Climate Changes Updates 26-27 June 2013

1)     What is fracking and why is it controversial?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14432401

2)     UK given carbon emissions warning

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-23057542

3)     IEA: Global renewable energy growing fast

http://www.sfgate.com/business/energy/article/IEA-Global-renewable-energy-growing-fast-4623059.php

4)     Wild Alaskan weather intensifies climate debate

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23747-wild-alaskan-weather-intensifies-climate-debate.html#.Uc0vi9iQDFw

5)     Climate target No. 1: coal

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-climate-change-obama-20130626,0,3767714.story

6)     Obama’s climate plan may boost carbon trade

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/carbon-economy/obamas-climate-plan-may-boost-carbon-trade-20130627-2oyie.html

7)     Obama plan offers help to U.S. cities on climate’s front lines

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/06/25/us-usa-climate-cities-idUSBRE95O1I420130625?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews

8)     Algae Shows Promise as Pollution-Fighter, Fuel-Maker

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627141728.htm

9)     Global Warming May Affect Soil Microbe Survival, With Unknown Consequences On Soil Fertility and Erosion

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130627141722.htm

10)                        Big Environmental Footprints: 21 Percent of Homes Account for 50 Percent of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130626142944.htm

11)                        Climate Tug of War Disrupting Australian Atmospheric Circulation Patterns

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/06/130626113658.htm

12)                        Obama unveils sweeping climate plan

http://www.smh.com.au/environment/climate-change/obama-unveils-sweeping-climate-plan-20130626-2ovsl.html

13)                        Limiting the impact of climate change action

http://www.smh.com.au/business/carbon-economy/limiting-the-impact-of-climate-change-action-20130625-2ov72.html

14)                        Climate change disruption driving Starbuck’s sustainability agenda

http://www.edie.net/news/6/Climate-change-disruption-driving-Starbuck-s-sustainability-agenda-/

15)                        After Long Wait, Obama Lays Out Fight Against Climate Change

http://www.enn.com/climate/article/46149

16)                        Recycle food waste to hit climate change targets, say advisers

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/climatechange/10141221/Recycle-food-waste-to-hit-climate-change-targets-say-advisers.html

• Desert offers clue to species’ climate survival

http://www.rtcc.org/desert-offers-clue-to-species-climate-survival/

• Climate change to make India monsoons worse

http://www.rtcc.org/climate-change-to-make-india-monsoons-worse/

• Russia: New UN climate deal could be ‘outdated’ from start

http://www.rtcc.org/russia-new-un-climate-deal-could-be-outdated-from-start/

20)                        Success! Obama’s Climate Plan Includes Reducing Carbon Pollution

: http://www.care2.com/causes/success-obamas-climate-plan-includes-reducing-carbon-pollution.html#ixzz2XUkEh01c

21)                        Emissions trading in China: risky, difficult, but necessary

http://theconversation.com/emissions-trading-in-china-risky-difficult-but-necessary-13891

22)                        Arctic thaw presents a massive methane danger zone

http://www.dailyplanetmedia.com/index.php/daily-news-archive/608-arctic-thaw-presents-a-massive-methane-danger-zone.html#.Uc1A49iQDFw

23)                        Antarctic ice shelves collapsing from warming waters

http://www.dailyplanetmedia.com/index.php/daily-news-archive/605-antarctic-ice-shelves-collapsing-from-warming-waters.html#.Uc1BWNiQDFw