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Jan 2, 2019

Videos on Climate Change / Global WarmingLast

Updated on 2019-01-02 09:07:49Here is a great video of a piece of a glacier the size of lower Manhattan breaking off:
Climate Change & Intergenerational Evil 1. INTRODUCTION + DAVID ROBERTS: "Climate Change Is Simple" 00:01 -
20:18 2. JAMES HANSEN: "Why I Must Speak Out About Climate Change" 20:19 - 39:24 3. BILL MCKIBBEN: "Activism:
350.org + divestment of fossil fuel stocks" 39:25 - 49:10 By Michael Dowd and Connie Barlow Go to top --------- List of
Great videos: global warming / climate change and a few great audio presentations too U. S. National Academies: America's
Climate Choices National Geographic: Great introductory video Al Gore: Conclusion of Copenhagen Address (2009) Latest
Climate Trends (2009) Averting Climate Crisis (2006) Prof. James Hansen: Urgency of the Climate Crisis 20 Years
of... More »

Katowice Climate Conference 2018Last Updated on

2018-12-16 14:22:07 Katowice Climate Change Conference COP24: Dec. 3-14, 2018 Introduction COP24 NEWS Young
Student admonishes COP24 Climate Statement NGOCSD-NY Just Transition Statement COP24 Report from COP24 IISD
reports on COP24 Editor note: COP24 has just concluded; will be adding more content to this page Last edit 16Dec2018 -------
----- Introduction - From the COP24 site: The UN climate summits, i.e. so called COP (Conference of the Parties) are global
conferences, in the course of which action for climate policy is negotiated. In December 2018 the climate summit will take
place in Katowice, Poland. This year's summit will include: 24. Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (COP24), 14. Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol (CMP 14) and the Conference
of... More »

Quick one-liner rebuttals to contrarian claimsLast

Updated on 2018-11-26 08:41:36 The One-Liners Here is a list of quick one-line rebuttals to over 100 fallacious claims by
contrarians/skeptics on the popular Skeptical Science website. They rebuttals are not intended to be complete, but simply to
enable the respondent to "bat the ball back over the net" in an informal encounter with someone quoting a contrarian claim. As
described HERE, most of these one-liners were written by Dr. Jan Dash, Director of the UU-UNO Climate Initiative, with
some editing by John Cook, author of Skeptical Science. Details on the science at Skeptical Science are obtained by clicking
on the one-line responses. ----------------------- In THIS document of some historical interest (online HERE), the first line in a
response labeled JWD is the one-liner summarizing the science by Jan Dash. The next lines labeled JC are the summary
responses by John Cook, which he... More »

The Contrarians? Full article with referencesLast

Updated on 2018-10-25 09:33:22 Climate Contrarians AKA climate science deniers or climate "faux" skeptics spread
disinformation about climate and try to prevent responsible climate risk management. Information for this rather
comprehensive article is drawn from the many sources and links in the text. Who are the contrarians? What is the contrarian
Agenda? What do contrarians Say about global warming? [The "Four Fallacy Trenches"] What about Real Scientific
Skepticism and contrarians? What are some Contrarian Tactics and Fallacies? What about "fringe" contrarian ideas? Aren't
there some contrarians with credentials who disproved mainstream climate science? ANSWER = NO The Tobacco Analogy
and the "Oregon Petition" What do contrarians misunderstand about Climate Risk Management? or WHY... More »

Trump, Denial, and Dangerous Climate ChangeLast

Updated on 2018-10-08 12:10:15 Trump, Denial, and Dangerous Climate Change Trump Exits Paris Agreement Trump
Commentary and Climate News Trump Executive Order on Climate Who is Trump, really? (Demagoguery, Opera vs. Trump,
Psychopathy ...) Trump, Russia, Fossil Fuels, and Climategate Voting in 2016 and Climate Change Risk Trump Admin's Anti-
Climate-Action in Federal Agencies (EPA ...) CLICK In-Depth Coverage of Climate Contrarians/Deniers - click HERE. <--
Climate TOPICS: Sidebars UP and LEFT STOP TRUMP'S ANTI-CLIMATE-ACTION POLICY THAT HURTS YOUR
CHILDREN. STAND UP FOR CLIMATE SCIENCE AND CLIMATE ACTION. CONJECTURE: Maybe Trump's anti-
climate-action federal policies are connected with a covert order to him by Putin? Russia with its reliance on oil and gas has
been dragging its feet for years on climate... More »

Trump Admin Anti-Climate-Action PolicyLast

Updated on 2018-07-19 13:47:04Trump Admin Anti-Climate-Action Policy and Federal Agencies (EPA ...) Climate Budget
Cuts and Attacks on Federal Agencies: EPA, NASA, NOAA EPA Information Suppression Trump administration and climate
change denial M. Pompeo, A. Wheeler, R. Perry, J. Bridenstein, Other Env. Admin, J. Mattis Fired: S. Pruitt, R. Tillerson
ARTICLE: Trump, Denial, and Dangerous Climate Change In-Depth Coverage of Climate Contrarians/Deniers - click HERE.
<-- Climate TOPICS: Sidebars UP and LEFT ------------ INCOMPETENT, IGNORANT, MALEVOLENT: The dunce cap
above reflects ignorant opposition to climate risk management by the Trump administration, making climate change more
dangerous for us, our children, our grandchildren, and everybody on the planet. Below is another picture that characterizes the
growing impacts of... More »

Carbon Capture and Storage (Sequestration)Last

Updated on 2018-07-07 17:03:38 Carbon capture and storage (sequestration) or CCS Background on CCS Will We Really
Need Carbon Sequestration? Yes. Why? BUT there is a Big Caveat - we can't use CCS as an excuse not to mitigate directly
What does Jim Hansen say? More Information for point carbon capture and storage Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR; Non-
point capture) Agriculture and Forestry Sequestration What about Hemp for sequestration? What about Biochar for
sequestration? Genetically engineered Bacteria and CCS And What About China's Use of Coal without sequestration? Other
Examples of Carbon Sequestration Videos on CCS and coal plants Coal Phase-Out References for Carbon Sequestration ------
---------- Background on CCS Carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and sequestration (CCS) is a set of technologies... More »

Warsaw Blog for 2013 Climate ConferenceLast

Updated on 2018-04-02 08:49:09This blog accompanies the coverage of the Warsaw 2013 UNFCCC Climate Conference.
Dr. Jan Dash commentary on Warsaw for the NGO Committee for Sustainable Development Go to top --------------- On-the-
spot commentary by Elena Rahona, Program Manager of Mount Sinai Global Health, NY. Warsaw Blog Elena Rahona Go to
top --------------- Presentation by Jan Dash on background for the Warsaw Climate Conference and others, given at the
November meeting of the UN-NGO Committee on Sustainable Development (CSD, CoNGO), NY. Warsaw CSD Presentation
(November 2013) DASH Go to top --------------- Bottom Line from Warsaw (CLICK HERE) An interview of two climate
scientists who are calling for what some may view as a shocking solution to the climate crisis: a rethinking of the economic
order in the United States and other industrialized nations. Their names are Kevin Anderson and Alice... More »

Battery Development: Electricity Storage of the

FutureLast Updated on 2018-01-21 11:03:55BATTERY DEVELOPMENT: Electricity Storage of the Future We have
long relied on batteries for powering small electronic devices. However, battery technology has evolved far past the AAAs we
still use, and hold significant promise for transforming our present into a sustainable future. Among the many places that
battery technology is changing is for electric and hybrid vehicles. For example, research is underway that shows semisolid
fuel cell batteries hold significant advantages over current lithium ion battery designs – once the bugs are worked out. Should
today’s research be fully implemented, lithium ion batteries could hold over ten times as much energy. Even further in the
future, when battery development moves past lithium, the potential is greater still. The implications of advanced vehicle
battery designs are potentially... More »

Aviation and Climate ChangeLast Updated on 2018-01-13

09:07:28AVIATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE Environmental impact of aviation - climate (Wikipedia) The IPCC has
estimated that aviation is responsible for around 3.5% of anthropogenic climate change, a figure which includes both CO2 and
non-CO2induced effects. ------------- Overview - How significant a source of emissions is air travel? (C2ES) U.S. Carbon
Dioxide Emissions, by Transportation Source ------------- Articles Aviation Is First Global Industry to Limit Carbon Emissions
IATA - Fact Sheet Climate Change & CORSIA European Aviation Environmental Report 2016 Chemtrail conspiracy
theory (Wikipedia) ------------- Topic under construction Go to top
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BONN/FIJI Climate Conference COP23 (2017)Last

Updated on 2017-12-01 12:39:01BONN/FIJI INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CONFERENCE COP23 (6-17 Nov. 2017)
Official site for the BONN/FIJI CLIMATE CONFERENCE COP23 "FURTHER, FASTER - TOGETHER" "Bonn
Conference an opportunity to boost climate risk management efforts" ---------------- CONFERENCE
CONCLUSIONS Videos from Bonn Background Information Practical Information Commentary on COP23 US Pavillon -
We Are Still In (Not the US govt) US News from Bonn - America's Pledge Achieving the SDGs and Climate Change Young
Adults at COP23 Docs for COP23 NGOCSD-NY Paper for COP23 Side Events at COP23 US Government - Reactions
and Side Event Sustainable Innovation Forum Carbon Pricing Investors and Business at COP23 SBI, SBSTA Official
Meetings Parallel... More »

Marrakech 2016 Climate Conference COP22Last

Updated on 2017-11-17 19:11:56 Marrakech 2016 Climate Conference COP22 Start Implementation of the Paris Climate
Agreement Cars form a giant ‘1.5C’ to support the goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement. 2016 World Advanced Vehicle
Expedition (WAVE) rally held outside the gates of the UN European headquarters in Geneva in June 2016. Photo: CVF /
UNDP Outcomes of the Marrakech Conference MARRAKECH VISION TEXT Document List from Marrakech Letter to
Jonathan Pershing from Peter Morales The NGOCSD-NY Paper for the Marrakech Conference Marrakech UUA Observer
Blog What's at Marrakech COP22 News Coverage for COP22 Background Information -------------- Outcomes of the
Marrakech Conference THE MARRAKECH COMMUNIQUE The Marrakech Vision World Leaders Issue Proclamation
Underlining ‘Irreversible’... More »

Tar Sands, Global Warming, Protests, Keystone

XL PipelineLast Updated on 2017-11-17 19:06:59Tar Sands, Global Warming, Protests, Keystone XL Pipeline
Introduction - What Are Tar Sands? The Keystone XL Pipeline Global Warming and Environmental Concerns News on Tar
Sands US Government Environmental Analyses (Pre Trump) Protests Against the Keystone XL Pipeline at the White House
The Economics of Tar Sands The Politics of Tar Sands What's the picture? It's some tar sand. NOTE: MOST OF THIS PAGE
IS PRE-TRUMP ---------------- Introduction - What are Tar Sands? Bituminous sands, colloquially known as oil sands or tar
sands, are a type of unconventional petroleum deposit. The sands contain naturally occurring mixtures of sand, clay, water,
and a dense and extremely viscous form of petroleum technically referred to as bitumen (or colloquially "tar" due to its similar
appearance, odour, and colour). Oil sands... More »

