UN: ‘It’s time we all recognise the human right to a healthy environment’ – UN ‘will promote rights-based approaches in environmental policy’

http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23162&LangID=E World Environment Day – 5 June 2018 Joint Statement by UN Environment and Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment “It’s time we all recognise the human right to a healthy environment” GENEVA (1 June 2018) – Speaking ahead of World Environment Day on 5 June, the head of UN Environment* and the […]

Analysis: Trump’s UN Paris Clexit Decision One Year Later: Looking Better and Better

Trump’s Paris Decision One Year Later: Looking Better and Better https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/06/trumps-paris-decision-one-year-later-looking-better-and-better/ Guest essay by Robert Bradley Jr. As of today, the United States will cease all implementation of the non-binding Paris Accord and the draconian financial and economic burdens the agreement imposes on our country. This includes ending the implementation of the nationally determined contribution […]

Pope Francis to mwet with BP, BlackRock execs and more in Vatican to talk climate change

https://www.axios.com/exclusive-pope-convenes-big-oil-investors-to-talk-climate-change-1527810398-44c1f3bb-37ed-4b98-a0a5-b6b65a3bffea.html Amy Harder 7 hours ago Pope Francis is hosting a gathering next week at the Vatican with executives of major oil producers and investment firms to talk about how the companies can address climate change, according to several people familiar with the event. Why it matters: It’s one of the most significant developments showing […]

Cheers! Emails Show Climate Skeptics Tout ‘Winning’ Under Trump

Emails Show Climate Skeptics Tout ‘Winning’ Under Trump http://www.thegwpf.com/emails-show-climate-skeptics-tout-winning-under-trump/ A conservative think tank that seeks to battle global warming “alarmism” celebrated during President Trump‘s first year in office, according to correspondence obtained by a Freedom of Information Act request. Joe Bast, the co-founder of the Illinois-based Heartland Institute, wrote to allies in January that 2017 […]

China’s CO2 Emissions Set For Fastest Growth In 7 Years

China’s CO2 Emissions Set For Fastest Growth In 7 Years http://www.thegwpf.com/chinas-co2-emissions-set-for-fastest-growth-in-7-years/ China’s carbon emissions are on track to rise at their fastest pace in more than seven years during 2018, casting further doubt on the ability of the Paris climate change agreement to curb dangerous greenhouse gas increases, according to a Greenpeace analysis based on […]

Hail Shale: CO2 Emissions From U.S. Power Sector Drop To Lowest In 30 Years

Hail Shale: CO2 Emissions From U.S. Power Sector Drop To Lowest In 30 Years http://www.thegwpf.com/hail-shale-co2-emissions-from-u-s-power-sector-drop-to-lowest-in-30-years/ Date: 30/05/18 Because of the increased use of natural gas, carbon dioxide emissions from the U.S. power sector were at their lowest in 30 years, a government report read. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported total fossil fuel consumption in […]

Chevron wins $38m from Environmentalists behaving badly: extortion, fraud, witness tampering, corrupt practices

Chevron wins $38m from Environmentalists behaving badly: extortion, fraud, witness tampering, corrupt practices http://joannenova.com.au/2018/05/chevron-wins-38m-from-environmentalists-behaving-badly-extortion-fraud-witness-tampering-corrupt-practices/ Score 1 for Chevron In 2011, environmentalists won the worlds largest judgement against Chevron (holy moley $18 billion), but it turned out it was all based on fraud, fake witnesses and telling lies. Who would think people who say they like […]

Red-Green Agenda: Europe Should Accept 250 Million ‘Climate Refugees’, Says French Socialist Party Director

Red-Green Agenda: Europe Should Accept 250 Million ‘Climate Refugees’, Says French Socialist Party Director http://www.thegwpf.com/the-real-red-green-agenda-europe-should-accept-250-million-climate-refugees-says-french-socialist-party-director/ Antoine Léaument, the communications director of a French far-left party, wants Europe to accept 250 million ‘climate refugees’. Léaument, member of the socialist party “La France Insoumise”, was debating with Sébastien Chenu of Marine Le Pen’s Front National, on France’s […]

New Scientific Findings Affirm Temperatures Were 3-4°C Warmer 9000 Years Ago

New Scientific Findings Affirm Temperatures Were 3-4°C Warmer 9000 Years Ago http://notrickszone.com/2018/05/31/new-scientific-findings-affirm-temperatures-were-3-4c-warmer-9000-years-ago/ Because trees may only grow within narrowly-defined temperature ranges and elevations above sea level, perhaps the most reliable means of assessing the air temperatures of past climates is to collect ancient treeline evidence. In a new paper, Kullman (2018) found tree remnants at […]