Climate Changes Updates 17 December
News
- Senator Boxer to Form a Climate Change Caucus
- Senate Superstorm Sandy Appropriations Bill Acknowledges Climate Risk
- EPA Releases 2012 Climate Change Indicators Report
- U.S. Climate Delegation Met with ICAO to Discuss Aviation GHG Emissions
- Environmental Groups Say Keystone XL Pipeline Review Must Consider Climate Change Impacts
- Northeast States Notify EPA They Plan to Sue to Spur Regulation of Methane Emissions
- EIA Report Projects Emissions Cuts, Shift in Power Generation Portfolio
- Security Assessment Finds that Conflicts Could Increase as Temperatures Rise
- NOAA: 2012 Virtually Certain to Be Warmest Year on Record for United States
- Summer Greenland Ice Sheet Melt Caused by Arctic Wildfires
- Winter Sports Industry Faces Uncertain Future
- Poll Finds that Nearly 80 Percent of Americans Think Climate Change is Occurring
- EESI Holds Briefing about Insurance Industry Perspectives on Extreme Weather
- Conclusions from COP 18: Doha Renews Kyoto Protocol, Postpones Tough Decisions
- Other Headlines
1. Extreme Climate Predicted in Eastern U.S.: Storms, Heat Waves With Global Warming
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121217121732.htm
2. Investigating Ocean Currents Using Uranium-236 from the 1960s
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121217121611.htm
3. Boreal Bird Species of Conservation Concern Affected by Climate Change
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/12/121217110724.htm
4. Secretary of Hope: John Kerry on climate change
http://www.rtcc.org/secretary-of-hope-john-kerry-on-climate-change/
5. Loss and damage: Doha deal signals adaptation is not enough
http://www.rtcc.org/loss-and-damage-doha-deal-signals-adaptation-is-not-enough/
6. Christiana Figueres: Global deal on climate complex but possible
http://www.rtcc.org/figueres-time-to-ditch-the-politics-of-blame-and-size-opportunity/
7. Demonstrating the future of ‘clean coal’
8. Tiny solution for climate change shown to be a big waste of money
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/tiny-solution-for-climate-change-shown-to-be-a-big-waste-of-money-20121216-2bhkw.html#ixzz2FNDIkr2Q
9. The Top 10 Water Issues of 2012
http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/12/top-10-water-issues-2012/
10. Arctic Hurricanes and Climate
http://www.enn.com/climate/article/45351
11. Sandy’s lessons for researchers and coastal communities
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/51849
12. Fracking: what rest of the world does
13. India, developing nations worried over consensus being buried in climate talks