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Obama Blasts Climate Deniers and Calls for a Clean Energy Revolution | Mother Jones

Wednesday, January 13th, 2016

‘Fresh off the historic Paris climate change agreement, President Barack Obama used his final State of the Union address Tuesday night to urge Congress to finally act on global warming.’

Source: Obama Blasts Climate Deniers and Calls for a Clean Energy Revolution | Mother Jones

Erin Brockovich: California Methane Gas Leak is Worst U.S. Environmental Disaster Since BP Oil Spill | Democracy Now!

Monday, January 11th, 2016

‘In the nation’s biggest environmental disaster since the BP oil spill, a runaway natural gas leak above Los Angeles has emitted more than 150 million pounds of methane.’

Source: Erin Brockovich: California Methane Gas Leak is Worst U.S. Environmental Disaster Since BP Oil Spill | Democracy Now!

Aliso Canyon leak is biggest contributor to climate change in California | Environment | The Guardian

Tuesday, January 5th, 2016

‘The broken well at the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage site has released more than 77,000 metric tons of the powerful climate pollutant methane since the rupture was first detected on 23 October, according to a counter created by the Environmental Defense Fund.’

Source: Aliso Canyon leak is biggest contributor to climate change in California | Environment | The Guardian

Climate change altering Greenland ice sheet – The Economic Times

Tuesday, January 5th, 2016

LONDON: Climate change over the last few years has altered the structure of the Greenland ice sheet, causing it to lose its ability to limit mass loss of ice by retaining melt-water, a new study has found.

Source: Climate change altering Greenland ice sheet – The Economic Times