‘The all-night session was the latest effort by the group, which is working with a parallel House caucus, to elevate the issue of global warming. The members know that serious climate change legislation stands no chance of passage in this divided Congress, where many lawmakers in the Republican-majority House deny the science of human-caused global warming.’

via Senate Democrats’ All-Nighter Flags Climate Change – NYTimes.com.

‘Washington AFP – Dozens of US lawmakers eager to make climate change a major political issue will begin an all-night Senate session Monday urging Washington to enact legislation that reduces the threat of global warming.’

via US lawmakers to hold all-nighter on climate change – Yahoo News.

‘Washington AFP – US Secretary of State John Kerry has called on American ambassadors around the world to make the fight against climate change a top priority ahead of new UN talks next year.’

via Kerry urges US envoys to make climate change a priority – Yahoo News.

‘The U.S. solar industry had its best year ever in 2013, growing 41 percent from a year earlier. A new report released by the Solar Energy Industries Association SEIA and GTM Research show that a record 4,751 megawatts of photovoltaic solar power were installed last year.’

via Solar Industry Has Record Year in 2013.

‘WASHINGTON — As international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions stall, schemes to slow global warming using fantastical technologies once dismissed as a sideshow are getting serious consideration in Washington.’

via Climate engineering ideas no longer considered pie in the sky – latimes.com.

‘Solar Energy Corp. of India, the state-run company spearheading the industry’s development, signed an agreement with Andhra Pradesh Industrial Infrastructure Corp. for a solar park in the state that will have 1,000 megawatts of power capacity, as well as factories to produce modules and cells, Rajendra Nimje, managing director of SECI, said in an interview.’

via India to Add Solar Manufacturing at Andhra Pradesh Park – Bloomberg.

‘On Monday, the US Supreme Court took up a case examining whether the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) exceeded its regulatory power when it sought to expand the use of the Clean Air Act to regulate the release of greenhouse gases that scientists say are causing global warming.’

via Did EPA overstep in tackling global warming? Supreme Court sharply split. (+video) – CSMonitor.com.

‘WASHINGTON — In trying to decide whether the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority under two programs to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from stationary sources like power plants, the Supreme Court on Monday faced what Justice Elena Kagan called “the conundrum here.”’

via For the Supreme Court, a Case Poses a Puzzle on the E.P.A.’s Authority – NYTimes.com.

‘Cooling caused by volcanic eruptions accounts for 15 percent of the recent global warming “pause,” the mismatch between actual warming and climate-model predictions, according to a new study.’

via Volcanoes Partly to Blame for Global Warming ‘Pause’ – Yahoo News.

‘WASHINGTON (AP) — Industry groups and Republican-led states are heading an attack at the Supreme Court against the Obama administration’s sole means of trying to limit power-plant and factory emissions of gases blamed for global warming.’

via High court climate case looks at EPA’s power – Yahoo Finance.