Climate Changes Updates 23 October 2013

1)  It’s easy to keep U.S. carbon emissions flat. Sadly, that’s not enough.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/30/its-easy-to-keep-u-s-carbon-emissions-flat-until-2040-sadly-thats-not-enough/

2)  Major Study Projects No Long-Term Climate Benefit From Shale Gas Revolution

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/10/18/2800751/climate-benefit-shale-gas-revolution/

3)  Methane leaks are undermining the shale-gas boom. Here’s how to fix that.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/04/04/methane-leaks-are-undermining-the-shale-gas-boom-heres-how-to-fix-it/

• VIEW: Global warming is real —S P Seth

http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=20131023story_23-10-2013_pg3_2

• Fathom spotlight: Shipping and climate change – friend or foe?

http://www.tehrantimes.com/science/111647-fathom-spotlight-shipping-and-climate-change-friend-or-foe

6)  Fox News defends global warming false balance by denying the 97% consensus

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/climate-consensus-97-per-cent/2013/oct/23/climate-change-climate-change-scepticism

7)  Global Climate-Change Finance Fell Last Year, Study Shows

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-21/global-climate-change-finance-fell-1-in-2012-study-says.html

8)  Mystery of the ‘Missing’ Global Warming

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-23/mystery-of-the-missing-global-warming.html

9)  Reversing climate change even more difficult than it might sound

http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/10/reversing-climate-change-even-more-difficult-than-it-might-sound/

• Liberal Denial on Climate Change and Energy

http://www.nationalreview.com/article/361929/liberal-denial-climate-change-and-energy-jeremy-carl

11)                    One Year After Sandy—Ignoring Climate Change at Our Own Peril

http://www.thenation.com/blog/176767/one-year-after-sandy-ignoring-climate-change-our-own-peril

12)                   Life on the Edge of Climate Change: An Up Close Look at Being Climate Refugees

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/babs-roaming-buffalo-bagwell/life-on-the-edge-of-climate_b_4136709.html

13)                   Harvard’s Silence on Climate Change: Donor Savvy or Bad Strategy?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carol-pierson-holding/harvards-silence-on-clima_b_4140278.html

14)                   Ron Johnson’s climate change denials may not fly with voters

http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/denying-climate-change-facts-may-not-fly-with-voters-b99125687z1-228785021.html#ixzz2icFoB88f

 

15)                   UN urges more collaboration against climate change

http://www.china.org.cn/environment/2013-10/23/content_30375705.htm

16)                   United States urges flexibility in new global climate deal

http://news.yahoo.com/united-states-urges-flexibility-global-climate-deal-120101744–finance.html

17)                   U.S. Rejects Rigid Rules as ‘Roadblock’ to Climate Treaty

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-10-22/u-s-rejects-rigid-rules-as-roadblock-to-climate-treaty.html

18)                   Australia fire crews face extreme weather in NSW

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24632130

19)                   People Don’t Put a High Value On Climate Protection

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/10/131023090710.htm

• Climate leaders face “Custer’s last stand” as UN talks approach

http://www.rtcc.org/2013/10/23/climate-leaders-face-custers-last-stand-as-un-talks-approach/

• USA reveals red lines for 2015 climate change deal

http://www.rtcc.org/2013/10/23/usa-reveals-red-lines-for-2015-climate-change-detail/