‘Carbon dioxide emissions from the nation’s energy sector rose about 2% in 2013 after declining for several years, federal energy officials reported Monday.’

via U.S. carbon emissions rose 2% in 2013 after years of decline – latimes.com.

‘…the fact is this: Global warming is running at a rate of 400,000 A-bombs hitting Planet Earth daily, dangerously overheating our world, day after day after day..

via New ‘War of Worlds’: Capitalism vs. Planet Earth – Paul B. Farrell – MarketWatch.

‘WASHINGTON — As a young naval officer in Vietnam, John Kerry commanded a Swift boat up the dangerous rivers of the Mekong Delta. But when he returned there last month as secretary of state for the first time since 1969, he spoke not of past firefights but of climate change.’

via Kerry Quietly Makes Priority of Climate Pact – NYTimes.com.

‘Uttar Pradesh in northern India is among states expanding solar generation to meet government-set targets. The country, which suffers peak-hour power shortages of as much as 25 percent in some regions, is developing large-scale renewable plants to diversify its energy mix and reduce a current-account deficit exacerbated by fuel imports.’

via India’s Uttar Pradesh Signs Contracts for Solar Plants – Bloomberg.

‘The U.S. Department of Energy announced that it has selected NuScale Power as its second winner in the agency’s public-private partnership program to support the development of small modular reactors (or, SMR). The award includes a five-year cost-sharing program including up to $226 million in funding — DOE will provide 50 percent of the cost of the project and requires matching funding from the company.’

via DOE Announces Funding for Small Nuclear Reactors.

‘Methane, the primary constituent of natural gas, can escape during extraction, processing, and distribution. These emissions have the potential to eliminate the carbon advantage of gas over coal and oil. There is heated debate over the extent to which this potential is being realized. A new study suggests that more methane is leaking out of the natural gas supply system than we previously thought.’

via Natural gas: Not all it’s fracked up to be? | Energy Economics Exchange.

‘Thirty years of shrinking Arctic sea ice has boosted extreme summer weather, including heat waves and drought, in the United States and elsewhere, according to a study published today Dec. 8 in the journal Nature Climate Change.’

via Shrinking Arctic Sea Ice Means Scorching US Summers – Yahoo News.

‘An ambitious plan to construct an offshore wind farm about 14 miles off the coast of South Wales has been abandoned.’

via Showdown Over UK’s Green Energy Subsidies Derail Plans For Offshore Wind Farm – Forbes.

‘…Talks culminated in the Warsaw international mechanism for loss and damage to help vulnerable countries deal with impacts of climate change such as extreme weather events and sea level rise but details have been pushed to 2016; there was a lacklustre commitment of $72.5 million by six European countries to help countries adapt to climate change. Work on the new agreement was stymied with political questions unanswered.’

via Warsaw meet: Outcome from climate change talks remains fuzzy – The Economic Times.