With this week’s release of the latest IPCC report, over 300 scientists, citing 12,000 scholarly reports, determined that no one on the planet will be untouched by the damaging effects of global warming in coming decades. In fact, climate change impacts and risks are already becoming apparent as the report catalogues the present … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy. By Sophie Vorrath. As Australia’s political leaders shift firmly into reverse on climate change, China and the US have jointly reaffirmed their commitment to contribute significantly to global efforts to meet the climate challenge. “In light of the overwhelming scientific consensus on climate change and its … [continued]
The tubes have been buzzing over a new New York Times report on Secretary of State John Kerry’s aggressive pursuit of a new global climate agreement, which has some clear implications for approval of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. In a nutshell, things ain’t looking so good, … [continued]
Secretary of State John Kerry gave a barn-burner of a speech about climate change at National Geographic’s Ross Sea Conservation reception earlier this week, in which he renewed his calls to “respond to what the science and the facts are telling us.” Oddly enough, though, he hung the meat of … [continued]
Below is a video on John Kerry’s tremendous climate hawkiness (which he’s known for). As is often recommended, he focuses a lot of time emphasizing the economic and job benefits of clean energy and energy efficiency. He also emphasizes the fact that countries around the world are taking a quick … [continued]
John Kerry has officially been confirmed as the new US Secretary of State. In my humble opinion, Kerry has been one of the best Congressman of the past couple decades. I’m more than happy to see that he will now be Secretary of State. Kerry is a definite “Climate Hawk,” … [continued]
Even before the announcement was official, environmentalists welcomed the news that President Obama would nominate John Kerry to succeed Hilary Clinton as the next Secretary of State, and for good reason. While best known overall for foreign policy, Senator Kerry has a long record of forceful statements in support of climate action … [continued]
Here’s some more top news of the week (other than what we’ve published and what was included in our clean transport and solar energy news roundups). Climate & Such Obama To Name Climate Hawk John Kerry Secretary Of State: “In the first serious indication Obama will focus on climate … [continued]
I decided to leave last week’s roundup of cleantech (or related) news that we didn’t already cover on Cleantechnica to today (for various reasons). So, now, here’s the roundup. China’s High-Speed Trains [VIDEOS] Why fly when you can travel the 1000km between Guangzhou (Canton) near Hong Kong to Wuhan – … [continued]
[social_buttons] Republicans opposed to clean energy in the US (who knows why?) have repeatedly put forward the idea (and claimed it was absolutely true) that a climate change and clean energy bill would cost the US jobs. A new non-partisan report out by the Peterson Institute for International Economics finds … [continued]
