Trump’s victory turns UN delegates into climate ‘zombies’ at summit

http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Is-Trump-s-victory-game-over-for-climate-10605356.php “A third of the people here are walking around like zombies, like the walking dead, not sure what to do,” said UC Berkeley Professor Daniel Kammen, speaking from Morocco. President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to back out of last year’s landmark Paris climate accord — the same agreement the negotiators in Marrakech are trying […]

Study: Greenhouse effect slowing down – Plants have ‘paused’ the growing CO2 levels in the atmosphere

Hi http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3917244/Is-greenhouse-effect-slowing-CO2-atmosphere-plateaued-12-years.html Plants have helped soak up greenhouse gases from human activity The extra CO2 pumped into the atmosphere has been used by plants By acting as a ‘carbon sink’ plant life has dramatically reduced the impact But scientists warn that forests and vegetation should not be viewed as the solution to global warming and rising CO2 levels […]

Great news! No need for UN or EPA– It’s too late! Climate change may be escalating so fast it could be ‘game over’, scientists warn

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/climate-change-game-over-global-warming-climate-sensitivity-seven-degrees-a7407881.html#commentsDiv New research suggests the Earth’s climate could be more sensitive to greenhouse gases than thought, raising the spectre of an ‘apocalyptic side of bad’ temperature rise of more than 7C within a lifetime Ian Johnston Environment Correspondent If the Earth’s temperature rises seven degrees Celsius, it could trigger the kind of runaway global warming […]

Trump Victory in ‘Stuns Climate World’

Trump Victory in Presidential Race Stuns Climate World he global climate community gathering now in Marrakech, Morocco is reeling from the news that the U.S. has elected Donald Trump, a climate denier, to be the next U.S. president. The outcome was an unwelcome surprise and bitter disappointment to many climate negotiators, experts and activists at […]

Trump victory: ‘The Left Just Lost The War On Climate Change’

By James Delingpole With a climate skeptic running the most powerful nation in the world, the $1.5 trillion per annum climate change industry is going to start to unravel big time. A Trump presidency is likely to be good news for fossil fuels (and heavy industry that needs cheap energy to survive); and very bad […]

‘Stunned participants at UN climate talks in Marrakesh’ insist Trump ‘cannot prevent implementation’ of Paris deal

Marrakesh (Morocco) (AFP) – Stunned participants at UN climate talks in Marrakesh insisted Wednesday that climate change denier Donald Trump cannot derail the global shift to clean energy, although some called his victory in US presidential elections a “disaster”. Trump “cannot prevent the implementation” of the landmark Paris pact, inked in the French capital last […]

ANALYSIS: PRESIDENT TRUMP WILL REVERSE OBAMA’S ENERGY AND CLIMATE PRIORITIES

Date: 09/11/16 Steven Mufson and Brady Dennis, The Washington Post Donald J. Trump comes into office with a plan to toss out most of what President Obama achieved on energy and the environment. While vowing to “cancel” the international Paris climate accord Obama championed, Trump would also rearrange domestic energy and environmental priorities. He wants […]

‘Dark Mood in Brussels’: ‘EU unity on climate action could splinter’ – Prez. Trump can kill UN climate deal

Via: http://www.thegwpf.com/president-trump-can-kill-un-climate-deal-warns-eu-carbon-market-chief/ DARK MOOD IN BRUSSELS: PRESIDENT TRUMP CAN KILL UN CLIMATE DEAL, WARNS EU CARBON MARKET CHIEF Date: 09/11/16 – EurActiv The election of Donald Trump as President of the United States is a “real and imminent threat” to the fight against climate change, and “completely upends every single element” of the Paris Agreement, making […]