Wednesday, October 15, 2014

Revealed: the companies doing the most to combat climate change

Revealed: the companies doing the most to combat climate change - 187 businesses from around the world, including BMW AG, Centrica, Samsung Electronics and Unilever, demonstrate a superior approach to climate change mitigation. [from the Carbon Disclosure Project]

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

The Pentagon's "2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap"

The Pentagon's "2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap" - The Department of Defense (DoD) released its 2014 Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, which focuses on various actions and planning the DoD is taking to increase its resilience to the impacts of climate change [the report is dated June 2014, but released 10/13/14.

Friday, October 10, 2014

Secretary of State John Kerry On Clean Energy & Climate Change

Secretary of State John Kerry Remarks With U.K. Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond - "Together, both of our countries recognize that never before has a threat like climate change found in its solution such a level of opportunity – the opportunity to unleash the clean-energy economy that will get us out of this mess but also take us forward towards a safer, more sustainable future."

Thursday, October 09, 2014

Building community resilience by strengthening America's natural resources and supporting green infrastructure

FACT SHEET: Building community resilience by strengthening America's natural resources and supporting green infrastructure - The Administration is announcing new executive actions and a series of private and public sector commitments that will improve the management of our natural resources in the context of a changing climate and support investment in green infrastructure.

Wednesday, October 08, 2014

Keystone Be Darned: Canada Finds Oil Route Around Obama

Keystone Be Darned: Canada Finds Oil Route Around Obama - Energy East, an improbable pipeline that its backers say has a high probability of being built would cost C$12 billion ($10.7 billion) and could be up and running by 2018. Its 4,600-kilometer (2,858-mile) path, taking advantage of a vast length of existing and underused natural gas pipeline, would wend through six provinces and four time zones ending in Saint John, New Brunswick

Tuesday, October 07, 2014

Additional Opportunity to Provide Input on Critical Clean Water Proposal

Additional Opportunity to Provide Input on Critical Clean Water Proposal - U.S. EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers extended for a second time, until November 14, the public comment period on the proposed Clean Water Protection rule -- i.e. Definition of "Waters of the United States" (WOTUS)

Monday, October 06, 2014

U.S. Supreme Court denies industry challenge to ground-level ozone health standard

U.S. Supreme Court denies industry challenge to ground-level ozone health standard - The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear legal challenges to the national, health-based air quality standard for ground-level ozone (Docket No. 13-1235, Utility Air Regulatory Group (UARG) v. EPA, Et Al.) [See page 9]

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Friday, October 03, 2014

US nears solution for safe disposal of Ebola medical waste

US nears solution for safe disposal of Ebola medical waste - The United States is days away from settling the critical question of how hospitals should handle and dispose of medical waste from Ebola patients

Thursday, October 02, 2014

Administration Launches Climate Action Champions Competition

Obama Administration Announces Climate Action Champions Competition to Recognize Climate Leaders Across the United States - New Competition will Showcase Local and Tribal Governments Taking Action to Cut Carbon Pollution and Build Resilience to the Impacts of Climate Change -- The application for the Competition will be open until October 27

  • Recognizing American Communities as Climate Action Champions - From more frequent and extreme storms to higher average temperatures and rising seas, Americans are experiencing first-hand what climate change will mean for their communities and their children. [Blog post by John Podesta Counselor to the President].

Wednesday, October 01, 2014

Power Plant Standards Could Save Thousands of U.S. Lives Every Year

Power Plant Standards Could Save Thousands of U.S. Lives Every Year - New study from Harvard, Syracuse, and Boston University scientists links strong carbon standards to substantial reductions in air pollution and widespread health benefits -- the study, "Health Co-benefits of Carbon Standards for Existing Power Plants"

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

More Action Is Needed to Protect Water Resources From Unmonitored Hazardous Chemicals

OIG: More Action Is Needed to Protect Water Resources From Unmonitored Hazardous Chemicals – EPA's Office of Inspector General says "Management controls put in place by the EPA to regulate and control hazardous chemical discharges from sewage treatment plants to water resources have limited effectiveness."

Monday, September 29, 2014

U.S. EPA Approves Carbon Sequestration Permit in Decatur, Illinois

U.S. EPA Approves Carbon Sequestration Permit in Decatur, Illinois - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has approved a permit allowing the Archer Daniels Midland Company to inject carbon dioxide deep underground in Decatur, Illinois -- the second facility in the nation to receive a Class VI underground injection permit for carbon sequestration after the FutureGen Alliance facility in downstate Illinois.

Friday, September 26, 2014

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Historic UN Climate 2014 Summit Closes

Ban hails 'bold' announcements on tackling climate change as historic UN summit closes - Bold new actions to immediately tackle climate change were announced today by Government, business, finance and civil society leaders attending a historic Climate Summit convened by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, who has long urged workable solutions based on "clear vision anchored in domestic and multinational actions."

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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

President Obama: "No Nation Is Immune" to Climate Change

President Obama: "No Nation Is Immune" to Climate Change - President Barack Obama delivers remarks at the United Nations General Assembly Climate Summit 2014 in the General Assembly Hall at the United Nations in New York, N.Y., Sept. 23, 2014. "For all the immediate challenges that we gather to address this week -- terrorism, instability, inequality, disease -- there's one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent and growing threat of a changing climate."

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

"We Mean Business" Calls for Climate Action

"We Mean Business" Calls for Climate Action - An unprecedented collaboration that brings together high-profile business sustainability groups to unify and amplify the international business voice for bold climate action.

Monday, September 22, 2014

Thousands Call for Climate Action in Historic Rally in New York

Thousands Call for Climate Action in Historic Rally in New York - Thousands of people took to the streets of New York City calling on world leaders to take action on the climate crisis.

  • Climate march shatters records - Organizers estimated that the march drew nearly 400,000 people, far exceeding their projections of 100,000 attendees
  • Largest Global Call for Climate Action in History - Nearly 400,000 march in NY, events in over 150 countries; From Manhattan to Melbourne, more than half a million people took to the streets in a unified global move to demand ambitious commitments from world leaders in tackling the climate crisis.

Friday, September 19, 2014

August 2014 was warmest August on record for globe

August 2014 was warmest August on record for globe, driven largely by record warm oceans - The combined average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces for August 2014 was record high for the month, at 0.75°C (1.35°F) above the 20th century average of 15.6°C (60.1°F), topping the previous record set in 1998.
 
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Thursday, September 18, 2014

The People's Climate Train Leads to People's Climate March Sep. 21

The People's Climate Train Leads to People's Climate March Sep. 21 From Sept. 15 to Sept. 18, more than 150 people — including nuns, ministers, tribal leaders and student activists — are boarding the People's Climate Train, organized by the Center for Biological Diversity, which starts in Emeryville, Calif., for a four-day, cross-country trip en route to the largest demonstration in the history of the climate movement.

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Wednesday, September 17, 2014

EPA Extends Comment Period On Clean Power Plan

EPA Extends Comment Period On Clean Power Plan - Comments on the June 2, 2014, Clean Power Plan Proposed Rule must be received by December 1, 2014, instead of the original October 16th date.

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