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As U.S. Carbon Dioxide Footprint Falls, Report Looks at Ways to Continue Emission Decline 8 Feb 2013 | 01:34 am
As Vice President Joe Biden reaffirmed the Obama administration’s commitment to combat climate change, new data indicates carbon dioxide emissions in the United States in 2012 dropped to their lowest ...
Bacteria Surviving at High Altitudes Could Play a Role in Global Climate 1 Feb 2013 | 02:09 am
A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicates that even as high as 30,000 feet in the sky, fungi and bacteria are present in the air. These living micr...
Climate Change Resurfaces in President’s Second Inaugural Address 25 Jan 2013 | 01:21 am
In his remarks at the 57th presidential inauguration, President Barack Obama discussed a topic Americans hadn’t heard much about since his November victory speech—climate change. In the nationally tel...
Global Temperature Rises in 2012, Climate Conditions Questioned 18 Jan 2013 | 02:22 am
Just days after the announcement that last year was the warmest in history for the continental United States, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmo...
Heat Wave: 2012 Labeled Hottest Year on Record 11 Jan 2013 | 02:30 am
It’s official. Last year was the warmest year in history for the contiguous United States with at least 356 record high temperatures tied or broken, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric A...
Fiscal Cliff Deal Reached, Clean Energy Not Forgotten 4 Jan 2013 | 02:24 am
After months of negotiating, lawmakers in Washington, D.C., reached an agreement to avoid the so-called “fiscal cliff.” Featured in the measure is an extension of a renewable electricity production ta...
Climate Change under the Microscope in Report, Leaked IPCC Draft 20 Dec 2012 | 10:47 pm
Editor’s Note: In observance of the holidays, The Climate Post will take a break from regular circulation Dec. 27. It will return January 3, 2013. As lawmakers in Washington, D.C., debate the so-call...
Weaker Kyoto Protocol Extended at International Climate Negotiations 14 Dec 2012 | 01:43 am
After weeks of deliberation among representatives of nearly 200 countries, the United Nations climate talks ended with an agreement to extend the life of the Kyoto Protocol. The only global agreement ...
Scientific Papers Share Lessons Learned from the BP Oil Spill 7 Dec 2012 | 02:57 am
A collection of papers now out in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) looks at the response to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in 201, examining whether it was successfu...
Sandy Surfaces, Kyoto at Stake in U.N. Climate Talks 30 Nov 2012 | 01:07 am
Thousands have converged for a two-week meeting in the Qatari capital of Doha for the 18th Conference of the Parties (COP 18) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Run...
