John Parnell
Video: Highlights from the first Senate Committee on climate change in 3 years
The US Senate has held its first committee on climate change in three years with the debate not about climate change policy, but whether or not it exists.
Green Climate Fund sets first meeting as race to secure $100bn begins
UN finance body aims to raise $100bn a year to fund climate change projects by 2020.
Climate Live: Palm trees in Antarctica, IPCC chief works with new Schwarzenegger think tank
New research shows that palm trees were once supported in a tropical Antarctica and Texan power demand hits a new record in July as residents crank up the air conditioning.
Aviation battle lines drawn as first attempt at a global carbon deal turns sour
Groups including Oxfam and Greenpeace weigh in as politicians and lobby groups raise the stakes and trade increasingly bold accusations.
LANDSAT at 40: NASA’s Earth as Art gallery
40 years of the LANDSAT satellite celebrated in five iconic pictures. NASA’s prized satellite has been a key tool for climate scientists revealing deforestation patterns and the gradual disappearance of polar ice.
Climate Live: Facebook reveals carbon footprint, IEA warns of 6 degrees of warming, US criticised for blocking airlines’ climate action in EU
The lights are on but the jury is out as other nations join India in reassessing their energy security following the country’s massive blackout and the US-EU aviation row turns nasty.
US: Talks will discuss “aspirational” global deal to cut aviation’s contribution to climate change
State Department says an all encompassing emissions pact is the focus of meeting of countries opposed to the EU carbon trading scheme. Previous talks focused on countering the EU plans.
Climate Live: Calls to cancel US ethanol quota amid drought, Greenpeace sub finds coral near Shell drill site
Farmers concerned about this year’s harvest have called on the Obama administration to suspend the ethanol quota while a report by Deloitte finds 90% of businesses are unprepared for the green economy.
Renewable energy helps Brazilian inmates get out of jail
Scheme allows prisoners to cut their sentences by generating power for nearby town on exercise bikes.
The price of climate change: How to temper volatile food prices
Severe weather variability has affected harvests around the world but the many of the tools to enhance food security are within our grasp.
Climate Live: Drought ‘the new normal’ in the US, EU ponders desert energy investment and maths converts a climate sceptic
Today’s top headlines: Massive blackout leaves 300m Indians with no power, the EU could provide some of the funding for the $500bn Desertec project and scientists say the Southern Ocean dominates CO2 storage.
Brazil, China and India become first countries to break Rio+20 pledges with HFC ban block
Countries block HFCs phase-out at Montreal Protocol meeting in direct contradiction to the Rio+20 outcome document signed last month.
Splits emerging in EU over fossil fuels and climate policy as energy commissioner appears to back tar sands
Günter Oettinger hails US “industrialisation by fossil fuel” through deepwater drilling and tar sands exploration, contradicting ongoing work in Brussels decarbonise the economy.
Green groups call on ArcelorMittal to underwrite Olympic carbon emissions
Steel giant can offset the London Games’ greenhouse gas impact by cancelling just three percent of its massive reserve of excess carbon credits.
Can London 2012 mimic Beijing’s Olympic carbon cuts?
Emissions and congestion in the host city of the last Games briefly decreased during the event. What can London do to make the impact permanent?
NASA reports “extreme melt” of Greenland ice sheet underway but climate change link unconfirmed
Indian/NASA collaboration reveals 97% of ice surface area has begun to melt, more than double the usual extent during summer. However, more data required to attribute melting to climate change.
China’s 20 top technologies to combat climate change
The Climate Group reveals Beijing’s plans to focus on ten mitigation and ten adaptation tools as it looks to tackle climate change head-on.
Don’t stop moving: How to cut transport’s contribution to climate change
Forget untried fuels and expensive infrastructure projects, promoting healthy traffic flows can stem the tide of growing carbon emissions.
US bill to accelerate speed and spread of Arctic drilling due in Congress this week
A bill on this week’s agenda in congress flies in the face of a popular Greenpeace campaign and would open up new areas for exploitation including in the Gulf of Mexico and off the coast of Alaska.
Obama administration backs biofuels as triple win for military, economy and agriculture
President’s climate change advisor and Secretaries for the Navy and Agriculture unite to back industry that could be worth “one million US jobs” following Navy’s Great Green Fleet trial.