Cooler Pacific ‘Is Slowing Warming’

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Aug 31, 2013 Climatologists are puzzled that greenhouse gas emissions continue unabated, while the atmosphere is warming more slowly than they expected. Now two scientists in the U.S. think they know why. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Warming Slows: No Surprise Yet

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jul 26, 2013 British scientists have confirmed that global warming has slowed down earlier than they thought it would, but say it is within the limits of uncertainty they had expected. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

2°C Climate Target ‘Is Half What’s Needed’

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Jul 5, 2013 Swiss scientists say attempts to stop the rise in global average temperature exceeding 2°C over preindustrial levels are far too timid. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Terracide and the Terrarists: Destroying the Planet for Record Profits

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch May 23, 2013 We have a word for the conscious slaughter of a racial or ethnic group, and one for the conscious destruction of aspects of the environment. But we don’t have one for the conscious act of destroying the planet we live on. “Terracide,” from the Latin word for earth, has the right ring, given its similarity to the commonplace danger word of our era: terrorist. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Flight Paths Are Set to Get Bumpier

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Apr 12, 2013 As growing carbon dioxide emissions continue to warm the climate, more aircraft are likely to encounter turbulence in flight, meaning bumpier and perhaps longer journeys for passengers. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Poorest Nations Say Yes to Emissions Cuts

By Alex Kirby, Climate News Network Mar 30, 2013 The Group of Least Developed Countries, a key partner in the long-running United Nations climate talks, is willing to agree to the industrialized world's core demand on cutting greenhouse gas emissions. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

China’s CO2 Emissions Higher Than They Seemed

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 13, 2012 A paper published this week in Nature Climate Change shows China’s carbon emissions could be 20 percent higher than previous estimates, a disparity that would cast doubts on current predictions of the pace of climate change. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

EPA Sharpens Its Regulatory Teeth

Staff / Truthdig Dec 25, 2010 Though it was politically vague and took no immediate action, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it will put some regulatory pressure on power plants and oil refineries to limit greenhouse gas emissions by the end of 2012. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Sen Dems Delay Climate Bill

Staff / Truthdig Jul 23, 2010 Both hippies and people who enjoy clean air alike will be dismayed at the news from Senate Democrats that they will wait until September to pursue the broad climate change legislation that has been on the Democrats' "to-do" list since the 2008 election. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

China Sets Its Greenhouse Gas Target

Staff / Truthdig Nov 27, 2009 A day after the Obama administration issued a provisional target for greenhouse gases, China -- the world's largest emitter of gases -- has jumped on the bandwagon and announced it too has set a target to slow its gas emissions by 2020. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Obama to Make a Cameo in Copenhagen

Staff / Truthdig Nov 26, 2009 The United States will take part, after all, in next month's United Nations climate summit in Copenhagen President Barack Obama will attend the meeting, if only for a day, to do his part for the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the White House also announced (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Climate Expert to Obama: Come to Copenhagen

Staff / Truthdig Oct 27, 2009 President Obama may think he's skipping December's United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen, but one Lord Stern of Brentford has a message for him and other world leaders taking a stubborn stance on the subject. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )