Recently in Climate Change
Climate Change:
The concentration of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere reached a record high Thursday, attaining a level the planet hasn't experienced for the last three million years, according to scientists.
Climate Change:
Greenhouse gas emission allowances acquired as part of California's cap and trade auction program can soon be traded along with those issued under a similar program in Canada.
Climate Change:
Twenty California counties have endured weather-related disasters since January 2007 that were damaging enough to merit 41 Federal disaster area declarations, and two-thirds of Californians live on counties struck by those disasters.
coal:
A proposed coal-fired power plant that would cost $3.15 billion tops a list of five projects of California investor-owned utilities singled out for criticism by the Sierra Club as expensive and dirty.
Climate Change:
California's Air Resources Board has just released the results of its February auction of greenhouse gas emissions allowances, and it would seem the price of polluting isn't going up by much.
Climate Change:
A rise in temperature of 1.5°C may well be enough to trigger widespread melting of the earth's permafrost, which holds twice the greenhouse gases already contained in the Earth's atmosphere. And we're already almost halfway there.
Climate Change:
One glacier expert is saying human industrial activity has already locked in 69 feet of sea level rise. If that's true, what would that mean for California?
Climate Change:
California's landmark carbon emission credit trading program won a round in state court late last week, as Judge Ernest Goldsmith tossed out a suit against the California Air Resources Board that would have sent the cap and trade program back to the drawing board.
Government:
California Governor Jerry Brown's State of The State address Thursday morning included a detailed, hard-headed assessment of the threat climate change poses the state. But those looking for hints about new state energy policies for 2013 likely came away disappointed.
Climate Change:
California's industrial emissions of greenhouse gases dropped for the third straight year in 2011, according to figures released this month by the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
Climate Change:
During his second inaugural address yesterday, President Obama said that the country's continued failure to address climate change "would betray our children and future generations." But will his actions match his rhetoric?
Climate Change:
The editors of the MIT Technology Review have a message for President Obama: "You've got four years to set us on track to fix the climate, and your own administration's policy is one of the problems."
Climate Change:
Selling greenhouse gas emissions permits is about to become routine in California
Science:
That desert landscape we're bulldozing for solar power plants? Turns out it sequesters carbon if we leave it alone.
Climate Change:
We're now emitting 2 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere every second. Climatologists are starting to lose hope that we can keep global warming down to 2°C as a result.
Climate Change:
What's a ton of carbon dioxide worth in California? As of this week, there's a new answer to that question: about $12 or $13.
Climate Change:
Californians support the state's new cap and trade system of auctioning greenhouse gas emission permits by a margin of two to one, according to a poll released today -- including a majority of Republicans.
Climate Change:
California's tough new greenhouse gas cap and trade law swung into action this morning.
Government:
L.A's veteran Congressional Representative wants hearings on how a warmer world makes it harder to generate electricity.
Climate Change:
Democrats seem to be getting fed up with debating climate change denialists.
News and analysis about renewable energy in California. Blog host Chris Clarke is an environmental writer of two decades standing. He currently lives in Joshua Tree and can be contacted at: rewire@kcet.org.
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