‘…The complaint argues that the 47 companies should be held accountable for the effects of their greenhouse gas emissions in the Philippines and demands that they explain how human rights violations resulting from climate change will be “eliminated, remedied and prevented.”‘

Source: World Carbon Producers Face Landmark Rights Case | Climate Central

‘If you watched the political conventions during the past two weeks, you heard a lot about isis and national security and police and race and jobs. You didn’t hear much, though, about climate change, despite the fact that it’s arguably the most consequential long-term problem the U.S. faces, and one that requires government action.’

Source: Where Was Climate Change at the Party Conventions? – The New Yorker

‘…Kaine supports offshore oil drilling and fast-tracking natural gas export terminals, but he was also considered instrumental in the battle against the Keystone XL oil pipeline. When he was governor of Virginia, his administration backed one of the last coal plants built in the country. At the same time, he supported renewable energy and instituted the first-ever climate change commission in Virginia to bring together environmentalists and power companies to chart a way forward on cutting greenhouse gas levels.’

Source: Tim Kaine’s Climate Record Is All over the Map – Scientific American

‘…The mess in Florida is only the latest in a string of algae blooms that some experts think are increasing in frequency and in severity. An immense plume of blue-green algae covered a 636-mile stretch of the Ohio River in September.’

Source: Algae blooms intensified by human activity, possibly climate change | The Columbus Dispatch

‘It’s no news that Greenland is in serious trouble — but now, new research has helped quantify just how bad its problems are. A satellite study, published last week in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, suggests that the Greenland ice sheet lost a whopping 1 trillion tonnes of ice between the years 2011 and 2014 alone.’

Source: Climate change: Greenland loses a trillion tonnes of ice in four years as melting rate triples | Environment | The Independent

“…Between January 2011 and December 2014 we estimate that the Greenland Ice Sheet lost an average of 269 ± 51 Gt/yr of snow and ice. The observed deficit indicates an annual contribution of 0.74 ± 0.14 mm/yr to global mean sea level, which is approximately double the 1992–2011 mean”

Source: A high-resolution record of Greenland mass balance – McMillan – 2016 – Geophysical Research Letters – Wiley Online Library

‘CLEVELAND — Audible groans could be heard among Republican convention delegates on the GOP platform committee when it’s chair, Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY), said that Democrats were planning to include climate change in their party platform.’

Source: GOP Platform Committee Mocks Dems For Including Climate Change In Platform

‘Harvard Professor of the History of Science Naomi Oreskes will be awarded the sixth annual Stephen H. Schneider Award for Outstanding Climate Science Communication, Climate One at the Commonwealth Club announced today.’

Source: Professor honored for work on climate change consensus | Harvard Gazette

‘Southern Bangladesh, Bangladesh - As one of the world’s most densely populated countries, situated over the large delta where three of Asia’s biggest rivers –  the Ganges, Brahmaputra, and Meghna - meet, Bangladesh feels the effects of a changing climate intensely.’

Source: Surviving climate change in Bangladesh – Al Jazeera English

‘…The vanishing of Lake Poopó threatens the very identity of the Uru-Murato people, the oldest indigenous group in the area. They adapted over generations to the conquests of the Inca and the Spanish, but seem unable to adjust to the abrupt upheaval climate change has caused.’

Source: Climate Change Claims a Lake, and an Identity – The New York Times