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
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
7) Obama plan offers help to U.S. cities on climate’s front lines
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
13) Limiting the impact of climate change action
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
- 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- Russia: New UN climate deal could be ‘outdated’ from start
http://www.rtcc.org/russia-new-un-climate-deal-could-be-outdated-from-start/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
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
23) Antarctic ice shelves collapsing from warming waters
Taking the oveeivrw, this post hits the spot