New DOE chief Moniz: Climate change ‘not debatable’
“I am not interested in debating what is not debatable,” Ernest Moniz told department employees shortly after his swearing-in.
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Thursday, May 23rd, 2013
Saturday, May 11th, 2013
Biden uses Rolling Stone interview to throw barbs at Congress over climate change
Joe Biden waxes prosaic about the impediments to action on climate change and what accomplishment he is proudest of: the clean energy investments in the Recovery Act.
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
General Motors signs onto corporate ‘climate declaration’
General Motors Co. is signing onto a joint statement from a slew of big companies that calls for bolder federal action to confront climate change.
Thursday, April 25th, 2013
Defending Keystone, Canadian official accuses James Hansen of "crying wolf" about oil sands
Canadian Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver slammed a prominent United States climate scientist Wednesday for comments made about oil sands and the Keystone XL pipeline.
Monday, April 15th, 2013
US, China vow to boost cooperation on climate amid ‘increasing dangers’
China and the U.S. announced a new “Climate Change Working Group,” during Secretary John Kerry's Beijing visit.
Friday, April 12th, 2013
Nike, Starbucks: Betting against climate scientists is ‘false hope’
A corporate coalition that includes big clothing and food companies says in a new joint statement that confronting global warming is “one of America's greatest...
Monday, April 8th, 2013
Oceans may explain slowdown in climate change: study
OSLO (Reuters) - Climate change could get worse quickly if huge amounts of extra heat absorbed by the oceans are released back into the air, scientists said after...
Friday, April 5th, 2013
Obama on climate change: ‘The politics of this are tough’
President Obama told Democratic donors late Wednesday that he must sharpen his argument for action on climate change and green energy at a time when many families are...
Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
PPP poll: Majority of Republicans believe global warming a hoax
Fifty-eight percent of Republicans call global warming a “hoax,” compared to 11 percent of Democrats, a survey found.
Monday, April 1st, 2013
Most in U.S. concerned about sea level rise, poll finds
WASHINGTON - An overwhelming majority of Americans is convinced that sea level rise resulting from climate change poses a significant threat to the United States and that...
Wednesday, March 20th, 2013
Water infrastructure bill could hit Senate floor in April
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) told Senate Democrats Tuesday that he would bring a large infrastructure authorization bill to the floor as early as April, Sen....
Kerry: Policymakers 'toy' with oceans by not addressing climate
Secretary of State John Kerry said during a Monday speech in Washington, D.C. that policymakers have "the responsibility as human beings" to combat climate...
Saturday, March 16th, 2013
Obama to supporters: Give lawmakers political cover for climate action
President Obama is urging Organizing for Action (OFA), the nonprofit advocacy group born from his election campaign, to give vulnerable lawmakers the political support...
Tuesday, March 12th, 2013
China plans first commercial trip through Arctic shortcut in 2013
OSLO, March 12 (Reuters) - A Chinese shipping firm is planning the country's first commercial voyage through a shortcut across the Arctic Ocean to the United States...
Obama: Climate change threatens domestic shipping routes
President Obama said Tuesday that federal investments in waterway maintenance will be vital as drought fueled by climate change creates problems for barges bringing goods...
Sunday, February 24th, 2013
Front-runner to lead EPA vows more action on climate change
Gina McCarthy, EPA Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air and Radiation, said the agency will act on climate change.
Wednesday, February 20th, 2013
Kerry comes out swinging on climate change
John Kerry used his first major speech as secretary of State to make that case that failing to confront climate change means missing big economic opportunities — and worse.
Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
Thousands march in climate-change protest in Washington
Climate activists descended on Washington, D.C., on Sunday in what organizers boasted was the largest climate-change rally in American history, claiming more than 35,000...
Wednesday, February 13th, 2013
Obama vows executive climate push if Congress won't act
President Obama used his State of the Union speech to offer a full-throated pledge to use executive actions to battle global warming if Congress won’t pass a major climate...
Sunday, February 10th, 2013
EPA moves forward with climate change protection plan; asks for comments
The plan calls for the agency to amend its operations to account for increasingly rapid global warming.
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