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Google to host fundraiser for Congress climate change denier
Morning summary: Google is wooing climate change denier Jim Inhofe at a fundraiser.
China coal pollution blamed for falling life expectancy
Morning summary: Air pollution is shortening the lives of people in northern China by around 5 years
Pakistan reveals plans to develop 2,500MW of wind power by 2015
Morning briefing: Pakistan has the potential of producing approximately 150,000MW of wind energy, with huge reserves of solar and tidal power
Apple to construct new 20MW farm in Nevada desert
Morning Briefing: Apple is constructing its third solar farm, following the two currently in construction next to its North Carolina data centre
Solomon Islands sea levels rising by 8mm per year – report
Morning Briefing: Research indicates rising sea levels around the Solomon Islands have exceeded the global average
GM and Honda start work on innovative hydrogen fuel cells
Morning briefing: car giants to cooperate on power cells for cars, set to launch by 2020
Desertec in trouble as founders quit €400 billion solar project
Morning Briefing: ambition to power Europe using solar panels in North African deserts thrown into disarray after split between leading planners
China leads nuclear energy expansion in Asia
Morning Briefing: China at centre of Asia nuclear energy expansion
Ernest Moniz: coal will play major role in US energy future
Morning Briefing: Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said the president embraced traditional energy sources as well as renewables
UK shale gas resources far greater than previously thought
Morning summary: New figures from British Geological Survey (BGS) suggest previous estimates were too low
Electric car sets new world speed record
Morning summary: Electric car sets new world speed record
Obama climate plan set for court challenge
Morning summary: Obama could face legal challenges putting the fate of his climate policy in the hands of the courts.
Warnings over China HFC ‘climate bomb’
Morning summary: A “climate bomb” of potent greenhouse gases 15,000 times more damaging to the climate than carbon dioxide could be released In China
Indonesia’s burning rainforests shroud Singapore in smoke
Morning summary: Illegal deforestation fires threaten the health of Singapore’s citizens, while destroying one of the world’s largest wildlife habitats
China to impose death penalty on polluters
Morning Briefing: Authorities have given courts the powers to hand down the death penalty in serious pollution cases
EU emission trading scheme set for second ‘backloading’ vote
Morning briefing: EU emission trading scheme set for second ‘backloading’ vote
UK climate experts meet to discuss ‘unusual weather’
Morning briefing: Workshop at UK’s Met Office to determine if climate change played a role in recent extreme weather events
Climate change to threaten UK food supplies
Morning summary: PwC analysis says UK will feel the effects of climate change in overseas countries before domestic impacts bite
Puma and Virgin launch ‘Plan B’ sustainability initiative
Morning summary: Sir Richard Branson and Puma chairman Jochen Zeitz launch new push to promote ‘progressive’ business values
EU carbon market ‘backloading’ plan set for new vote
Morning summary: Compromise on fix for world’s largest emissions trading area agreed, with new ballot scheduled for June 19