Global warming may cause unprecedented disruptions to marine life
According to a report in the Washington Post on June 1 2015, continued ocean warming may cause disruptions to marine life on a scale not seen in the last 3 million years.The extinction of some of the ocean’s keystone species and an influx of invasive...
USEPA Carbon regulations to create tens of thousands of jobs
On June 9, 2015, a report from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) stated that The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Clean Power Plan will create approximately 100,000 more jobs than are lost by 2020.Coal mining and coal fired power plant jobs will face the...
$150 billion program to make clean energy cheaper than coal
A consortium of scientists and economists including former BP Chief Executive Officer John Browne are inviting Governments to join a $150 billion 10 year program to make clean energy cheaper than coal. Known as the Global Apollo Program to Combat Climate Change, it will fund...
Like coffee? You may need to find an alternative
According to a report in the Guardian on May 31 2015, this year’s coffee growing season in Vietnam has been a disaster. A local farmer interviewed for the story stated that it was the worst drought he had seen in more than 10 years and...
China’s emissions may decrease ahead of schedule
According to research by the London School of Economics, greenhouse gas emissions in China may peak five years earlier that the original target of 2020. The findings increased the odds of avoiding warming beyond 2°C above pre-industrial levels, according to the School. The 2°C is...
New climate “normal”-its no longer negotiable
A newly published World Bank report entitled “Turn down the heat: Confronting the New Climate Normal" has made plain the reality of “the new normal” under climate change, and sorry, its no longer negotiable.The report focuses on the risks that climate change poses in Latin...