‘German cleantech company Sunfire GmbH has unveiled a machine that converts water and carbon dioxide into synthetic petroleum-based fuels.’

via ‘Miracle’ tech turns water into fuel – CNET.

‘FIVE years ago next month, disagreement between America and China, the world’s biggest greenhouse-gas emitters, scuppered the UN’s Copenhagen climate-change conference. On November 11th Presidents Barack Obama and Xi Jinping announced a deal on carbon emissions. This is welcome, with two caveats: China has not conceded much, and Congress will do its best to prevent America from delivering what the president has promised.’

via Climate change: Dealing with denial | The Economist.

‘BEIJING — The United States and China are the world’s two largest economies, two largest consumers of energy, and two largest emitters of greenhouse gases. Together we account for about 40 percent of the world’s emissions.’

via John Kerry: Our Historic Agreement With China on Climate Change – NYTimes.com.

‘WASHINGTON — President Obama’s landmark agreement with China to cut greenhouse gas pollution is a bet by the president and Democrats that on the issue of climate change, American voters are far ahead of Washington’s warring factions and that the environment will be a winning cause in the 2016 presidential campaign.’

via In Climate Deal With China, Obama May Set 2016 Theme – NYTimes.com.

‘BEIJING — China and the United States made common cause on Wednesday against the threat of climate change, staking out an ambitious joint plan to curb carbon emissions as a way to spur nations around the world to make their own cuts in greenhouse gases.’

via U.S. and China Reach Climate Accord After Months of Talks – NYTimes.com.

‘In a surprise announcement Tuesday night, the world’s two biggest economies and greenhouse gas emitters, United States and China, said they will partner closely on a broad-ranging package of plans to fight climate change, including new targets to reduce carbon pollution, according to a statement from the White House.’

via BREAKING: The US and China Just Announced a Huge Deal on Climate—and It’s a Game Changer | Mother Jones.

‘GREENBELT, Md. — I’M a climate scientist and a former astronaut. Not surprisingly, I have a deep respect for well-tested theories and facts. In the climate debate, these things have a way of getting blurred in political discussions.’

via Wobbling on Climate Change – NYTimes.com.

‘New Delhi (AFP) – Moves by India’s new right-wing government to block Greenpeace funds and weaken environmental protection laws send a “chilling message”, the head of the lobby group said Monday, as he urged the prime minister to release the money.’

via Indian govt sending ‘chilling message’ on environment: Greenpeace – Yahoo News.

‘Some effects of climate change are obvious, such as warming temperatures, melting ice caps, and rising sea levels. But other impacts are more surprising.’

via How Climate Change Will Screw The World – Business Insider.