"Pope: Climate Change a Serious Ethical And Moral Responsibility"
Pope Francis told the Lima climate conference that they had a "serious ethical and moral responsibility" to the poor and future generations.
Source: Vatican Radio, 12/12/2014
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"Kerry Tells All Nations To Work on Climate To Avoid ‘Tragedy’"
"U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry made an impassioned plea [Dec. 11] for all nations to work for an ambitious U.N. deal next year to fight climate change, saying time was running out to reverse a course 'leading to tragedy'."
Source: Reuters, 12/12/2014
Led by US, China, Diplomats Teeter on the Edge of a New Climate Regime
"LIMA, Peru -- A funny thing happened on the way to a 2015 climate deal: The wall dividing developed and developing countries crumbled."
Source: ClimateWire, 12/12/2014
"Greens Ask Obama To Go Big on Coal Ash"
"A coalition of environmental groups reminded President Obama Monday that they want him to set set strong standard for coal ash storage."
Source: The Hill, 12/11/2014
"Groups Want Public Lands Bills Pulled From Defense Act"
"A coalition of 47 environmental organizations called on U.S. senators Monday to remove public lands riders from a defense bill, criticizing what they described as a 'kitchen-sink' approach to conservation."
Source: Great Falls Tribune, 12/11/2014
N Dakota Regulators Tell Producers to Filter Crude of Flammable Liquids
"North Dakota regulators on Tuesday ordered producers pumping oil from the Bakken shale field to begin removing flammable natural gas liquids from their product before shipment in an effort to prevent deadly explosions involving trains."
Source: NY Times, 12/11/2014
New Studies Specify Methane Leaks, Bolster Calls for Strong EPA Rules
"A new peer-reviewed analysis of sources of leaks in natural gas drilling and well operations strongly bolsters growing calls for the Environmental Protection Agency to settle on regulations cutting wasteful, harmful emissions of methane from both new and existing oil and natural gas wells."
Source: Dot Earth, 12/11/2014
"Study Gauges Plastic Levels in Oceans"
"It is no secret that the world’s oceans are swimming with plastic debris — the first floating masses of trash were discovered in the 1990s. But researchers are starting to get a better sense of the size and scope of the problem."
Source: NY Times, 12/11/2014
USGS Study: Chesapeake Tributaries Are Warming, Pollution May Increase
"A slight increase in air temperature over the past half-century has caused waters to warm more than two degrees in tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay, a change that could reduce the expected benefits of the multibillion-dollar bay cleanup plan and eventually alter the behaviors of marine animals, a new study says."
Source: Wash Post, 12/11/2014
Plant Expansions Fueled by Shale Boom Boost Greenhouse, Toxic Emissions
"WESTLAKE, La. — Stacey Ryan already knows where he'll be buried."
Source: Ctr for Public Integrity, 12/11/2014
