News Roundup
‘BRUSSELS, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Once a clear environmental leader, the European Union is likely to set a more cautious tone for the global debate on a U.N. climate deal when it unveils a new chunk of green energy law early next year.’
via EU more cautious as nations approach 2030 climate targets | Reuters.
‘CEBU, Philippines — One of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded now appears to have devastated cities, towns and fishing villages with heavy loss of life when it played a deadly form of hopscotch across the islands of the central Philippines on Friday.’
via Devastation Feared Across Central Philippines in Typhoon’s Wake – NYTimes.com.
‘WASHINGTON — Dan Utech, a long-time Washington insider, has been named as President Obama’s new advisor on energy and climate change, a White House official said.’
via Obama appoints new energy and climate change advisor – latimes.com.
‘If all of the ice in the world melted, sea levels would raise some 216 feet. But what exactly would that look like? And more specifically, what would such a worse-case scenario mean for the Earth’s population?’
via What the world would look like if all ice melted | The Sideshow – Yahoo News.
‘Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Gov. Jerry Brown are among the state and local leaders named to a national task force that will recommend steps the federal government can take to help communities cope with climate change.’
via Obama appoints Brown, Garcetti to climate-change task force – latimes.com.
‘The World Bank can sometimes come across as a lumbering bureaucratic beast, so it’s refreshing that the woman tasked with co-ordinating its climate change strategy is a straight-talking, no-nonsense campaigner with a warrior-like spirit.’
‘The leaders of three Pacific Coast states and British Columbia have announced a broad alliance to combat climate change, including new joint steps to raise the cost of greenhouse gas pollution, promote zero-emission vehicles and push for the use of cleaner-burning fuels in transportation.’
via Climate Pact Is Signed by 3 States and a Partner – NYTimes.com.
‘The White House is expected to take new steps on Friday to help society adapt to global warming, an acknowledgment that worldwide efforts to control emissions will be inadequate to head off big climatic shifts.’
via White House Will Focus on Climate Shifts While Trying to Cut Greenhouse Gases – NYTimes.com.
BERKELEY, Calif. — THE global warming crowd has a problem. For all of its warnings, and despite a steady escalation of greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere, the planet’s average surface temperature has remained pretty much the same for the last 15 years.
‘The latest international climate-change report has upped the expectations for rising sea levels as the globe warms — a change scientists anticipated thanks to an improved understanding of the potential contribution from melting ice sheets.’
via Rough Waters Ahead: Climate Change Report Ups Sea-Level Projections – Yahoo News.