Health Threat of Climate ChangeLast Updated on 2017-11-

04 08:03:50HEALTH THREAT OF CLIMATE CHANGE From the American Public Health Association APHA: “Climate
change is one of the most serious public health threats facing our nation,” said Georges C. Benjamin, MD, FACP, FACEP (E),
executive director of APHA. “Yet few Americans are aware of the very real consequences of climate change on the health of
our communities, our families and our children.”The American Public Health Association (APHA) is the oldest and most
diverse organization of public health professionals in the world. Disease Increase: As warming occurs, disease vectors
including insects move north. This will increasingly affect the disease transmission to people, crops, and forests in many
regions. The US Defense Department's Quadrennial Review (2010) says: "Climate change will contribute to food and water
scarcity, will increase the spread of disease,... More »

Copenhagen COP15 Conference NewsLast Updated on

2017-11-03 16:11:59The Copenhagen Accord 2009 Copenhagen Conference COP15 2010 Cancun Conference COP16 The
Copenhagen Accord The Copenhagen Conference COP15 lead to a last-minute non-binding agreement called the Copenhagen
Accord including the U.S., China, India and others, with explicit mention of curbing global warming to 2 degrees C. Here is
a video and here is the text of the Copenhagen Accord. Here is an excellent account of the detailed negotiations of COP15 by
the IISD. Page 22 of the IISD report contains an extremely useful glossary of acronyms. For more information, including a
graph illustrating Copenhagen Accord emission reduction pledges relative to requirements, click HERE. More information
about pledges is HERE. Go to top. --------------------- The 2009 Copenhagen Conference COP15 The COP15 Copenhagen
Conference in December 2009 was the... More »

Copenhagen COP15 Conference NewsLast Updated on

2017-11-03 15:51:47On December 7th, 2009 at 8:00AM (PST) BREAKING NEWS Dec 19, 2009: COP15 lead to a last-
minute non-binding agreement called the Copenhagen Accord including the U.S., China, India and others, with explicit
mention of curbing global warming to 2 degrees C. Here is a video and here is the text of the Copenhagen Accord. Here is an
excellent account of the detailed negotiations of COP15 by the IISD. Page 22 of the IISD report contains an extremely useful
glossary of acronyms. --------------------- The COP15 Copenhagen Conference in December was critical for the beginnings of
an international accord to deal with the anthropogenically generated global warming in climate change. Current information
was posted HERE during the conference. HERE is a general description of the Conference. HERE is the main COP15 website.
HERE is... More »

Heartland "Absurdities" - Nature journal

editorialLast Updated on 2017-09-04 19:54:08The recent contrarian/denier/faux-skeptic Heartland climate conference is
analyzed HERE in a recent Nature editorial entitled "Heart of the Matter". The appropriate summary word in the editorial is
"Absurdities". Here it is: Heartland Nature Editorial July2011(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script");
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Climate Justice Responses by UUA Presidential

CandidatesLast Updated on 2017-04-27 08:29:49 At GA 2017, UUs will elect a new UUA president. In late January,
over 100 UU climate justice activists signed and sent a letter to the three candidates requesting their thoughts in response to a
series of questions about the global climate crisis. Here are their responses: Rev. Alison Miller Rev. Jeanne Pupke Rev. Susan
Frederick-Gray ------------ CJ Response Rev Alison Miller -------------- CJ Response Rev Jeanne Pupke -------------- CJ
Response Rev Susan Frederick-Gray Go to top Last edit 25Apr2017
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Paris Climate Conference 2015 COP21Last Updated on

2017-04-26 21:17:24Paris Climate Conference 2015 UN-COP21 BLOG Paris Climate Conference - Click HERE CLICK
FOR: INFO, UUA Observers, NGOCSD paper, Text Paris Agreement, U.S. INDC, Ethics of INDCs - Panel, List of side
events, VIDEO - How to get to 2 Degrees, NGOCSD Presentation ------------- US Climate Special Envoy Stern on the 2015
Paris Climate Conference ------------------ Pres. Obama speaks at the Paris Climate Conference INTENDED
NATIONALLY DETERMINED CONTRIBUTIONS (INDCs) for the Paris Climate Conference: U.S. , CHINA , INDIA ,
EUROPE , OTHERS. The United States and China Issue Joint Statement on Climate Change U.S. and India: Climate and
Clean Energy Cooperation US and China: Climate Agreement 2014 go to top --------------- COP21 INFORMATION HERE is
the list of heads of state that spoke on Nov. 30. Each has 3-5 minutes. Obama spoke at... More »

The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at

Columbia ULast Updated on 2017-01-29 10:05:32 The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law The Sabin Center
develops legal techniques to fight climate change, trains students and lawyers in their use, and provides up-to-date resources
on key topics in climate change law and regulation. Here are the Sabin Center key activities in 2016 Here is the Climate
Deregulation Tracker Here is the extensive document of CLIMATE CHANGE LITIGATION IN THE U.S. Climate Blog ----
---------- Adaptation Managed Retreat CDBG CEQR Clean Air Act Clean Power Plan Clean Water Act Climate Disclosures
Climate Engineering Climate Finance Congress COP22 Energy Cap & Trade Carbon Tax Coal Energy Efficiency Fossil Fuels
Grid Nuclear... More »
 Earth Summit Rio+20 Paper (CoNGO CSD)Last
Updated on 2017-01-16 08:25:56CoNGO CSD Earth Summit 2012 Discussion Paper(function() { var scribd =
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Department of Defense Acknowledges Risks of

Climate ChangeLast Updated on 2017-01-16 08:13:02IS CLIMATE CHANGE A NATIONAL SECURITY
THREAT? THE U.S. MILITARY AND MILITARY EXPERTS SAY YES! 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review Video on the
military aspects of climate change - Watch it! Analysis (Guy Quinlan) The Waxman-Whitehouse letter on National security
and climate change Climate Risks Relevant to Speech by John Kerry (by Climate Nexus) 2010 Quadrennial Defense
Review 2014 QUADRENNIAL DEFENSE REVIEW Full text is HERE. Quotes from the review are below: "The impacts of
climate change may increase the frequency, scale, and complexity of future missions, including defense support to civil
authorities, while at the same time undermining the capacity of our domestic installations to support training activities."
"Climate change poses another significant challenge for the United States and the world at large. As... More »

CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE RISK OF

NUCLEAR WARLast Updated on 2017-01-16 08:12:19CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE RISK OF NUCLEAR
WAR For some time experts, including the U.S. military, have been warning Congress that climate change has serious
national security implications, including increased risk of armed conflict.[1] Now a December 2016 article from the Princeton
University Project on Science and Global Security[2] specifically calls attention to risks of nuclear war. One of the most
dangerous possible nuclear flash points is in South Asia, where nuclear-armed India and Pakistan have fought three wars and
numerous smaller armed conflicts, often over the disputed territory of Kashmir. Now the danger is being heightened by
increasing tensions over water rights. Both countries depend heavily on the Indus River system, originating in the snow and
glacier meltwater of the Himalayas, and tensions have been rising over such actions as India’s construction of dams on... More
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Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk ReductionLast

Updated on 2017-01-16 08:10:57The Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction The Sendai Framework for Disaster
Risk Reduction 2015-2030 (Sendai Framework) is a 15-year, voluntary, non-binding agreement which recognizes that the
State has the primary role to reduce disaster risk. Disaster risk includes disasters from climate change impacts, as stressed in
the Disaster risk reduction and resilience in the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, document by the UNISDR (United
Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction). The Sendai Framework aims for: The substantial reduction of disaster
risk and losses in lives, livelihoods and health and in the economic, physical, social, cultural and environmental assets of
persons, businesses, communities and countries. Click Here for the chart for the Sendai Framework Specifically, the Sendai
Framework has seven targets and four priorities for action... More »
 Republicans and anti-science ignorance: Nature
editorialLast Updated on 2017-01-16 08:09:51Nature, the science magazine, wrote a scathing editorial in 2011, called
Into Ignorance. It describes the increasingly anti-science Republican attitude exhibited in pushing their bill to prevent the
Environmental Protection Agency from regulating greenhouse-gas emissions, which the agency declared on the basis of
reliable scientific evidence to be a threat to public welfare in 2009. The Science editorial says: "...Republicans on the House of
Representatives' energy and commerce committee have made clear their disdain for climate science. At a subcommittee
hearing on 14 March, anger and distrust were directed at scientists and respected scientific societies. Misinformation was
presented as fact, truth was twisted and nobody showed any inclination to listen to scientists, let alone learn from them."
Republicans increasingly rely on pseudo-scientific fallacies... More »

PHYS-org Earth Sciences News FeedLast Updated on

2016-12-27 13:16:25 Here is the PHYSorg Earth Sciences News Feed More »

Standing Rock Victory against PipelineLast Updated on

2016-12-05 10:47:05Standing Rock Dakota Access Pipeline - Headline Army will not grant easement for Dakota Access
Pipeline crossing The Department of the Army will not approve an easement that would allow the proposed Dakota Access
Pipeline to cross under Lake Oahe in North Dakota, the Army's Assistant Secretary for Civil Works announced today. Jo-Ellen
Darcy said she based her decision on a need to explore alternate routes for the Dakota Access Pipeline crossing. Her office had
announced on November 14, 2016 that it was delaying the decision on the easement to allow for discussions with the Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe, whose reservation lies 0.5 miles south of the proposed crossing. Tribal officials have expressed repeated
concerns over the risk that a pipeline rupture or spill could pose to its water supply and treaty rights. Source: U. S. Army
Memorandum More Press VICTORY FOR... More »

MSNBC climate change news feedLast Updated on 2016-

10-24 10:36:58 This is the MSNBC Climate Change feed More »

Climate Matters (Columbia U.) News FeedLast

Updated on 2016-10-24 10:24:04Here is the News feed from "Climate Matters" from Columbia University. More »
 Climate Signals (Impacts) TwitterLast Updated on 2016-
10-24 10:14:57HERE is the Climate Signals Twitter link. Climate Signals is a database of climate change impacts organized
as a hierarchy. HERE is a video describing how it works. ------------- More »

NGO-CSD Lima Climate Paper 2014Last Updated on

2016-10-24 10:09:11Lima Climate Conference Paper, NGO Committee for Sustainable Development CSD_CoNGO Climate
Change Paper Lima 2014 FINAL More »
Climate Videos - LinksLast Updated on 2016-07-30 11:58:53Videos: Global Warming / Climate
Change also great audio presentation LINKS U. S. National Academies: America's Climate Choices National Geographic:
Great introductory video Al Gore: Conclusion of Copenhagen Address (2009) Latest Climate Trends (2009) Averting
Climate Crisis (2006) Prof. James Hansen: Urgency of the Climate Crisis 20 Years of Climate Concerns 65 Million Years
of Climate History Prof. Stephen Schneider: "Science as a Contact Sport: Inside the Battle to Save Earth's Climate" Climate
Science Expert Credibility Certainty, Insurance, Media, and Special Interests Dr. Michael Oppenheimer: Interview
(2007) Dr. Rajendra Pachauri (IPCC) Talk at the Bright Green Climate Forum in... More »

Climate Change, Economic Harm to the Poor,

Armed ConflictLast Updated on 2016-07-24 09:53:39 BY INFLICTING FURTHER ECONOMIC HARM ON
THE WORLD’S POOREST PEOPLE, CLIMATE CHANGE IS ALSO INCREASING THE RISK OF ARMED CONFLICT
by Guy Quinlan BY INFLICTING FURTHER ECONOMIC HARM ON THE WORLD’S POOREST PEOPLE, CLIMATE
CHANGE IS ALSO INCREASING THE RI... Go to top More »

