid-1980s—and Denied It | The Nation.

‘…The latest UT Energy Poll released this morning reveals that U.S. attitudes on climate change have shifted significantly – and not just in the ways you might expect. Seventy-six percent of Americans now say that climate change is occurring–an increase from 68 percent just one year ago.’

via Over 3 out of 4 Americans Now Acknowledge Climate Change Is Occurring–Including the Majority of Republicans – Plugged In – Scientific American Blog Network.

‘Frustration ran high Wednesday at the snail’s pace of talks for a climate rescue pact, with three days left for diplomats to craft a blueprint for a year-end UN summit.’

via Frustration mounts as time runs out at climate talks.

‘…The formation of yet another bloc, just a few weeks before world leaders are supposed to meet in Paris to hammer out a global climate accord, did not seem to bode well for an agreement. And, indeed, this week, at a set of pre-Paris talks in Bonn, negotiations took a new and decidedly acrimonious turn.’

via The Bumpy Road to Paris – The New Yorker.

‘France has launched an unprecedented diplomatic drive to shepherd nations big and small towards a major climate change deal, ahead of a Paris summit next month that is the next major make-or-break moment for the movement against global warming.’

via France launches global drive for climate deal | Environment | The Guardian.

‘…But scientists who study climate change and fire behavior say their work does not show a link between this year’s wildfires and global warming, or support Brown’s assertion that fires are now unpredictable and unprecedented. There is not enough evidence, they say.’

via Gov. Brown’s link between climate change and wildfires is unsupported, fire experts say – LA Times.