"Japan To Resume Whaling in Antarctic Despite Court Ruling"
"Japan has announced it will resume whaling in the Antarctic early next year after a break of more than a year."
Source: BBC News, 12/01/2015
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"Two-Thirds of Americans Want U.S. to Join Climate Change Pact"
"A solid majority of Americans say the United States should join an international treaty to limit the impact of global warming, but on this and other climate-related questions, opinion divides sharply along partisan lines, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll."
Source: NY Times, 12/01/2015
"E.P.A. Rule Requires a Big Jump in Biofuel Use"
"The Environmental Protection Agency released its much-delayed biofuel mandate on Monday, raising the amounts of biofuel that refiners are required to blend into conventional vehicle fuel from levels proposed in May."
Source: NY Times, 12/01/2015
"With Climate at 'Breaking Point', Leaders Urge Breakthrough in Paris"
"World leaders launched an ambitious attempt on Monday to hold back rising temperatures, with the United States and China leading calls for the climate summit in Paris to mark a decisive turn in the fight against global warming."
Source: Reuters, 12/01/2015
"Climate Talks Get Down To Tough Business of Compromise"
"LE BOURGET, France — From deserts encroaching on African farmland to rising sea levels shrinking islands of the South Pacific, leaders of poor nations most affected by climate change shared their stories of global warming with leaders of some of the richest on Tuesday."
Source: AP, 12/01/2015
As Paris Talks Start, Large Areas of China Choke on Air Pollution
"As the Paris climate change summit kicks off, China, the world’s leading carbon-emitting country, is choked in pollution. The Ministry of Environmental Protection said Sunday that heavy smog had covered China’s north, including Beijing, for three days in a row."
Source: Quartz, 11/30/2015
Coal CEO Thanks Smith, Asks Him to Expand Probe of Climate Scientists
"In recent remarks Robert E. Murray, the chief executive officer of Murray Energy, the largest privately held coal mining company in America, enthusiastically praised Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, the chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology, for leading an investigation into prominent climate scientists and environmental officials."
Source: The Intercept, 11/30/2015
"Key Sticking Points in UN Climate Talks"
"Some 180 countries have already presented plans to cut or rein in their climate-warming greenhouse gas emissions. That's a huge step forward for the U.N. climate talks but a host of difficult issues remain to be resolved before a new climate agreement can be adopted in Paris."
Source: AP, 11/30/2015
French Use Emergency Laws To Put Climate Activists Under House Arrest
"France has put 24 green activists under house arrest ahead of the United Nations climate talks, using emergency laws put in place following the Paris shootings, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Saturday."
Source: Reuters, 11/30/2015
"Holding Warming Under Two Degrees C Is the Goal." Is It Attainable?
"Getting the world’s governments to reach a global agreement at the United Nations’ climate conference in Paris is going to require careful politics, but the effort may be up against an even tougher challenge: mathematics."
Source: Wash Post, 11/30/2015
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