Misuse of Food and Climate Data at Forbes made

by Patrick MichaelsLast Updated on 2016-02-07 12:05:37The contrarian Patrick Michaels is exposed by the
scientist Peter Gleick. Michaels misquotes data on the impacts of climate change on food, in a Forbes article. Here is Gleick's
response:Forbes Michaels(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript";
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this photograph from a Nigerian orphanage show symptoms of malnutrition, with four illustrating the gray-blond hair
symptomatic of kwashiorkor. If a serious program of climate mitigation is not followed, rampant global warming and climate
change will occur with likely severe drops in crop yields, including in the U.S. Food shortages worldwide will become
far... More »
 Cato's Cargo-Cult Pseudo-Science Climate
"addendum" to US ReportLast Updated on 2015-10-24 11:17:13The Cato "addendum" The right-wing Cato
Institute, a "free market think tank" and originally the Charles Koch Foundation with no scientific standing, has issued a so-
called "addendum" to the authentic scientific 2009 "Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States" report. The
authentic 2009 report, written by world-class scientists with thorough review, organized by the US National Science and
Technology Council, the U.S. Global Change Research Program, and NOAA is HERE and a video introducing the authentic
2009 report is below. The Cato "addendum" has a cover (above) made to look like the cover of the authentic 2009 report to
attempt to trick the unaware and lend pseudo authenticity. However the Cato "addendum" has no demonstrated scientific
authenticity and was not submitted to the authors of the authentic 2009 report... More »

Lima Climate Conference Dec 2014 (COP 20)Last

Updated on 2014-12-14 08:54:58COP 20. Lima. "The cornerstone for commitment to the future of our climate." Lima Call
for Climate Action - Document resulting from the conference Agenda Green Investment 2013 Highlights Video References ---
-------------------- Lima Call for Climate Action The Lima COP20 conference ended with the "Lima Call for Climate Action"
document. An excellent analysis by the Carbon Brief is HERE. The document is below: Lima Call For Climate Action 2014
UNFCCC COP20 Go to top ---------------- Agenda | Opening Keynote Addresses | Panel 1: Putting a Price on Carbon | Panel 2:
Sustainable Investment Strategies for Adaptation & Mitigation | Panel 3: ‘The Decarbonised City’: Enabling Sustainable
Urbanisation | Panel 4: Achieving a Low Carbon Rural Landscape Go to top ---------------- Green... More »

Chad Tolman's Climate Change News feedLast

Updated on 2014-11-10 19:59:52 Here is Chad Tolman's Climate Change News feed, a monthly summary of articles about
energy and climate change science and policy. Climate Change News is a monthly blog intended to keep its readers up to date
on energy and climate change science, public policy, public opinion and ethics. You can find it most easily by googling
"climate tolman". There are instructions at the end of any issue for how to subscribe (or unsubscribe) for automatic email
delivery through Yahoo Groups. Graph: Global warming since 1975 is clear from the measured temperature data (NASA), and
is getting worse. More »
Michael Mann - Video on Science and DenialLast Updated on 2014-10-07
16:02:04Michael Mann's AGU Chapman Conference talk (2013) "The Battle to Communicate Climate Change: Lessons from
the Front Lines" --------- Talk (2014): The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars go to top ------ More »

Climate EthicsLast Updated on 2014-06-07 16:38:33Here is the

Climate Ethics RSS feed. This is from the Rock Ethics Institute of Penn State specializing in Ethical Analysis of Climate
Science and Policy. The head of the Institute is Prof. Donald Brown. From their website "Climate Ethics is a commentary site
on climate change science and policymaking by those working on climate change ethics. The site is intended for policymakers,
interested public, and journalists... " HERE is a great video of Dr. Brown speaking on climate ethics at a Bahá’í side event of
the UN's CSD 15 conference. Go to top --------------------- More »
 National UU Action Needed to Defend the EPALast
Updated on 2014-04-27 05:24:31The attached statement, "National UU Action Needed to Defend the EPA", developed by
the UU-UNO Climate Change Task Force and Climate Advisory Group, is below. It is critical that we support the
Environmental Protection Agency in their actions to counter global warming / climate change risks. To send a message
supporting the EPA to your Representatives and Senators, CLICK HERE TO SIGN THE PETITION. EPA UU Alert Final
click above link if streaming error occurs Go to top ---------------- More »

Carbon Tax Bill introduced by Rep. StarkLast Updated

on 2014-04-11 21:04:00Stark Introduces Carbon Tax Bill to Reduce Emissions, Deficit 
CBO Says Carbon Tax is Most
Economically Efficient Way to Cut Carbon Emissions WASHINGTON October 24, 2011 - Congressman Stark (D-CA)
announced the introduction of the Save Our Climate Act, H.R. 3242. This legislation would levy a carbon tax on fossil fuels in
order to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, spur development of alternative energy, protect consumers from rising energy
costs, mitigate climate change, and reduce our deficit. The Carbon Tax Center estimates that over 10 years, the Save our
Climate Act would raise more than $2.6 trillion in revenue and reduce carbon emissions by 25 percent. Over several decades,
the legislation will reduce the United States' carbon emissions to 80 percent below the country's emissions levels in 1990,
which is the level scientists say must be achieved to stabilize our... More »

Power Shift and Youth Involvement on Climate

ChangeLast Updated on 2014-03-29 09:24:31POWER SHIFT Introduction Green Economy Climate change is often
thought of as a political issue mostly discussed and dealt with by adults in the confines of a congressional house or the United
Nations. But global warming is something that affects everyone, not just politicians. Young people will be especially affected
because they will live longer and experience the more severe effects of global warming, since it is only getting worse. Many
youths have realized this and decided to take action. Some are being galvanized by the organizations Energy Action Coalition
and Power Shift. Both seek to increase youth involvement with the movement to mitigate climate change. One major event
organized by Power Shift was a march in Washington, DC. The big push was on April 18, 2011, in which thousands of youths
marched to make their voices heard on climate... More »

Time Lapse Proof of Extreme Ice LossLast Updated on

2014-02-16 09:13:14Photographer James Balog shares new image sequences from the Extreme Ice Survey, a network of time-
lapse cameras recording glaciers receding at an alarming rate, some of the most vivid evidence yet of climate change. Great
video - watch it! James Balog's Extreme Ice Survey captures the twisting, soaring forms of threatened wild ice. Full bio and
more links Here is the trailer for his new movie Chasing Ice Go to top ----------- More »
 Mother Earth vs. World's People - a play about
climate changeLast Updated on 2014-02-16 08:42:35This is a great play about climate change by Doug Stewart, an
author, playwright, director and performer, as well as a business team and management consultant. Doug is a board member
of Senior Theatre USA, and an Honorary Board Member of the Santa Fe (New Mexico) Playhouse. He is also a member of
the UU-UNO Climate Advisory Group. The play is a 350.org recommended resource. HERE is advice on staging the play, as
well as a prologue from Bill McKibben. And here is the whole play, which can be downloaded. Why not perform it? Mother
Earth vs. World's People - a play by Doug Stewart More »

Quick one-liner rebuttals to contrarian claimsLast

Updated on 2014-02-15 19:58:49 The One-Liners Here is a list of quick one-line rebuttals to over 100 fallacious claims by
contrarians/skeptics on the popular Skeptical Science website. They rebuttals are not intended to be complete, but simply to
enable the respondent to "bat the ball back over the net" in an informal encounter with someone quoting a contrarian claim. As
described HERE, most of these one-liners were written by Dr. Jan Dash, Chair of the UU-UNO Climate Initiative, with some
editing by John Cook, author of Skeptical Science. Details on the science at Skeptical Science are obtained by clicking on the
one-line responses. ----------------------- In THIS document of some historical interest (online HERE), the first line in a
response labeled JWD is the one-liner summarizing the science by Jan Dash. The next lines labeled JC are the summary
responses by John Cook, which he... More »

Global Warming has NOT stoppedLast Updated on 2014-

02-03 10:33:46GLOBAL WARMING HAS NOT STOPPED! The fallacy "global warming has stopped" starts with a cherry-
picked unusually high surface atmosphere temperature point in 1998 that resulted from a huge "El Niño", which basically
transferred a lot of heat out of the ocean to the atmosphere. Following 1998, La Niña dominated, which transferred heat from
the atmosphere into the ocean (and lately into the deep ocean). Looking only at the atmosphere and neglecting the heat transfer
in and out of the ocean leads to the fallacy. The total warming of the planet (ocean + atmosphere) has been trending upwards.
If the El Niño/La Niña noise is subtracted out, or if the Arctic region is included, the global warming trend in the surface
atmosphere is clear (as shown below). The scientific consensus is that with careful analysis there has been no pause in
global... More »

Climate Science Rapid Response TeamLast Updated on

2014-02-01 19:13:40Climate Science Rapid Response Team (CSRRT) The Climate Science Rapid Response Team or CSRRT
is a match-making service to connect climate scientists with lawmakers and the media. The group is committed to providing
rapid, high-quality information to media and government officials. Climate Science Rapid Response team member scientists
are chosen to cover a wide array of topics related to Climate Science. They have been selected based upon their publications in
professional peer-reviewed scientific journals. There is a wide gap between what scientists know about climate change and
what the public knows. The scientists of the Climate Science Rapid Response Team understand that better communication can
narrow this gap. The media is in the best position to deliver accurate science information to the general public and to our
elected leaders but only when they have access to that... More »
 Youth BlogLast Updated on 2014-01-25 18:57:45 Hey Everyone This is
your chance to post comments on this Youth Blog for action on climate change and global warming, under the Youth Column.
To post, you just have to become a member of this UU-UNO Climate Portal. What's the picture? It's the jet stream, a weather
phenomenon. Although weather and climate are not the same, it is becoming clear that global warming is destabilizing the jet
stream and contributing to more extreme weather. Anyway - what do you want to talk about? More »

Quick one-liner rebuttals to contrarian fallaciesLast

Updated on 2014-01-19 07:27:53 The One-Liner Responses to Contrarian Fallacies Here is a list of quick one-line rebuttals
to over 100 fallacious claims by contrarians/deniers/faux-skeptics on the popular Skeptical Science website. They rebuttals are
not intended to be complete, but simply to enable the respondent to "bat the ball back over the net" in an informal encounter
with someone pushing a false contrarian claim. As described HERE, most of these one-liners were written by Dr. Jan Dash,
Director of the UU-UNO Climate Initiative, with some editing by John Cook, author of Skeptical Science. Details on the
science at Skeptical Science are obtained by clicking on the one-line responses. ----------------------- HERE is a biographical
article on John Cook in the UK Guardian. ---------------- HERE is a video (The Climate Show 02). John Cook describes the
history of the one-liners,... More »

Risky Business (Climate Change)Last Updated on 2014-

01-13 05:36:54RISKY BUSINESS How much economic risk does the United States face from the impacts of climate change?
The Risky Business initiative will help us find out. Risky Business includes two core components: An independent risk
assessment will combine existing data on the current and potential impacts of climate change with original research that will
quantify potential future costs. The results, to be released in the summer of 2014, will reveal the likely financial risk the
United States faces from unmitigated climate change. An engagement effort will target the economic sectors most at risk from
a changing climate, and begin the process of helping leaders from across these sectors prepare a measured response to the risks
they face. The engagement will be led by a risk committee composed of top national and regional leaders from across the
American economic and political spectrum. Risky... More »

