‘In the clearest sign to date the administration sees no long-range future for fossil fuel, the state department climate change envoy, Todd Stern, said the world would have no choice but to forgo developing reserves of oil, coal and gas.’

via Obama’s climate change envoy: fossil fuels will have to stay in the ground | Environment | The Guardian.

‘(Reuters) – Fiscal incentives for carbon capture should be part of the global climate change agreement that replaces the Kyoto Protocol, 56 countries belonging to the U.N. Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) said in a statement on Tuesday.’

via 56 countries seek carbon capture incentives in next climate deal | Reuters.

‘Championed by Professor Mary Christina Wood in the Law School at the University of Oregon, the concept of Atmospheric Trust Litigation reasons that a government elected by the people has a duty to protect the natural systems required for their survival (Our Children’s Trust).’

via Atmospheric Trust Litigation — Can We Sue Ourselves Over Climate Change?.

‘WASHINGTON AP — Despite a bitter U.S. cold snap, the globe is rushing hell-bent toward its warmest year on record with last month setting the fifth monthly heat record of the year.’

via NOAA: Globe sets 5th hottest-month record of 2014 – Yahoo News.

‘BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Some of the country’s first gas-pump warning labels about climate change are coming to Berkeley, a city with a long history of green and clean policies.’

via City OKs plan for gas-pump climate change labels – Yahoo News.

‘The United States and China sprang a surprise last week with their secretly-negotiated deal to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Although cheered as “historic milestone in the global fight against climate change,” “the real deal,” a “landmark,” “ambitious,” and “game-changer” by western media, the agreement received a less than enthusiastic response in India.’

via Indians are not impressed with US-China climate deal | Janaki Lenin | Environment | The Guardian.

‘…For McConnell (Ky.) and other GOP critics, regulation of carbon emissions is a pocketbook issue where constituents’ short-term interests must prevail. They reject or minimize the arguments of leading scientists that such emissions are directly linked to global warming and climate change and could have catastrophic long-term consequences.’

via The moral issue of climate change – The Washington Post.

‘…rather than reclaim these hills or rethink their exploitation, the government is digging deeper in a coal rush that could push the world into irreversible climate change and make India’s cities, already among the world’s most polluted, even more unlivable, scientists say.’

via Coal Rush in India Could Tip Balance on Climate Change – NYTimes.com.

‘Climate change threatens to worsen the severity and duration of floods in low-lying Bangladesh.’

‘Floating farms — and produce that can flourish in flood conditions — are a way to help Bangladeshis live with rising waters.’

via Farming on Water to Prevent the Effects of Climate Change – NYTimes.com.

‘Studies conducted on a ranch in the heart of Marin County and led by UC Berkeley researchers and alums seem to confirm what home gardeners have long suspected: Compost really can save the world.’

via New Global Warming Remedy: Turning Rangelands into Carbon-Sucking Vacuums | California Magazine.