New Oceans Study: Global Warming Accelerated in Past 15 Years

Perhaps the most important result of this paper is the confirmation that while many people wrongly believe global warming has stalled over the past 10-15 years, in reality global warming has not paused, it has accelerated.

http://theenergycollective.com/josephromm/202626/hot-water-global-warm

Obama Nominee for EPA Has Track Record of Safeguarding Health and the Environment

President Obama has announced he is nominating Gina McCarthy to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. McCarthy's track record of standing up for clean air, climate action, and public health shows that we can count on her to protect our environment and communities.

http://theenergycollective.com/francesbeinecke/194791/obama-nominee-ep

Will Climate Change Hawk Kerry Kill Keystone XL?

The Senate confirmed John Kerry as a Secretary of State by a vote of 94 to 3. I believe this is a turning point in the fight to stop the Keystone XL pipeline. Once again, I do not think that a man who had dedicated his Senate career to fighting catastrophic climate change would start his term as Secretary approving the expansion of one of the dirtiest sources of fossil fuels in the world.

http://theenergycollective.com/josephromm/178816/kerry-keystone-xl-pip

Why Does the U.S. Lack an Objective and Coherent Climate Policy?

The Federal Government has yet to approve a specific climate policy. Since the U.S. Senate rejected the 1997 Kyoto Protocol no Administration has formally proposed a climate policy to Congress. The Federal Government has, however, developed many non-climate energy regulations that have significantly reduced U.S. carbon emissions over past 30 years. And, since the Supreme Court empowered the EPA to control carbon emissions, the U.S. is being subjected to miscellaneous carbon reduction regulations without well defined climate policy objectives. Why does the U.S. still lack an effective climate policy today?

http://theenergycollective.com/jemillerep/165566/draft-posting-progres

Climate Story Of The Year: Extreme Weather from Superstorms to Drought Emerges as Political, Scientific Gamechanger

This year brought staggering weather extremes, record loss of Arctic ice and a growing body of scientific analysis linking the two. Those extremes, plus Superstorm Sandy, raised public concern about the immediate threat posed by climate change, providing a palpable debunking of the (mistaken) belief that climate change will impact only future generations or people in faraway lands.

http://theenergycollective.com/josephromm/163486/climate-story-year-ex