- Krugman: Interests, Ideology And Climate—"The monetary stakes, it turns out, are not the biggest obstacle to rational action on global warming." NYT
- Republican EPA chiefs to Congress: Act on climate
- Hawaii: Gov. signs climate change bill—"Being the only island state in the country, we are especially vulnerable to climate change and are on the frontlines of impacts like sea level rise."
- How the insurance industry sees climate change—"Why, if climate change is a hoax, are we paying for it?" LA Times
- Brazil Has Done More To Stop Climate Change Than Any Other Country, Study Finds
- Fiji accuses global community of abandoning the Pacific on climate change, singles out 'selfish' Australia
- Apparent pause in global warming blamed on 'lousy' data—"European Space Agency scientist says annual sea level rises since 1993 indicate that warming has continued unabated."
- Climate change will 'cost world far more than estimated'
- Obama: Denying Climate Change Is Like Saying the Moon Is "Made of Cheese"
- Florida Congressman: If Humans Cause Climate Change, Then 'Why Did The Dinosaurs Go Extinct'?
- Koch Brothers Unveil New Strategy at Big Donor Retreat—"The Koch brothers' financial network is planning on spending almost $300 million in the 2014 election, including a new anti-environment effort."
- Coal Company CEO Threatens To Sue EPA For 'Lying' About Climate Change
- Fox News slams local newspaper for refusing to entertain climate deniers Salon
- Whitehouse: GOP is 'shrinking' from climate change challenge
- Tony Abbott seeks alliance to thwart President Obama on climate change policy—UK and NZ say no.
- Australia: Labor, Greens challenge Tony Abbott to call double dissolution election after climate bill voted down again in Senate
- China creates 55 billion tons of artificial rain a year—and it plans to quintuple that
- The United States Is Experimenting With Drones To Control The Weather
- Air conditioning raising night-time temperatures in the US
- The Turning Point: New Hope for the Climate—Al Gore: "It's time to accelerate the shift toward a low-carbon future."
- Chile rejects Patagonia wilderness dam project—"The Chilean government has rejected a plan to build five hydroelectric dams on rivers in the south of the country. Its decision follows years of campaigning by environmentalists and local communities."
- Germany produces half of energy with solar
- U.K. Approves Plans For What Could Become The World's Largest Offshore Wind Farm
- Oil-rich United Arab Emirates aims to be a sustainable energy pioneer—"One of the world's richest oil-based economies is Fembracing sustainable technologies, and making a surprise bid to become a clean energy leader."
- In Some States, Emissions Cuts Defy Skeptics—"At least 10 states have already met President Obama's goal of a 30 percent reduction in power plant emissions by 2030, without the economic damage that critics have warned would occur." NYT
- Ohio rebels against Obama climate change agenda with energy bill—"Governor John Kasich puts a two-year freeze on measures promoting wind and solar power and energy efficiency."
- House Republicans Are So Mad at the EPA that They Might Force Another Shutdown
- Push To Impose Extra Fees On Customers Who Install Solar Panels Sparks Outrage In Utah
- America's Coal-Producing States Weigh Their Options
- Despite Protests, Canada Approves Northern Gateway Oil Pipeline—"The project, which would send oil from Alberta to Asia, faces stiff opposition from aboriginal groups, environmentalists and community advocates." NYT
- Drug Gangs Attacking With Tanks Block Mexican Shale Boom
- Buru to gas frack without EPA assessment—"The West Australian government has decided to allow Buru Energy to frack for gas in the Kimberley region without an Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) assessment."
- German beermakers look like winning their battle to stop fracking
- Russia in secret plot against fracking, Nato chief says—"Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Russia was mounting a sophisticated 'disinformation campaign' aimed at undermining attempts to exploit alternative energy sources such as shale gas."
- Court rules against homeowners in toxic water case—"The Supreme Court ruled Monday that a group of homeowners in North Carolina can't sue a company that contaminated their drinking water decades ago because a state deadline has lapsed.... even if residents did not realize their water was polluted until years later."
