‘The centerpiece of the plan is a push to issue new regulations that would curb greenhouse-gas emissions from new and existing power plants, according to people briefed on the plan by the administration.’

via Clock ticking for Obama climate change push – Yahoo! News.

‘NEW DELHI (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged fast-growing India to work with Washington to tackle climate change and develop green technologies, on the eve of talks on trade and regional security.’

via Kerry urges climate change action on eve of India talks – Yahoo! News.

‘WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Barack Obama will target carbon emissions from power plants as part of a second-term climate change agenda expected to be rolled out in the next few weeks, his top energy and climate adviser said on Wednesday.’

via New U.S. climate strategy coming within weeks: Obama adviser – Yahoo! News.

‘What goes up and doesn’t come down? Greenhouse gas emissions, apparently. The world set another record in 2012, spewing some 31.6 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide, methane, hydrofluorocarbons and other greenhouse gases into the air.’

via Climate Change Getting Worse by the Minute – Yahoo! News.

‘BONN, Germany (AP) — From Bangkok to Miami, cities and coastal areas across the globe are already building or planning defenses to protect millions of people and key infrastructure from more powerful storm surges and other effects of global warming.’

via Beyond NYC: Other places adapting to climate, too – Yahoo! News.

‘WASHINGTON (AP) — Efforts to curb global warming have quietly shifted as greenhouse gases inexorably rise.

The conversation is no longer solely about how to save the planet by cutting carbon emissions. It’s becoming more about how to save ourselves from the warming planet’s wild weather.’

via Climate talk shifts from curbing CO2 to adapting – Yahoo! News.

‘The price of extreme weather events continues to rise. Superstorm Sandy and the ongoing drought made 2012 the second costliest weather and climate disaster year since 1980, racking up more than $110 billion in damage.’

via Tab for 2012’s extreme weather events: $110 billion-plus – latimes.com.

‘(Reuters) – Many species of birds, amphibians and corals not currently under threat will be at risk from climate change and have been wrongly omitted from conservation planning, an international study said on Wednesday.’

via Many thriving species at risk from climate change-study | Reuters.

‘(Reuters) – China and the United States took a major step in the fight against climate change over the weekend, but what was termed a “breakthrough” might not do much in the longer term to lock in legally binding carbon emission cuts from the world’s two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases.’

via U.S.-China climate deal called breakthrough but no long-term cuts yet | Reuters.