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A Walk Through the Week's Climate News

The Climate Post: You heard it here first—Copenhagen a success 0
Posted 1 day ago A week of anticlimaxes saw President Barack Obama conducting a less-than-exuberant swing through China, the international community conceding a binding climate treaty at the COP-15 negotiations in Copenhagen, and U.S. lawmakers postponing to the spring of 2010 consideration of climate policy -- even as talk of a legislative "plan B" surfaced.
False Alarm

Copenhagen panic is premature 4
Posted 2 days, 5 hours ago There's a chance that, with luck and skill, a climate-saving deal can be reached at the Copenhagen climate talks. And a salvageable deal, even if it's far from perfect, is still is a lot better than the doom that was so widely pronounced at the start of the week.
Hu knew what progress they'd make!

Subtle but important shifts in global warming positions announced by U.S. & China 5
Posted 3 days, 2 hours ago China and the U.S. announced on Tuesday a Joint Statement and a package of agreed actions on clean energy.
BFF's?

U.S. and China announce plan for collaboration on clean energy and climate change 0
Posted 3 days, 2 hours ago On Tuesday in Beijing, U.S. President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao announced a comprehensive plan for U.S.-China cooperation on clean energy and climate change, and it's much more ambitious than we had anticipated. The plan calls for a number of cooperative programs on clean energy technologies and capacity building, and some important steps to help China build an accurate inventory of its greenhouse-gas emissions.
Obama will go to Copenhagen—if he can seal a deal 3
Posted 1 week, 3 days ago President Barack Obama said on Monday that he would go to the Copenhagen climate conference in December if his presence there would really help clinch a deal. Will there be enough progress to motivate him to come?
Toward a stalemate in Copenhagen

How industry pressures and competing national agendas dim prospects for a climate treaty 2
Posted 2 weeks ago Global attempts to craft a pivotal new climate treaty in Copenhagen this December are being stymied by a far-reaching, multinational backlash led by fossil-fuel industries and other heavy carbon emitters, according to a new report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
Chinabsession

U.S. puts onus on China for climate deal 2
Posted 2 weeks, 1 day ago The United States will not agree to targets cutting greenhouse-gas emissions unless developing countries, particularly China, make similar moves, U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern warned Wednesday.
By the numbers—data highlights on poverty and population 1
Posted 3 weeks, 1 day ago In Chapter 7 of the recently released Plan B 4.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization, Lester Brown lays out the Plan B goals for eradicating poverty and stabilizing population.
India and China sign pre-Copenhagen climate change pact 0
Posted 1 month ago India and China put aside a diplomatic spat to sign a five-year agreement Wednesday to cooperate on climate change leading up to crucial talks in Copenhagen.
The Dalai Lama, a Nobel laureate, and a gym rat walk into a bar ...

Three faces of hope for climate change 3
Posted 1 month, 1 week ago After meetings with the Dalai Lama, U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu, and President Barack Obama, Rep. Jay Inslee is brimming with optimism about our climate future. Find out why.
Letter from Europe

On climate, leading from the front (for a change) 6
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago Something unusual seems to be happening in the struggle to wake the world up to the reality of climate change. Almost unprecedented for an environmental issue, national leaders appear to be out ahead of public opinion in their respective countries.
Obama antes up

Carbon poker 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago I had a dream about watching one of those high stakes poker games that you see on TV. Barack Obama and Hu Jintao were at the table, each with so many chips before them that you could barely see their cowboy shirts. But the purpose in their deadly stares could not be obscured, even by the dark Ray Bans that shaded their eyes.
A Walk Through the Week's Climate News

The Climate Post: Gentlemen, start your lawsuits 0
Posted 1 month, 2 weeks ago First Things First: The Environmental Protection Agency proposed a regulation that if approved would force the largest industrial emitters, including utilities, energy-intensive manufacturing, and refineries, to invest in the cleanest available technology for new projects or major renovations.
Shifting into High Gear

Wrapping up Climate Week, G20 Outcome & on to Bangkok 0
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago
On to the steel city

Seizing the opportunity: reflections from the U.N. Climate Summit 2
Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago Remember, there are five key building blocks for the agreement that emerges from Copenhagen so we need to watch what details are filled in on each of these.
China steals Cimate Week spotlight, but U.S. still in the hot seat 1
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago The U.S. was given a starring role at the United Nations Climate Summit on Tuesday, but China stole the show.
Al Gore praises China and Japan for climate leadership 2
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago Former U.S. vice president and environmental activist Al Gore on Tuesday hailed China and Japan for providing global leadership in tackling climate change.
Say it like Hu mean it

China pledges to curb emission growth by ‘notable margin’ 0
Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday pledged to curb the growth of China's carbon dioxide emissions by a "notable margin" by 2020 from their 2005 levels. But Hu also did not put a figure on the cuts, telling the U.N. General Assembly that the curbs would be measured by unit of Gross Domestic Product, in line with China's concerns about preserving its rapid economic growth.
Some Rays of Hope for Global Efforts

Important week for global warming 0
Posted 2 months ago
Today begins a week dubbed because of all the high-level climate discussions that are occurring. And they just all happen to be occurring in the U.S. at an important time for the domestic debate to pass a clean energy and climate bill in the Senate.
China’s rearview mirror

China is leaving the U.S. in the dust as it surges ahead on clean energy 14
Posted 2 months ago
Even as China overtakes the U.S. in the dubious category of “world’s leading greenhouse gas producer,” it is also well ahead of the U.S. in developing the technologies and policies to solve the problem -- and selling those solutions to us at massive profits that could have been ours.