International Climate Conference 2013: COP19 in

WarsawLast Updated on 2013-12-14 16:14:20WARSAW CLIMATE CONFERENCE COP19 (UNFCCC) 2013 Click
HERE to see our Warsaw Conference Blog Warsaw Climate Agreement Reached General COP19 Information Youth Video -
Green wins race vs. Black (Coal) Video Coverage of Conference iisd/ENB Statement by Christiana Figueres Side Events
Coverage by iisd Schedule of Events Tree Planting in Warsaw Event ------------------------- Warsaw Climate Agreement
Reached Deals at Climate Meeting Advance Global Effort UN talks approve climate pact principles Compromise breaks
deadlock at UN climate talks It appears that minor progress was achieved and the process did not break down, with a last
minute document. All eyes are now forward to the Paris 2015 Climate Conference. Here is the UN press release:
PressReleaseUN Closing Cop19 ------------------------- General COP19... More »
 Climate Action Team BlogLast Updated on 2013-12-14
09:19:28 UU CLIMATE ACTION TEAMS BLOG PLEASE SHARE YOUR ACTIVITIES WITH OTHERS For
information on Climate Action Teams (CATs) click HERE. To register your CAT click HERE. To post something, you need
to first join the Climate Portal. ----------- From Doug Stewart, UU-UNO Climate Advisory Group, here is a great outline on
advice for CATs to be successful: Climate Action Team skills Doug Stewart .pdf From Larry Danos and the San Francisco
UU Climate Action Team: CAT and Community Actions at SFUU Go to top ---------------- More »

Global warming deniers guilty of attack on

scienceLast Updated on 2013-11-30 21:21:55Jeffrey Bada is Distinguished Research Professor of Marine Chemistry at
the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego. He ventured into the unruly other-world of climate science deniers
and wrote about his experience in the very interesting newspaper letter below, in italics. Background on climate science
deniers is HERE and HERE. Global warming deniers guilty of attack on science Jeffrey L. Bada 03:00p.m. Nov 28, 2013,
updated 11:29a.m. Nov 27, 2013. U-T San Diego. Following my North County Times and U-T San Diego letters to the editor
on the relationship between rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels and global warming, some subsequent letter writers
praised me while others questioned my credibility. This took a different twist after a letter from me that was published back in
February 2013, when some individuals started to directly email me (I have now... More »

Bottom Line from WarsawLast Updated on 2013-11-22

19:40:31Let me start by suggesting that Kevin Anderson and Alice Bows-Larkin, from Warsaw bottom line our
choices........... That is, if we want to have any viable future.................... Check out the Bold/Blue parts: We turn now to a
pair of climate scientists who are calling for what some may view as a shocking solution to the climate crisis: a rethinking of
the economic order in the United States and other industrialized nations. Their names are Kevin Anderson and Alice Bows-
Larkin. They work at the influential Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research in England, as well as the University of
Manchester. They were featured in a recent widely read article by Naomi Klein headlined "How Science Is Telling Us All to
Revolt." According to Anderson and Bows-Larkin, many of the solutions proposed by world leaders to prevent "runaway
global warming"... More »

FOI Abuse and Attacks on Climate Risk

ManagementLast Updated on 2013-11-11 05:53:39FOI Abuse and Attacks on Climate Risk Management. This topic
is concerned with abuse of Freedom of Information Acts (FOI Acts) ultimately aimed at attacking responsible climate risk
management. The backers are fossil fuel interests and right-wing libertarian supporters. Attacks on climate science is a main
intermediary strategy. While FOI Acts generally protect the public, FOI is misused by some climate science deniers as a
weapon with two main goals. First goal: Request many emails and documents to find a few isolated comments that are
misinterpreted and used as fodder in right-wing media to attack climate science. Second goal: Harass targeted climate
scientists, sometimes including intimidation, disrupt their work, and try to discredit them. Examples are documented below.
Click to go to the original articles. General FOI Information FOI Climate Reports (excerpts) FOI Climate... More »
 The Debunking HandbookLast Updated on 2013-10-22
21:43:19THE DEBUNKING HANDBOOK Ever wonder how to debunk the fallacious pseudo-science of the climate
contrarians / faux-skeptics / deniers in an effective manner? John Cook and Stephan Lewandowsky give us the tools from the
cognitive literature on how to “debias” people — how to enable people to give up on contrarian misinformation and to update
their memories with new, and more accurate scientific information. To start, here is a useful graphic: Ref: http://sks.to/pspi
Misinformation and its correction continued influence and successful debiasing, Psychological Science in the Public
Interest 13(3) 106-131 ----------------- Here is the text: Debunking Handbook(function() { var scribd =
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Michael Mann: Climate-Change Deniers Must

Stop Distorting the EvidenceLast Updated on 2013-10-03 19:57:07" It happens every six years or so: The
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) publishes its assessment of the current state of scientific understanding
regarding human-caused climate change. That assessment is based on contributions from thousands of experts around the
world through an exhaustive review of the peer-reviewed scientific literature and a rigorous, several-years-long review
process. Meanwhile, in the lead-up to publication, fossil-fuel industry front groups and their paid advocates gear up to attack
and malign the report, and to mislead and confuse the public about its sobering message. So in the weeks leading up to the
release of the IPCC Fifth Assessment scientific report, professional climate-change deniers and their willing abettors and
enablers have done their best to distort what the report actually says about the genuine scientific evidence and the... More »

Environment New Jersey RSS News feedLast Updated

on 2013-09-28 23:24:44Here is the Environment New Jersey RSS news feed. This shows climate change impacts at a state
level. ----------- Environment New Jersey: Solar Rising: Report Ranks New Jersey Fourth in the Nation in Solar Power
September 27, 2013 9:58 AM Environment New Jersey Research & Policy Center released Lighting the Way: What We Can
Learn from America’s Top 12 Solar States, a new report highlighting a solar energy boom across the country. The report ranks
New Jersey 4rd in the nation per capita for solar installations. Although this makes New Jersey one of a dozen states that have
led the nation in solar energy with supportive policies, we have slipped from first in the country. Last year, solar capacity in
New Jersey grew by 43%, bringing it to a total of 971 Megawatts. Lighting the Way: What We Can Learn from America's
Top 12... More »

Millennium Development Goals and Climate

Change ActionLast Updated on 2013-09-21 08:41:43 The Millennium Development Goals MDGs The MDGs are
eight development goals against poverty that all 192 UN Member States have agreed to achieve by 2015. Achievement of the
MDGs and mitigation of climate change are intertwined, as discussed in this article. The graph on the right shows the huge
number of people living on less than $1.25 per day (1.4 billion people in 2005). The Eight MDG Goals MDGs and Climate
Change Progress in the MDGs Post-2015 Development Agenda The UN MDG Conference in 2010 Reference documents for
MDGs History - the Millennium UN Declaration (2000) Video on the MDG by Gillian Sorensen Here are the eight
Millennium Development Goals MDGs Goal 1: Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger Goal 2: Achieve universal primary
education Goal 3: Promote gender equality and empower... More »
 Take Part (Inconvenient Truth) Environment RSS
FeedLast Updated on 2013-08-13 10:21:05Here is the Take Part Environment news feed. This is the website for An
Inconvenient Truth, the groundbreaking film by Al Gore. ------------ More »

Chinese Academy of Sciences rebukes Heartland

InstituteLast Updated on 2013-08-04 18:15:42The CAS Says: "The claim of the Heartland Institute about CAS’
endorsement of its report is completely false." The "Heartland Institute" has a long history of climate science denial and
contrarian distortion, for example see HERE. Heartland recently tried to turn a Chinese language translation of its NIPCC
report (reviewed HERE) into an implied claim of support from the Chinese Academy of Sciences or CAS. This was strongly
rebuked by the CAS. Heartland responded by removing a number of Heartland web posts and issued a subsequent retraction
statement. Other accounts of this incident are HERE and HERE. The CAS has signed mainstream climate science statements
along with other National Academies of Science, for example this Joint Science Academies’ Statement: Global Response to
Climate Change. Here are the details: Statements on the translation,... More »

Daily Climate RSS FeedLast Updated on 2013-08-03

18:14:20 Here is the Daily Climate RSS Feed: More »

Mary Ellen Harte's News Feed (RSS)Last Updated on

2013-06-13 20:57:53Mary Ellen (Mel) Harte Ph.D. is a biologist who writes on climate change and population issues. She co-
authored the free downloadable book, Cool the Earth, Save the Economy, at Cool the Earth, and produces the weekday
"Climate Change Report," 90-second audio newscasts, as well as the Climate Change Reports blog. Here is her Huffington
Post blog. HERE is her climate news feed: More »

Sustainable Energy Policy & Practice - iisd daily

news RSS feedLast Updated on 2013-05-27 00:00:00 iisd Sustainable Energy Policy & Practice RSS
newsfeed: More »
 SEC Climate Change Risk Disclosure for
BusinessesLast Updated on 2013-05-19 00:00:00On January 27, 2010, the SEC voted to publish Commission
Guidance Regarding Disclosure Related to Climate Change, which clarifies how publicly traded corporations should apply
existing SEC disclosure rules to certain mandatory financial filings with the SEC regarding the risk that climate change
developments may have on their businesses. The SEC is the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Below is an overview
report by the Congressional Research Service on the SEC Climate Change Guidelines: SEC Climate Change Disclosure
Overview CRS More »

CO2 on Trial by Michael TobisLast Updated on 2013-04-27

00:00:00"The carbon problem should not be handled as a prosecution. It is a risk management issue. This should take it out of
the domain of courtroom drama and into the tedium of actuarial calculations." CO2 on Trial_mtobisMore »

James Hansen "Making Things Clearer" on

climateLast Updated on 2013-04-21 07:32:01New paper by James Hansen - "Making Things Clearer: Exaggeration,
Jumping the Gun, and The Venus Syndrome" Hansen_Apr2013_Exaggeration, Jumping the Gun, And Venus --------------
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The Climate ShowLast Updated on 2013-04-08 00:00:00 The

Climate Show is a video/radio show that regularly presents great interviews and timely climate news. HERE is the RSS feed. -
----------- More »

Think Progress Climate RSS FeedLast Updated on 2013-

02-10 00:00:00 NEWS FEED FROM THINK PROGRESS CLIMATE by Joe Romm --------- Cartoon from Think
Progress More »
 RECENT NEWS:
http://climate.uua.org/resources/Last Updated on 2013-01-19 00:00:00 Click HERE for the most recent
climate news items Many "RSS" feeds from around the Internet with up-to-date news on all aspects of climate. More »

World Economic Forum and Climate ChangeLast

Updated on 2012-12-02 00:00:00The World Economic Forum and Climate Change. The World Economic Forum's
Environmental Initiative covers Climate Change and Water. Under the Gleneagles Dialogue on Climate Change, the U.K.
government asked the World Economic Forum at the G8 Summit in Gleneagles in 2005 to facilitate a dialogue with the
business community to develop recommendations for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This set of recommendations,
endorsed by a global group of CEOs, was presented to leaders ahead of the G8 Summit in Toyako/Hokkaido held in July
2008. New Finance Models to address Climate Change - Doha Climate Conference 2012
WorldEconomicForum_Nov2012_unfccc Go to top ------------- More »

Hurricane SandyLast Updated on 2012-11-03

00:00:00 HURRICANE SANDY and GLOBAL WARMING. SANDY was a tropical cyclone that severely affected the Mid-
Atlantic and Northeastern US in late October. It was the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, with winds spanning 1,100 miles
(1,800 km)... (see Wikipedia) Global warming makes extreme events like Sandy more probable. The Atlantic ocean gulf
current is warmer, giving more energy to the weather system. The sea level is getting higher, making flooding worse. The
anomalous jet stream configuration that lead to the "left turn" of Sandy smack into shore is an example of the destabilization
of the jet stream that has been qualitatively linked to global warming heating up the arctic, see HERE. In the diagram below,
the purple line is the jet stream with the anomalous shape, the blue dotted line is a blocking pattern, and the red circle is Sandy
getting... More »

