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Philippine President won’t honor UN Paris climate pledge — Calls it absurd

President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday that the Philippines will not honour its commitments under a historic agreement concluded last year in Paris that seeks to avoid catastrophic climate change. “You are trying to stifle us… and tell us we are limited to this and that. That’s stupid. I will not honour that,” Mr Duterte said, […]

The Hillary treatment for climate fraudsters?

The Hillary treatment for climate fraudsters? http://www.cfact.org/2016/07/18/the-hillary-treatment-for-climate-fraudsters/ Maybe Eric Schneiderman and his fellow AGs are onto something — they are just investigating the wrong side. Instead of criminalizing differences of opinion or inconvenient facts, we might do well to root out actual fraud, let real science prevail, and protect our livelihoods and living standards from […]

As Republicans Deny Climate Change, the U.N. Says it Could Cost the World $2 Trillion

https://mic.com/articles/149157/republican-convention-2016-trump-climate-change-un-cost-trillions#.z5wriwVX1   As Republicans Deny Climate Change, the U.N. Says it Could Cost the World $2 Trillion  By Natasha Noman July 19, 2016 LIKE MIC ON FACEBOOK: Assuming all goes as planned, the GOP — during the ongoing 2016 Republican Convention — will formally select presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, a man who has described climate change as a concept “created by and for […]

UN Accuses Germany, Britain of “Betraying” the Paris Climate Accord

UN Accuses Germany, Britain of “Betraying” the Paris Climate Accord http://wattsupwiththat.com/2016/07/18/un-accuses-germany-britain-of-betraying-the-paris-climate-accord Guest essay by Eric Worrall In the wake of a dramatic rollback of climate policy in Britain and Germany, the UN has accused Britain and Germany of “betraying the spirit” of the Paris Climate Accord. Ban Ki-moon’s climate change envoy has accused the UK […]