Global carbon growth stalls as US coal continues to slump
A continuing drop in US coal consumption has helped keep global CO2 emissions flat Declining consumption of coal in the US last year played a significant role in keeping down Continue Reading
Source: Trump Looking at Fast Ways to Quit Global Climate Deal
President-elect Donald Trump is seeking quick ways to withdraw the United States from a global accord to combat climate change, a source on his transition team said, defying broad international Continue Reading
U.S. to push ahead on climate pact before Trump takes over: Kerry
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday the Obama administration would do everything it could to implement a global agreement to combat climate change before President-elect Donald Trump Continue Reading
Scientists hail progress in fighting growth of CO2 emissions
Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels have stayed almost flat for the third year in a row in what scientists say is a “clear and unpredicted break” that Continue Reading
Trump’s Climate Contrarian: Myron Ebell Takes On the E.P.A.
The mug-shot posters, pasted on walls and lampposts around Paris by an activist group during the United Nations climate talks last year, were hardly flattering. They depicted Myron Ebell, a Continue Reading
For Donald Trump, the Transition After the Triumph NOV. 9, 2016
President-elect Donald J. Trump , who has called human-caused climate change a “hoax” perpetuated by the Chinese, will have the power next year to water down President Obama’s climate change Continue Reading
Obama’s oil and gas regulations face fire from Trump
Rolling back the Obama administration’s regulations on the oil and gas industry will be a priority for Donald Trump, the president-elect’s top adviser on energy has said. Harold Hamm, the Continue Reading
Donald Trump’s Victory Injects Uncertainty Into Climate Accord
American students react to Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, as they take… Donald Trump ’s surprise victory is injecting a wave of uncertainty into a global climate Continue Reading
On Energy and Climate, Donald Trump to Chart a New Course
President-elect Trump has said he would withdraw President Obama’s climate rule cutting power-plant carbon emissions…. On energy and environment issues, President-elect Donald Trump appears likely to spend the next four Continue Reading
WMO: Five hottest years on record have occurred since 2011
New data released by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) shows that the five years from 2011 to 2015 were the warmest on record. The report, published at global climate talks Continue Reading