Doha, Qatar Climate Change Conference 2012

COP18Last Updated on 2012-10-17 00:00:00THE DOHA CLIMATE CONFERENCE was the successor to the
Copenhagen (2009), Cancun (2010), and Durban (2011) climate conferences. It was officially the 18th session of the
Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP18) and the 8th session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the
Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol. Besides the headline negotiations, these climate conferences have a wide range
of activities. The broad issues of climate science, impacts, adaptation, and mitigation are discussed in detailed sessions parallel
to the climate negotiations. There are many side events by various organizations. Our presentation here tries to give a flavor.
Results: Kyoto Protocol Extended, Loss/Damage Principle Accepted Conference agenda Report by iisd on conference
proceedings NGOs and the CSD CoNGO... More »
 Agriculture damage, insect migration, and global
warmingLast Updated on 2012-09-30 00:00:00Below is a great video on one way that global warming is affecting
agriculture: insects migrating north and not killed off in the winter. This is a direct example of global warming affecting
economics. Source: Some Bugs Like it Hot: Climate Change and Agricultural Pests Video on Sep 28, 2012 by Gabriela Quirós
from QUEST Northern California More »

National Academies Press - RSS FeedLast Updated on

2012-09-12 00:00:00HERE is the National Academies Press RSS feed: More »

Climate Science and Denier Conspiracy

TheoriesLast Updated on 2012-09-09 00:00:00Prof. Stephan Lewandowsky documents that climate deniers tend to
believe irrational conspiracy theory that serves to explain away overwhelming scientific evidence, see HERE for a
discussion. Lewandowsky et al Climate Conspiracy paper ++++++ More »

Letter to Pres. Obama opposes Keystone XL

Southern proposed extensionLast Updated on 2012-05-13 00:00:00 UU-UNO Letter to President on
Keystone FINAL 8May2012 More »

Revealing leaked documents from the Heartland

InstituteLast Updated on 2012-02-15 00:00:00Revealing leaked documents from the Heartland Institute The Heartland
Institute supports anti-mainstream-science climate contrarians / deniers / faux-skeptics (see HERE). Contrarians provide fuel
to right-wing media that oppose risk-management mitigation against climate change. News accounts regarding leaked and
revealing documents from Heartland are now widespread. Below is a sampling, in rough chronological order as the story
broke, along with the response from Heartland, a letter from climate scientists to Heartland, a legal opinion, and an analysis.
Links are provided. Information in quotes " " is copied from the sources. This article is more concerned with accounts of the
documents, rather than the procedure irrelevant to the document contents of how the documents were obtained. DeSmogBlog,
The Guardian, The New York Times, Dot Earth... More »
 CAMEL Climate Change RSS FeedLast Updated on
2012-02-05 00:00:00Here is the RSS feed from a great website, www.camelclimatechange.org CAMEL means Climate
Adaptation Mitigation E-Learning The CAMEL (Climate Adaption Mitigation E-Learning) project aspires to create an online
learning community which will generate and use high-quality curricular materials about climate change and climate change
solutions. This work is being developed in partnership with NCSE’s Encyclopedia of Earth. This study is funded by the
National Science Foundation, Award 0950396. n.b. picture from Wikipedia ------------- More »

Climate Scientists vs the deniers and intimidation

(Physics Today)Last Updated on 2012-02-01 00:00:00HERE is a description of courageous climate scientists
fighting back against the denier / contrarian / faux-skeptic propaganda machine. Scandalous intimidation of climate scientists
is detailed in this hard-hitting Physics Today article. Groups that provide moral support, legal counsel, and swift rebuttals of
misinformation are sprouting up. Climate Scientists Not Cowed by Relentless Climate Change Deniers Physics Today Feb
2012(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript"; scribd.async = true;
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Rio + 20 Conference - Reports and DocumentsLast

Updated on 2012-01-28 00:00:00Reports from Rio 2012 For general information on the Rio + 20 Conference with links click
HERE. Photo: Ban Ki-moon, UN Secretary General Summary of Rio 2012 (iisd) Summary of Rio 2012 (iisd) Go to top ------
---- Report by Kim Lovell, Sierra Club ReflectionsOnRio2012_KimLovell Go to top ---------- Zero-Draft Rio Document
The "Zero Draft" document was the preliminary Rio Document; it contains climate change information on p14: Climate
change 88. We reaffirm that climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time, and express our deep concern that
developing countries are particularly vulnerable to and are experiencing increased negative impacts from climate change,
which is severely undermining food security and efforts to eradicate poverty, and also threatens... More »

The Conservative Campaign against Climate

Science, by Prof. Kerry EmanuelLast Updated on 2012-01-16 00:00:00The distinguished climatologist
Prof Kerry Emanuel of MIT has come out with another hard-hitting essay against conservatives who attempt to discredit
climate science. The essay is on the conservative National Association of Scholars website HERE, entitled "Science Self-
Corrects Even When Scientists Don't ". Emanuel describes " ... a template for the conservative campaign against climate
science: 1. Tar an entire scholarly endeavor with the alleged crimes of a few 2. Endlessly repeat allegations long after
they have been proven false 3. Falsely attribute to scientists extremist statements originating outside science 4. Claim
that the existence of minority opinions obviates the need to take risk... More »
 2011 Climate B.S. of the Year AwardsLast Updated on
2012-01-05 00:00:00The Climate B.S. (Bad Science) 2011 Awards by deniers / contrarians / faux-skeptics have been
announced! The 2011 Climate BS Award Winners Final Update(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script");
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ClimateWire RSS FeedLast Updated on 2011-12-10

00:00:00Here is the ClimateWire RSS feed. ClimateWire calls itself "The Premier Information Source for Professionals Who
Track Environmental and Energy Policy." ClimateWire is part of E&E Publishing. Another E&E feature is called
Greenwire. More »

Durban - Direct Reporting from the Climate

Conference 2011Last Updated on 2011-12-02 00:00:00 Reports from the Durban Climate Conference
2011 Background information for Durban is HERE. Scroll all the way down the screen to see the posts. 1. Dr. Ann Braudis,
Co-Chair of the UN Committee for Sustainable Development (CoNGO, NY), report received Dec 1 2. iisd Durban reports
(daily) 3. Proposals by the EU and China 4. Global Climate Deal "Beyond Our Reach": UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-
moon 5. Video summarizing Durban negotiations to Dec 7 6. U.S. Delay on Climate Pact Spurs Backlash 7. Ban Urges
Launch of Green Climate Fund 8. Summary of Negotiations as of Saturday morning Dec 10 9. Video "Ode to Kyoto" from
Youth Supporting the Kyoto Protocol 10. Preliminary Durban... More »

Climate Change Economics, Energy Finance

Seminar 2012 - Fordham ULast Updated on 2011-11-20 00:00:00The Fordham Climate Change Economics
and Energy Finance Symposium, at the Fordham Center for Research in Contemporary Finance, was held on March 1, 2012.
The complete video of the Symposium, in two parts, is HERE HERE is the program HERE is the presentation by Jan Dash,
UU-UNO Climate Initiative Chair Fordham Climate Economics & Energy Finance Symposium 2012 ------------------
Climate Change, Risk Management, and Science (DASH presentation, Fordham 2012) Go to top ---------------- More »

Extreme Weather and Climate Change: IPCC

2011 ReportLast Updated on 2011-11-19 00:00:00 Extreme Weather and Climate Change 2011 IPCC summary
report INTRODUCTION QUOTES PRESS RELEASE SLIDE PRESENTATION INTRODUCTION: The Special Report
for Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation (SREX) was a collaborative
effort of IPCC Working Group I, which focuses on the physical science basis of climate change and Working Group II, which
focuses on impacts, adaptation, and vulnerability, with Working Group II holding the overall responsibility. More than 80
authors, 19 review editors, and more than 100 contributing authors from all over the world contributed to the preparation of
SREX. ------------------------- QUOTES: “A hotter, moister atmosphere is an atmosphere primed to trigger... More »

AGU Excellence in Climate Communications

Prize won by Gavin SchmidtLast Updated on 2011-10-20 00:00:00 AGU Release No. 11–34 18 October
2011 WASHINGTON, DC — In recognition of his exceptional work as a climate communicator, the American Geophysical
Union (AGU) has selected Gavin Schmidt as the recipient of its inaugural Climate Communications Prize. Schmidt is a
climate scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and co-founder of the RealClimate.org, a blog that covers
areas of science related to climate-from present-day measurements to paleoclimate proxies, from natural climate variation to
anthropogenic change. Schmidt has also worked with photographers on a popular science book, on museum exhibits, and on
online courses and has often appeared on TV and radio and in print. The award, which was established by AGU earlier this
year, recognizes excellence in climate communication as well as the promotion of scientific literacy,... More »

AAAS Deplores Personal Attacks on Climate

ScientistsLast Updated on 2011-10-05 00:00:00 AAAS Statement Deplores Attacks on Climate Scientists 2011
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More Jobs from Renewables than from the XL

PipelineLast Updated on 2011-09-23 00:00:00 MORE JOBS FROM RENEWABLES THAN FROM THE XL
PIPELINE More jobs would be created by putting an equivalent amount of money into renewable energies than would be
created by the XL pipeline. The Keystone XL Pipeline, or just the XL Pipeline, is a proposed extension to a pipeline system
that would transport synthetic crude oil from Canada to refineries in the United States. For a comprehensive introduction to
issues with the pipeline, see HERE. XL pipeline proponents have attempted to frame the debate over whether the pipeline
should be constructed in terms of whether it will be economically good for the American people. (They have no argument for
how it will affect the environment; environmental impacts will unquestionably be severe.) Their arguments in this frame of
mind have taken on two forms: they claim that the pipeline will... More »

Skeptical Science's John Cook wins AwardLast

Updated on 2011-09-11 00:00:00 John Cook, author of the effective anti-climate-misinformation website
SkepticalScience.com has won the 2011 Eureka Prize for advancement of Climate Change Knowledge Eureka Prizes Mission
of the SkepticalScience website Books written by John Cook The iPhone app and Twitter The One-Liner responses to climate
misinformation Text of the Award The Eureka Prizes, presented annually since 1990 by the Australian Museum, have been
described as Australia’s “Oscars of Science”. The prizes recognise and reward excellence in the fields of scientific research &
innovation, science leadership, school science and science journalism & communication. ----------------- The site explains it's
mission: Explaining... More »
 New Scientific Paper Rebuts Contrarian Cloud
ClaimsLast Updated on 2011-09-06 00:00:00 New Scientific Paper Rebuts Contrarian Cloud Claims Video Press
Release Background Information Published Paper Other posts Video HERE: PRESS RELEASE Clouds only amplify climate
change, says a Texas A&M University professor in a study that rebuts recent claims that clouds are actually the root cause of
climate change. Andrew Dessler, a Texas A&M atmospheric sciences professor considered one of the nation’s experts on
climate variations, says years of data support the mainstream and long-held view that clouds are primarily acting as a so-called
feedback that amplifies warming from human activity. His work is published today in the American Geophysical Union’s
peer-reveiwed journal Geophysical Research Letters. ... More »

