Climate Changes Updates 10-11 June 2013
1) China outsources carbon emissions to poorer areas
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22841356
2) Plymouth diesel power stations ‘to help green energy’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-22845487
3) Severn Barrage: Environment and economy benefits ‘unproven’
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-politics-22812911
4) International Energy Agency urges stop-gap climate action
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-22845425
5) Coral Fights Back Gradually From Ocean Heating
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/coral-fights-back-gradually-from-ocean-heating-16098
6) New Climate Data Depict a City More at Risk
7) What to Make of a Warming Plateau
8) Natural disasters not odd coincidences: Column
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2013/06/10/president-obama-climate-change-column/2407783/
9) Wood Not So Green a Biofuel? Logging May Have Greater Impact On Carbon Emissions Than Previously Thought
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130611122103.htm
10) Fetal Neuromaturation Associated With Mother’s Exposure to DDT and Other Environmental Contaminants
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130611111506.htm
11) Fukushima Accident Raised Levels of Radioactive Strontium Off the East Coast of Japan by Up to 100 Times
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130611084207.htm
12) China Is Outsourcing Carbon: Key Findings On Regional, Global Impact of Trade On Environment
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130610152131.htm
13) BREAKING: Sir Robert Smith appointed temporary chair of energy and climate change committee
14) Insight: regional climate models are not completely reliable
http://environmentalresearchweb.org/cws/article/news/53713
15) Volcanic Eruptions Linked to Cold Weather Events
http://www.enn.com/ecosystems/article/46080
16) Are Airlines doing enough to cut emissions?
http://www.enn.com/pollution/article/46082
17) US and China agree historic HFC climate change deal
http://www.businessgreen.com/bg/news/2273729/us-and-china-agree-historic-climate-change-deal
18) A Miss by Myles: Why Professor Allen is wrong to think carbon capture and storage will solve the climate crisis
http://www.skepticalscience.com/MissbyMyles.html
19) UN climate talks collapse amid acrimony in Bonn
http://www.rtcc.org/un-climate-talks-collapse-amid-acrimony-in-bonn/
20) Russian climate negotiator brands UNFCCC rules row “nonsense”
http://www.rtcc.org/russian-climate-envoy-brands-unfccc-rules-row-nonsense/
21) Analysis: is cleaner coal a climate change fix?
http://www.rtcc.org/analysis-is-cleaner-coal-a-climate-change-fix/
22) Ban Ki-moon hails work of climate scientists
http://www.rtcc.org/ban-ki-moon-hails-work-of-climate-scientists/
23) Global Floods of the Future
http://news.discovery.com/earth/global-warming/flooded-future-130610.htm
24) News
- Presidents Obama and Xi Jinping Agree to Phase Down HFCs under Montreal Protocol
- Federal Agencies Increase the Social Cost of Carbon
- USDA Offers New Support for Emissions Reductions and Adaptation Efforts in Agriculture Sector
- U.S. Forest Service: Climate Change Causing Longer Fire Seasons
- UN Working on Standardized Inventory of Black Carbon
- Aviation Industry Calls for International Carbon Trading System
- Developed Nations Contribute Nearly $40 Billion to UN Climate Finance Goal
- DOE Releases New Standards for Microwaves
- Study: Earth “Very Likely” to Warm More than Two Degrees Celsius by End of Century
- Two Degree Goal No Longer Realistic
- Leaks Could Reduce Climate Benefits of Natural Gas
- Study Finds Climate Change Since 1970 Driven by CFCs
- CO2 Emissions Linked to Rise in Global Foliage Cover
- Other Headlines