- Iowa high court reinstates major pollution lawsuit—"In a major environmental case, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that residents can bring a nuisance lawsuit against a Muscatine manufacturer accused of routinely blanketing their properties with soot and chemicals."
- EPA fines Buffalo for mishandling waste
- Did Jindal tell us his brother's law firm represents BP before signing SB 469? We didn't get the memo from press office—Protecting corporations, screwing real people.
- BP loses bid to freeze Gulf of Mexico spill payouts—"The US Supreme Court has refused to allow BP to stop paying compensation claims while it awaits a review of its settlement with businesses over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill."
- New trial ordered for ex-BP engineer—"A new trial was ordered Thursday for a former BP engineer convicted of deleting text messages related to the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico."
- Four Years After Deepwater Horizon Spill, Tar Balls Continue to Wash Up on Shore—"Researchers have analyzed oil-soaked sand patties near the Gulf of Mexico to track oil from the spill."
- Australia drops planned Aborigine nuclear waste site
- NC AG Says Coal Ash Must Be Cleaned Up—"North Carolina's attorney general said Wednesday that Duke Energy's coal ash pits must be cleaned up to protect the state's waterways, but the costs shouldn't be passed along to consumers through higher utility rates."
- China pollution arrests rise as Beijing pushes green agenda
- Chinese official tries to blame industrial lead pollution on "pencil chewing" Salon
- Smog-busting roof tiles could clean tons of pollution, study says
- Suit: Pure Life H2O complaint brought death threats—"A Philly who called Nestle's customer-service department to inquire about the fluoride content in her Nestle Pure Life water was "threatened with a bloody death" by the customer representative who took her call, according to a lawsuit filed last week in Common Pleas Court."
- Indian officials order Coca-Cola plant to close for using too much water—"Mehdiganj plant at centre of protests accused of extracting too much groundwater and releasing pollutants above limits."
- Venezuela Sacrifices Drinking Water to Pay Bondholders—"At a time when Venezuela's record $25 billion in arrears to importers has its citizens waiting hours in line to buy drinking water and crossing borders in search of medicine, President Nicolas Maduro is using the nation's dwindling supply of dollars to enrich bondholders."
- Detroit Plan to Profit on Water Looks Half Empty—"Cities and counties that have long bought their water from Detroit's vast, aging system are teaming up to bypass the bankrupt city." The cut-offs are coming. NYT
- Gwyneth Paltrow believes water has feelings: 'Negativity changes the structure of water'—Wait... what?
- WildLeaks attracts major wildlife crime leads in first three months—"WikiLeaks-style website yields 24 tip-offs including elephant poaching, tiger killing, illegal fishery and forest destruction."
- First California condor spotted in San Mateo County since 1904
- Tufted puffin seen on Atlantic coast for 1st time since 1830s
- India: 200 crore trees to be planted along highways—1 crore is 10,000,000 so that makes it 2 billion trees. Project will employ jobless youth. Definitely a win-win.
- Alarm as 117 elephant carcasses found
- Poachers massacre 68 elephants in Congo park
- Kenya's biggest elephant killed by poachers
- Notorious poacher Bheema Bavaria arrested
- Huge haul of blood-stained ivory found in 32 suitcases at Hong Kong airport SCMP
- Orphaned baby rhino Gertjie refuses to sleep alone after witnessing his mother's death at the hands of poachers
- Govt opens Maui's dolphin area for oil drilling
- Pacific Nation Bans Fishing in One of World's Largest Marine Parks
- Obama proposes vast expansion of Pacific Ocean sanctuaries for marine life
- Chinese fishermen held in Philippines defiant ahead of turtle-poaching trial SCMP
- Japan to press for resumption of annual whale hunt
- Saving Tasmania's forests—"The Australian government will attempt to delist part of Tasmania's forests from UNESCO's World Heritage List."
- Dying to save the Amazonian rainforest—"An environmental campaigner is killed every week in Brazil. Jonathan Watts and Karina Vieira travel to Lábrea in the heart of the Amazon to meet the people risking their lives."
- Brazil's recent fight against deforestation has been a huge success