Climate Risk and UU IssuesLast Updated on 2011-09-04

00:00:00 Climate change is strongly linked to UU issues. So climate change should be "back on the front page" for UUs. This
essay spells out the argument. Climate Risk and UU Issues_FINAL_2Aug11(function() { var scribd =
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Water-Based Renewable EnergyLast Updated on 2011-08-

27 00:00:00Climate change is upon us, and is causing devastating effects already, with more to come. One area it is affecting
is our water resources (see http://climate.uu-uno.org/blogs/view/169148/?topic=71030). But water can be enlisted as an ally
in the fight against global warming. Several different forms of renewable energy are water-based. The most widely used
form of water-based renewable energy is hydropower. Turbines are placed in streams, rivers, and other small bodies of water
with a current. The current of water turns the turbine, and this motion is converted to usable electricity. Hydropower
currently supplies about 2% of the electricity used in the United States and 20% worldwide. Pros: Hydroelectric power is
relatively cheap and produces low carbon emissions. Cons: In many cases dams are used to facilitate the current; these dams
can... More »

National Science Foundation vindicates Michael

MannLast Updated on 2011-08-23 00:00:00Prof. Michael Mann, the distinguished climatologist who is under vicious
attack by the anti-science right wing, has been vindicated once again, this time by the National Science Foundation: Analysis
and Conclusion ... no direct evidence has been presented that indicates the Subject fabricated the raw data he used for his
research or falsified his results... Lacking any direct evidence of research misconduct, as defined under the NSF Research
Misconduct Regulation, we are closing this investigation with no further action. ----------- For more information on this Portal,
see: Michael Mann innocent of all "Climategate" charges: Penn State investigation complete The Contrarians? Full essay
with references This essay discusses climate contrarians, or deniers, or faux-skeptics. For further analysis see these websites:
... More »
 UNEP Green Economy initiativeLast Updated on 2011-06-
26 00:00:00HERE is the UNEP (United Nations Environmental Programme) Green Initiative. UNEP's ground-breaking
report Towards a Green Economy: Pathways to Sustainable Development and Poverty Eradication Synthesis for Policy
Makers Summary of Conclusions Press Release Read the full report online ------------------ HERE is a press release from the
UN: Ban Calls For A Green Economy As Crucial For A Sustainable Future UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called for
"revolutionary action" to achieve sustainable development, warning that the past century's heedless consumption of resources
is "a global suicide pact" with time running out to ensure an economic model for survival. Go to top ---------- More »

Clearing up the "Climate Debate"Last Updated on 2011-06-

24 00:00:00A remarkable series of rebuttals to climate contrarians/deniers/"faux-skeptics" has appeared on The Conversation,
an Australian academic site: "The debate may be fiery, but it's also phony. " June 24, 2011 By Stephan Lewandowsky,
University of Western Australia and Michael Ashley, University of New South Wales The Conversation wraps up Clearing up
the Climate Debate with a statement from our authors: the debate is over. Let’s get on with it. Over the past two weeks The
Conservation has highlighted the… Go to top ------------------ June 24, 2011 Bob Carter sees the world a little differently to
the rest of the scientific community. AAP By David Karoly, University of Melbourne CLEARING UP THE CLIMATE
DEBATE: Professor David Karoly goes down the rabbit hole of Bob Carter’s climate theories. In his... More »

Climate Science vs. Merchants of Denial Poison,

by Al GoreLast Updated on 2011-06-24 00:00:00Al Gore has written a great article on climate and science vs. climate
denier pseudoscience and the complicit role of the media for Rolling Stone: Climate of Denial Can science and the truth
withstand the merchants of poison? READ IT. "The climate crisis, in reality, is a struggle for the soul of America. It is about
whether or not we are still capable — given the ill health of our democracy and the current dominance of wealth over reason
— of perceiving important and complex realities clearly enough to promote and protect the sustainable well-being of the
many. What hangs in the balance is the future of civilization as we know it. In one corner of the ring are Science and Reason.
In the other corner: Poisonous Polluters and Right-wing Ideologues." More »

Climate Change and Global Food SupplyLast Updated

on 2011-06-19 00:00:00Here is a short review article on the effects of climate change and its increasingly destructive impact
on food supplies around the world. The article was written by Guy Quinlan, UU-UNO Climate Advisory Group.UU-UNO
Climate-Food Essay GQ(function() { var scribd = document.createElement("script"); scribd.type = "text/javascript";
scribd.async = true; scribd.src = "http://www.scribd.com/javascripts/embed_code/inject.js"; var s =
document.getElementsByTagName("script")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })(); [Edit: Insert 6 Feb 2012 The
effects of more prolonged droughts resulting from climate change come at a time when the world's groundwater supplies are
also under pressure, from increased agricultural demand for irrigation. A study by the University of California Center for
Hydrologic Modeling, presented at the December 6, 2011 meeting of the American... More »
 Environment News BlogLast Updated on 2011-06-17
00:00:00Environmental News Related to Climate Change The composite photos of the earth are by NASA (2001-2002). Here
is the RSS feed from the Energy & Environment News Blog from The Hill: ------------- More »

UU-UNO Statement Supporting the EPALast Updated

on 2011-03-07 00:00:00The UU-UNO has submitted written comments supporting and defending the EPA for its rulemakings
on Petroleum Refineries and Utilities. The EPA says HERE: EPA will accept written comments on the planned rulemakings
until March 18, 2011. Comments on the GHG NSPS for Petroleum Refineries must reference Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-
2011-0089 Comments on the GHG NSPS for Utilities must reference Docket ID: EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0090 Here is the UU-
UNO statement (if there is a streaming error, just click on the link): UUUNO EPA COMMENT Petroleum Refineries,
Utilities Go to top ---------------- More »

Huffington Post Green RSS FeedLast Updated on 2011-03-

02 00:00:00Here is the Huffington Post Green RSS Feed: More »

Monckton MythsLast Updated on 2011-01-31 19:23:28John Cook's

Skeptical Science website has done it again with a great compilation of Monckton Myths. Christopher Monckton, trained in
classics and journalism with no scientific credentials, is influential among the right-wing libertarian and fossil-fuel supported
contrarians/deniers/faux skeptics. Monckton falsely claims that he is a member of the British House of Lords and claims to
have invented a cure for AIDS and the common cold. He was invited by Republicans to testify on climate science before the
U.S. Congress in 2010, and that testimony was described by actual scientists as containing, among other attributes, "chemical
nonsense". As the distinguished MIT climatologist Kerry Emanuel says, "Thus into the arena steps a whole host of charlatans
posing as climate scientists..." Richard Feynman's Cargo Cult Science is quite applicable. A... More »

New England Climate Change Impacts RSS

FeedLast Updated on 2011-01-29 00:00:00Here is the New England Climate Change Impacts RSS feed, from U. Mass
Amherst: More »
 Climate Change and Immigration from MexicoLast
Updated on 2011-01-22 00:00:00Here is a the press release of a Princeton University report on anticipated Mexican
immigration of some millions of adults to the US, forecast in this century from failed crops: Climate change is expected to
cause mass human migration, including immigration across international borders, according to a new study by three Princeton
University professors and researchers. The researchers -- all from the University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and
International Affairs -- examined the linkages between variations in climate, agricultural yields and people's migration
responses.The researchers concluded in the published study, that their projections indicate that "certain migrant-receiving
countries, including the United States, are expected to face increased migration streams as a result of existing transnational
networks with migrant-sending countries that are... More »

A Lesson in the Way Science WorksLast Updated on

2011-01-20 00:00:00Here is an essay by Dr. Peter Gleick with a real-life example of skeptical scientists who correct an honest
mistake made by an Argentinean NGO that overstated some climate risks. This is to be contrasted with the faux-skeptical
attacks on real science from the cargo-cult pseudo-science of climate deniers / contrarians. Read the essay by the distinguished
MIT climatologist Kerry Emanuel: "Thus into the arena steps a whole host of charlatans posing as climate scientists..." ---------
----- A Lesson in the Way Science Works Peter Gleick [Note: If the screen doesn't work, just click on the link above.] More »

Winter Snow and Global WarmingLast Updated on 2011-

01-17 00:00:00Global Warming, Extreme Weather, and Snow Storms in the US and Europe The global warming trend of
climate change and the recent huge winter snow storms in the US and Europe are consistent, because both exist. A new line of
inquiry by Overland et al. and by Petoukhov et al. suggests that global warming and the recent huge snow storms are actually
causally linked. Here's why. The jet stream, which circulates the globe mostly west-to-east azimuthally with some meanders
(see video and picture below), usually provides a "barrier" that contains the cold winter Arctic weather near the north pole.
However, the jet stream sometimes destabilizes, so that the barrier becomes "broken", large south-north meanders occur, and
the jet stream thus no longer contains the cold Arctic weather. Now, with global warming, the Arctic has been heating up, with
Arctic sea ice... More »

AlertNet News Climate RSS FeedLast Updated on 2011-

01-16 15:02:42Here is the climate RSS feed from AlertNet, a free humanitarian news service run by Thomson Reuters
Foundation covering crises worldwide. More »

Climate Change and Forced MigrationLast Updated on

2011-01-03 00:00:00CLIMATE CHANGE AND FORCED MIGRATION* In February 2010 the US Defense Department
reported that “climate-related changes are already being observed in every region of the world” and “will contribute to food
and water scarcity, will increase the spread of disease, and may spur or exacerbate mass migration.” The United Nations
Office of Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimates that in 2008 “climate-related catastrophes” drove more than 20
million people from their homes. A study by scientists at Columbia University suggests that, if present trends continue
unchecked until mid-century, the figure could rise to 200 million or higher. Climate changes resulting from global warming
can have disastrous effects on the livelihood of people in the developing world: -Changes... More »

2010 Climate B.S. of the Year AwardLast Updated on

2010-12-30 00:00:00The 2010 Climate B.S.* Of The Year Award By: Pacific Institute OAKLAND, Calif. Dec. 30, 2010 -
Today marks the release of the very first Annual Climate B.S.* of the Year Award. While many observers think they know
what "B.S." means, here the award is presented for the "Bad Science" of the Year. The Award is being simultaneously
released on a number of climate sites, among them: Skeptical Science, deSmogBlog, UU-UNO Climate Portal, Conservation
Minnesota, The Cost of Energy Blog, ScholarsandRogues.com; Huffington Post, SF Gate "City Brights," Pacific Institute, and
more. 2010 saw widespread and growing evidence of rapidly warming global climate and strengthening scientific
understanding of how humans are contributing to climate change. Yet on the policy front, little happened to stem the growing
emissions of greenhouse gases or to help... More »

Peter Gleick's RSS FeedLast Updated on 2010-12-22

00:00:00Here is Peter Gleick's RSS Feed on the Huffington Post. He is a water and climate scientist, and President of the
Pacific Institute Here is a great post for starters: Climate Fraud and Hypocrisy December 14, 2010 6:38 PM Here are four
well-worn arguments regularly put forward by deniers in public forums despite the fact that they've all been debunked (over
and over and over) by scientists. ------------- More »

Cancun Agreements adopted at COP16Last Updated on

2010-12-11 00:00:00The Cancun Climate Conference COP16 (10 Dec 2010) adopted the "Cancun Agreements". The vote
was unanimous with the sole exception of Bolivia. While not a binding treaty, the Cancun Agreements unexpectedly made
some significant progress. See HERE for some background and HERE for our Cancun Blog. "Adoption" is significant since
the Copenhagen Accord from the COP15 Conference was only "noted". When the Cancun Agreements text emerges, we will
publish it. A summary is given in an AP report HERE: The new agreement creates "building blocks" for a new global pact
and, unexpectedly, gives recognition to the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions from industrial countries by 25 to 40
per cent from 1990 levels within the next 10 years. Current pledges amount to about 16 percent. Debate on a larger pact was
deferred to the 2011 ... More »

