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Pacific Climate Change Warriors Block World’s Largest Coal Port

By Lyndal Rowlands
Climate Change Warriors from 12 Pacific Island nations paddled canoes into the world’s largest coal port in Newcastle, Australia, Friday to bring attention to their grave fears about the consequences of climate change on their home countries.

U.S. Projects 17-Percent Emissions Cut by 2020

By Carey L. Biron
The United States has formally told the United Nations that it is on track to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 17-percent by the end of the decade, assuming that currently proposed regulations are implemented.

Critics Push to Stall New Obama “Social Cost of Carbon” Calculations

By Carey L. Biron
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced it is accepting a petition from a conservative advocacy group critical of a recent substantial increase to official calculations of the so-called “social cost of carbon”.

U.S. Moving Toward Controversial New Role in Global Energy Market

By Jared Metzker
Energy specialists say that advancements in fossil fuel extraction technologies have sparked a "revolution" in U.S. energy production, especially given radical recent changes in the global energy market and the U.S. role within it.

U.S. ‘Divestment’ Movement Gaining Momentum

By Carey L. Biron
A months-old national campaign to convince U.S. colleges, universities and city governments to withdraw investments from the world’s largest oil and gas companies has seen some notable initial successes.

Hurricane Sandy Fans Flames of Climate Change Debate

By Rebecca Hanser
As the East Coast deals with the havoc and devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy, climate scientists are seeing yet another reason to put climate change and global warming on the current political agenda.
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