‘RALEIGH, N.C. — Federal prosecutors have broadened their criminal investigation of state environmental regulators after a massive coal ash spill Feb. 2 that contaminated the Dan River in North Carolina, issuing 20 more subpoenas demanding documents about communications and possible payments and gifts.’

via U.S. widens inquiry of Duke Energy’s coal ash spill in North Carolina – latimes.com.

‘JAKARTA, Indonesia — Secretary of State John Kerry urged Indonesia on Sunday to take steps to combat climate change, warning that failure to act would jeopardize the nation’s resources and damage its economy.’

via Kerry Implores Indonesia on Climate Change Peril – NYTimes.com.

‘Melting Arctic sea ice has contributed considerably more to warming at the top of the world than previously predicted by climate models, according to a new analysis of 30 years of satellite observations.’

via Warming from Arctic Sea Ice Melting More Dramatic than Thought | LiveScience.

‘JAKARTA, Indonesia AP — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday called climate change perhaps the world’s “most fearsome” destructive weapon and mocked those who deny its existence or question its causes, comparing them to people who insist the Earth is flat.’

via John Kerry mocks those who deny climate change – Yahoo Finance.

‘For the first time, experiments have produced more energy from fusion reactions than the amount of energy put into the fusion fuel, scientists at the federally funded Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California said.’

via U.S. Scientists Reach ‘Turning Point’ In Quest For Fusion Energy.

‘Stronger Pacific Ocean winds may help explain the slowdown in the rate of global warming since the turn of the century, scientists said.’

via Global-Warming Slowdown Due to Pacific Winds, Study Shows – Bloomberg.

‘WASHINGTON — A long-awaited environmental review of the Keystone XL oil pipeline released Friday by the State Department found the project would probably have a negligible impact on climate change, bolstering the case for the controversial project as it heads to the White House for a decision on its construction.’

via Keystone XL oil pipeline gets boost from State Department review – latimes.com.

‘WASHINGTON—An Obama administration analysis of the Keystone XL pipeline said the project would not likely change the amount of oil ultimately removed from Canadian oil sands, suggesting that building the pipeline would have little impact on global climate change.’

via Keystone Pipeline Report Predicts Little Climate Impact – WSJ.com.

‘WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency monitored the communications of other governments ahead of and during the 2009 United Nations climate negotiations in Copenhagen, Denmark, according to the latest document from whistleblower Edward Snowden.’

via Snowden Docs: U.S. Spied On Negotiators At 2009 Climate Summit.

‘(Reuters) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday appointed former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg as his special envoy for cities and climate change, in a bid to build momentum ahead of a planned U.N. conference in September.’

via United Nations appoints former NYC Mayor Bloomberg cities, climate change envoy | Reuters.