Climate summit in Cancun intent on progressLast

Updated on 2010-12-11 00:00:00The U.N.-sponsored climate talks entered a new phase on Monday, Dec. 6 ,as delegates and
high-ranking ministers from nearly 200 countries settled into vast, sunless meeting rooms, intent on restoring the credibility of
a process aimed at slowing global warming. "In stark contrast to Copenhagen, there's less acrimony, and less ambition and less
expectations," said Jennier Haverkamp, managing director for international climate policy at the Environmental Defense Fund.
"Ironically, that seems to have opened the door to some modest progress." One sign of potential movement came Monday
when China indicated that it would subject its voluntary carbon cuts to detailed international scrutiny and verification,
something the United States has identified as a sticking point. But it remains unclear how this process would be conducted.
Many negotiators and observers... More »

CANCUN CROSSROADS by Fr John Brinkman,

M.M.Last Updated on 2010-12-10 00:00:00 December
2, 2010 Fr. John T. Brinkman, M.M. Commission on Ecology and Religion Maryknoll 6-2 Kioi-cho, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo,
102-0094 JAPAN Crossroads and the Climate Change Conference at the Start of Cancun. The Copenhagen United Nations
Framework Conference on... More »

2010 Ties for Warmest Year (NASA)Last Updated on

2010-12-10 00:00:00NASA Research - 2010 Tied for Warmest Year on Record January 12, 2011 Global surface temperatures
in 2010 tied 2005 as the warmest on record, according to an analysis released Wednesday by researchers at NASA's Goddard
Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York. The two years differed by less than 0.018 degrees Fahrenheit. The difference
is smaller than the uncertainty in comparing the temperatures of recent years, putting them into a statistical tie. In the new
analysis, the next warmest years are 1998, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007 and 2009, which are statistically tied for third warmest
year. The GISS records begin in 1880. Previous information: NASA: 2010 Meteorological Year Warmest Ever The 2010
meteorological year, which ended on 30 November, was the warmest in NASA's 130-year record, data posted by the agency
today shows. Over the oceans as well as... More »

AGW Observer RSS FeedLast Updated on 2010-12-07

00:00:00The AGW Observer is a blog about climate science, with an emphasis on those observations that show that mankind
is causing this current climate change by greenhouse gas emissions. AGW stands for Anthropogenic Global Warming, which
is a commonly used term for the current human-caused climate change. Site: AGW Observer More »

Open Source Systems, Science and Solutions RSS

FeedLast Updated on 2010-12-03 00:00:00The Open Source Systems, Science and Solutions (OSS) Foundation is focused
on facilitating research and solution development pertaining to multi-disciplinary work in key areas of human endeavor that
pertain to our sustainable capacity, and the living systems of earth. The mission of the OSS Foundation is to meaningfully
communicate relevant issues in science to the public and policy makers, to analyze and determine the simplest solution
possible for a given problem, or set of problems, and to deliver efficient analysis and effective methods, tools, and systems, to
accomplish the goals of a given objective. We live in a world of complexity and chaos, where inter-dynamic systems have
influences that are difficult to see. The law of unintended consequences drives us to understand these dynamics in order to
avert potential problems. The 'big picture' is really many... More »
 U.S. pressured Saudis to accept Copenhagen
AccordLast Updated on 2010-12-01 00:00:00The Obama administration leaned heavily on Saudi Arabia to associate
itself with the Copenhagen Accord climate change agreement, confidential State Department memos show. The handful of
climate-related cables -- among the hundreds of thousands of secret and unclassified messages released by the whistle-blower
organization Wikileaks -- show the United States put climate change at the center of its foreign policy relationship with the
oil-producing giant in the months after last year's blowout U.N. climate summit in Denmark. "You have the opportunity to
head off a serious clash over climate change," James Smith, the U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia, wrote to Secretary of State
Hillary Rodham Clinton as she prepared for a February visit to the kingdom. "Saudi officials are very concerned that a climate
change treaty would significantly reduce their income just as they... More »

Cancun Climate Conference BlogLast Updated on 2010-

11-29 00:00:00 Information from attendees at the 2010 Cancun Climate Conference is posted here. More »

Global Warming: Can You Tell Fact From

Science Fiction?Last Updated on 2010-11-14 00:00:00What do you know about global warming? Can you tell
FACT from SCIENCE FICTION? Want a free "Got Science?" sticker? Take the true or false quiz that pits your knowledge of
global warming against public officials, media personalities, and political hacks. See if you can tell who's "Got Science"
versus who's spreading propaganda that's "Not Science" about global warming. www.gotsci.org Get a free "Got Science?"
sticker -- no matter how well you do on the quiz. I did! It's by the Union of Concerned Scientists and CREDO, so you know
it's the real deal. Check it out: www.gotsci.org Good luck on the quiz! More »

Bill Gates is investing millions in carbon-free

energy R&DLast Updated on 2010-11-11 00:00:00Bill Gates is a relative newcomer to the fight against global
warming, but he's already shifting the debate over climate change. In recent years, America's wealthiest man has begun to
tackle energy issues in a major way, investing millions in everything from high-capacity batteries to machines that can scrub
carbon dioxide out of the air. "We don't really grasp the scale of the problem we're facing," says Gates."The right goal is not to
cut our carbon emissions in half. The right goal is zero." Gates supports next-generation nuclear plants, traveling-wave
reactors which use waste uranium for fuel . Unlike energy-farming approaches such as wind and solar, traveling-wave reactors
don't have a problem with location and storage. "Climate change is a terrible problem, and it absolutely needs to be solved. It
deserves to be a huge priority," says... More »
 30 Ways in 30 DaysLast Updated on 2010-11-05 00:00:00What do
solar loans, sustainable tourism, tea plantations, forests in Panama and African financiers have in common? The answer is
quite simple: all are part of the global solution to climate change, and part of the United Nation’s Environment Programme’s
“30 ways in 30 Days” initiative, launched this week. A month out from the start of the UN Climate Conventions meeting in
Cancun, Mexico, the United Nation’s Environment Programme (UNEP) will release online one case study a day to show that
solutions to climate change are available and can be copied and scaled up around the world. The examples are just the tip of
the iceberg and highlights in terms of existing successful climate initiatives and programmes. UNEP’s aim is to show that
across the world, in myriad ways, from community-based programmes to entrepreneurial endeavours, solutions... More »

Negotiators Agree on Biodiversity Pact in

NagoyaLast Updated on 2010-10-29 00:00:00Negotiators Agree on Biodiversity Pact in Nagoya by Dennis Normile
Delegates from 179 countries meeting at the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Nagoya, Japan, agreed to "take
effective and urgent action to halt the loss of biodiversity" to try to ensure the resilience of ecosystems by 2020. They also
adopted agreements to generate financing to support these efforts and to share the proceeds of the commercialization of
genetic materials with the countries of origin. "It's a pretty good deal," says James Leape, director general of the conservation
organization WWF. The agreements adopted at the 10th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 10) to the 1992 CBD
took years of preparatory work, 2 weeks of negotiations in Nagoya, and a final plenary session that ran past 2 a.m. local time
on 30 October. ... More »

Geophysical Research Letters RSS FeedLast Updated

on 2010-09-28 00:00:00Below is the Geophysical Research Letters GRL's RSS Feed for the most downloaded articles. The
GRL is a professional highly-respected journal published by the American Geophysical Union AGU. GRL publishes short,
concise research letters that present scientific advances that are likely to have immediate influence on the research of other
investigators. Also click HERE for the RSS feed for "global change" across all AGU journals. More »

Skeptical Science RSS FeedLast Updated on 2010-09-28

00:00:00Below is the RSS feed from the anti-contrarian /denier / skeptic website Skeptical Science. From the site: Scientific
skepticism is healthy. Scientists should always challenge themselves to expand their knowledge and improve their
understanding. Yet this isn't what happens in global warming skepticism. Skeptics vigorously criticise any evidence that
supports man-made global warming and yet uncritically embrace any argument, op-ed piece, blog or study that refutes global
warming. HERE are useful one-liner responses to common contrarian/denier/skeptic fallacies on the Skeptical Science site,
along with the authorship CREDIT. -------------------------------- More »
 EnergyBiz RSS FeedLast Updated on 2010-09-14 00:00:00 Here
is the EnergyBiz RSS Feed: More »

Allianz Climate Change RSS FeedLast Updated on 2010-

09-12 00:00:00 Here is the Allianz RSS feed on climate change: More »

Rio + 20 Conference in 2012 and UN Sustainable

DevelopmentLast Updated on 2010-09-10 00:00:00 Rio + 20 Conference in 2012, UN Sustainable Development, and
Agenda 21 What is Rio + 20? History of Sustainable Development at the UN Rio Declaration (1992) Preparation for Rio + 20:
presentation Agenda 21 What is Rio + 20? From the UN website: On 24th December 2009 the UN General Assembly
adopted a Resolution (A/RES/64/236) agreeing to hold the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)
in 2012 - also referred to as 'Rio+20' or 'Rio 20'. The Conference seeks three objectives: securing renewed political
commitment to sustainable development, assessing the progress and implementation gaps in meeting already agreed
commitments, and addressing new and emerging challenges. The Member States have agreed on the following two themes for
the... More »

Encyclopedia of Earth - Climate RSS FeedLast

Updated on 2010-08-26 00:00:00HERE is the RSS feed on Climate Change from the Encyclopedia of Earth. n.b. Bug
loading, go directly to feed by clicking above... More »

Please take the POLL and give us some

FEEDBACKLast Updated on 2010-07-17 00:00:00Here's your chance to give us some feedback. We are especially
interested in knowing if the Climate Portal is helpful to you for action on global warming / climate change. Please take our
UU-UNO Climate Portal POLL: ************ Take the UU-UNO Climate Portal poll (anonymous)customer surveys
+++++++++ If you're a member, feel free to COMMENT below. If you'd like to become a Climate Portal Member click
HERE. Results since 2Aug2010 ----------------- More »
 The Climate Project US - RSS FeedLast Updated on
2010-07-10 00:00:00The Climate Project is Al Gore's climate change leadership program and is a part of the Alliance for
Climate Protection, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. TCP's mission is to educate the public about the harmful effects of
climate change and to work toward solutions at a grassroots level worldwide. TCP supports more than 3,500 diverse and
dedicated volunteers worldwide. TCP Presenters have delivered 70,000 presentations and have reached a combined global
audience of 7.3 million people. Here is the RSS feed from Al Gore's The Climate Project (US): More »

Yahoo Climate Change RSS feedLast Updated on 2010-06-

13 04:52:11Here is the Yahoo climate change RSS feed: More »

Solve Climate RSS FeedLast Updated on 2010-05-21

04:54:11Here is the Solve Climate RSS Feed: More »

United Nations Environmental Programme

(UNEP) RSS FeedLast Updated on 2010-05-02 07:05:15 Here is the RSS feed from the United Nations
Environmental Programme: More »

Time Magazine Science RSS FeedLast Updated on 2010-

03-13 15:28:23 Here is the Time Magazine RSS Feed for Science (and Health): More »

Huge Methane Leak from Arctic Seabed and

Permafrost MeltingLast Updated on 2010-03-06 00:00:00 A significant measurement with disturbing potential
climate consequences has recently been announced. The measurement shows that a huge amount of methane is leaking from
the Arctic seabed, coming up through melting permafrost. Methane is a greenhouse gas enormously more powerful than
carbon dioxide. HERE and HERE is further commentary. Here is a video from University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist
Natalia Shakhova explaining the situation. The above graphic is from the National Science Foundation. Go to top ------------
----- HERE is a new article on the subject, also found in the Arctic Portal: Shock as retreat of Arctic sea ice releases deadly
greenhouse gas Russian research team astonished after finding 'fountains' of methane bubbling to surface. Dramatic and
unprecedented... More »

Environmental News Network RSS FeedLast Updated

on 2010-02-26 00:00:00 Below is the Environmental News Network RSS Feed. Other ENN feeds are: ENN Climate Feed
ENN Alternative Energy Feed ----------------- More »

Climate Central RSS FeedLast Updated on 2010-02-25

08:18:57 Here is the Climate Central RSS Feed: More »

National Wildlife Federation RSS FeedLast Updated on

2010-02-24 00:00:00 This is the National Wildlife Federation RSS Feed More »

Yale Environment 360 RSS FeedLast Updated on 2010-02-

18 00:00:00 This is the Yale Environment 360 RSS Feed: More »

Pew Center on Global Climate Change RSS

FeedLast Updated on 2010-02-17 00:00:00 Here is the Pew Center on Global Climate Change RSS Feed: More »

NOAA Climate Services PortalLast Updated on 2010-02-16

00:00:00 Here is the link to the NOAA Climate Services Portal. This new site has lots of information, including student-
oriented educational material. Go have a look! Here is the front page of the Education page. To make the text bigger, click on
"Fullscreen" and/or "Zoom + " at the bottom of the page. Education More »
 Climate Progress RSS feedLast Updated on 2010-02-15
00:00:00 Climate Progress is a climate website run by Dr. Joseph Romm (picture), a Fellow of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science. Here is the Climate Progress RSS Feed: More »

London Times Environment RSS FeedLast Updated on

2010-02-13 00:00:00 Here is the London Times Environment RSS Feed: Note: This feed has started to deteriorate without
environmental information, in spite of the name. If this continues, the feed will be deleted. More »

Science Blogs Environment RSS FeedLast Updated on

2010-02-13 00:00:00 Here is the Science Blogs Environment RSS Feed: More »

NY Times Dot Earth RSS FeedLast Updated on 2010-02-13

00:00:00 Here is the New York Times Dot Earth RSS Feed: More »

Worldwatch Institute RSS feedLast Updated on 2010-02-08

00:00:00This is the Worldwatch Institute RSS feed: More »

World Bank Climate RSS FeedLast Updated on 2010-02-06

00:00:00 Here is the World Bank Climate RSS Feed: More »
 Clean Development Mechanism - What It Is,
Videos, RSS FeedLast Updated on 2010-02-05 00:00:00 What is the Clean Development Mechanism
CDM? Clean Development Mechanism The CDM allows emission-reduction (or emission removal) projects in developing
countries to earn certified emission reduction (CER) credits, each equivalent to one tonne of CO2. These CERs can be traded
and sold, and used by industrialized countries to a meet a part of their emission reduction targets under the Kyoto Protocol.
The mechanism stimulates sustainable development and emission reductions, while giving industrialized countries some
flexibility in how they meet their emission reduction limitation targets. The projects must qualify through a rigorous and
public registration and issuance process designed to ensure real, measurable and verifiable emission reductions that are
additional to what would... More »

Nature Magazine RSS feedLast Updated on 2010-02-03

00:00:00 Here is the top of the list from the Nature Magazine RSS feed. To get the whole list, click HERE. More »

AIP Science Policy News RSS FeedLast Updated on

2010-02-02 00:00:00 This is the American Institute of Physics Science Policy RSS feed: More »

Scientific American RSS feedsLast Updated on 2009-12-21

00:00:00HERE is the RSS global warming feed from Scientific American. HERE is the SciAm RSS feed for energy and
sustainability. Other RSS feeds from Scientific American can be accessed HERE. -------------------------- More »

Green Business News Reuters RSS FeedLast Updated

on 2009-11-04 00:00:00This is the Reuters Green Business RSS feed. [Reuters conditions on RSS use] More »

Apollo Alliance RSS feedLast Updated on 2009-10-14

00:00:00The Apollo Alliance is a coalition of labor, business, environmental, and community leaders working to catalyze a
clean energy revolution that will put millions of Americans to work in a new generation of high-quality, green-collar jobs. See
HERE for a summary. Apollo’s 2009 program priorities are to: Promote federal policies, within the framework of The New
Apollo Program, to spur national economic recovery through strategic investment in America’s clean energy economy.
Strengthen and build state and local Apollo coalitions to promote policies, implement programs to speed investment in clean
energy and energy efficiency, and put people to work in well-paid, green-collar jobs. This is the Apollo Alliance RSS
feed: More »

IISD RSS feed and Climate-LLast Updated on 2009-10-04

00:00:00 The IISD (International Institute for Sustainable Development) is an excellent professional resource documenting
climate-related events, especially for the UN. The IISD has a climate website called Climate-L. The IISD also has a Reporting
Services Division that "provides a variety of multimedia informational resources for environment and sustainable development
policymakers, including daily coverage of international negotiations, analyses and photos." Here is the IISD Reporting
Services RSS feed: More »

EPA news RSS feedsLast Updated on 2009-10-03 00:00:00Here

are EPA RSS feeds: All Categories Agriculture Air Awards and Recognition BP Spill Compliance and Enforcement
Emergency Response Energy Energy Star Faith-Based Neighborhood Partnerships Grants Green Power Partnership
Greenversations Hazardous Waste Partnerships and Voluntary Programs Pesticide Recalls Radiation Recovery Act Research
Superfund and Brownfields Toxic Chemicals and Pesticides Trash and Recycling Underground Storage Tanks Water Water
Science Watershed Recent Additions Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds Recent Additions This is the rss feed from the EPA
climate change website for the new "Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Rule": More »

Google Climate Change RSS feedLast Updated on 2009-

09-29 12:59:10This is the Climate Change RSS feed from Google News: More »

UN Environment RSS feedLast Updated on 2009-09-28

00:00:00UN Environment RSS feed: More »

UNFCCC Headlines RSS feedLast Updated on 2009-09-21

03:00:33This is the UNFCCC Climate Change Headlines RSS feed. Other feeds are also available. More »
 SciDev RSS feedLast Updated on 2009-09-21 00:00:00Here is the
SciDev.Net Climate Change and Energy RSS feed: http://rss.scidev.net/en/climate-change-and-energy/ More »

Earth Inst Columbia U. Media RSS feedLast Updated

on 2009-09-20 00:00:00This is the "Media" feed from the Earth Institute, Columbia University, which contains articles from
the outside media on climate change and related issues. For their “Research and Press Release” feed, click here. More »

Yahoo Global Warming RSS feedLast Updated on 2009-

09-20 00:00:00 Below is the Yahoo Global Warming RSS feed. More »

Earth Institute Columbia U. Research RSS feedLast

Updated on 2009-09-18 04:33:26The Earth Institute at Columbia University is one of the premier research institutions in
climatology science. This is their "Research and Press Release" feed. Other feeds are also available. Click here for their
"Media" feed containing articles in various media. More »

Earth Equity News RSS feedLast Updated on 2009-09-17

12:25:53This is an RSS feed of the Earth Equity News, from the Climate Crisis Coalition. More »

Mitigation IPCC 2007 Report (III)Last Updated on 2009-

08-27 00:00:00 The IPCC 2007 Mitigation Report is the authoritative reference of research on possible mitigation actions and
strategies. It can be downloaded free. The graphic is the cover of the report. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fourth
Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2007 B. Metz, O.R. Davidson, P.R. Bosch, R. Dave,
L.A. Meyer (eds) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA. Contents Preface and
Foreword Summary for Policymakers Technical Summary Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Framing Issues Chapter 3:
Issues related to mitigation in the long-term context Chapter 4: Energy Supply Chapter 5: Transport and its infrastructure
Chapter 6: Residential and commercial buildings Chapter 7: Industry Chapter 8: Agriculture Chapter 9: Forestry Chapter 10:
Waste management Chapter 11:... More »
 Science IPCC 2007 Report (I)Last Updated on 2009-08-27
00:00:00The IPCC Science 2007 report is the most authoritative resource of accurate scientific research on climate change
and global warming. It is 1,000 pages long. There is a technical summary of these results. All can be downloaded, free.
Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
Solomon, S., D. Qin, M. Manning, Z. Chen, M. Marquis, K.B. Averyt, M. Tignor and H.L. Miller (eds.). Cambridge
University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom and New York, NY, USA, 996 pp. Contents Front Matter Summary for
Policymakers Technical Summary Frequently Asked Questions (extracted from chapters below) Chapter 1 Historical
Overview of Climate Change Science Chapter 2 Changes in Atmospheric Constituents and in Radiative Forcing Chapter 3
Observations: Surface and Atmospheric Climate Change Supplementary Material:... More »

Impacts/Adaptation IPCC 2007 Report (II)Last

Updated on 2009-08-25 00:00:00 Impacts of Climate Change are documented along with Adaptation and Vulnerability in
this authoritative and voluminous summary of research, published by the Working Group II of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change. This is the second of three volumes, each containing around 1,000 pages. The graphic is the report cover.
Individual chapters are available free for download here, along with figures. Contribution of Working Group II to the Fourth
Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change M.L. Parry, O.F. Canziani, J.P. Palutikof, P.J. van der
Linden and C.E. Hanson, Eds. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 976 pp Contents Introduction to the Report
Summary for Policymakers Technical Summary Chapter 1: Assessment of Observed Changes and Responses in Natural and
Managed Systems - [ Supplementary Material ] Chapter 2: New... More »

RealClimate Rebuts the ContrariansLast Updated on

2009-08-24 00:00:00 RealClimate.org is the go-to climate science website run by professional climatologists. RealClimate
has excellent responses to many fallacious contrarian arguments. There are also inline responses to comments made by
contrarians in discussions. N.B: The GRAPHIC provides a very powerful argument against the contrarians; see below for
discussion. RealClimate responses to common contrarian arguments Michaels misquotes Hansen Antarctic cooling, global
warming? What does the lag of CO2 behind temperature in ice cores tell us about global warming? Are Temperature Trends
affected by Economic Activity? Fox News gets it wrong Michael Crichton’s State of Confusion Michael Crichton’s State of
Confusion II: Return of the Science Climate Change Disinformation Will-full... More »

UUMFE/350 Project Press ReleaseLast Updated on 2009-

08-19 00:00:00UUMFE calls all congregations to participate in the International Day of Climate Action on October 24,
2009 Social justice, creation care, stewardship, Earth community, beloved community – there are many ways we can name
and express our moral and spiritual perspectives on climate change. UU Ministry for Earth invites Unitarian Universalists to
join with us in prayer, meditation, action and celebration on United Nations Day, Saturday, October 24, 2009 in our
collaboration with 350.org in a day of action for climate justice. In addition to being the founding date of the UN, this date is
an important milestone in the path to an effective international treaty on climate change to be negotiated by the UN in
December in Copenhagen, Denmark. At General Assembly last June, UUMFE began inviting people to sign a pledge to
participate in the 350.org Day for Climate... More »