Attack on Climate Studies Would Shutter Entire DOE Biology Program - ScienceMag

The new Republican House majority has pledged to trim the federal deficit by cutting spending—and to be sure, House leaders are not fans of government-funded climate change research. But researchers also say the assault on BER—one of several agencies that support climate research—reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the office's role in generating data for the global climate models that many Republicans love to hate.

The Hindu : News / National : Women’s voices should be heard in climate change debate, says Sonia

Branding climate change as the most difficult challenge facing the humankind, Ms. Gandhi said the climate debate had so far been gender-blind, ignoring the role played by women in raising environmental consciousness.
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Ms. Gandhi said that she sometimes wondered whether women’s greater empathy with nature and concern for their children’s future might not help the world to find a new, more sustainable, less consumerist path of development.
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“Perhaps it is time for a fresh initiative to help the world bridge this gap. Such an initiative could suggest ways to bring women’s participation and perspectives more squarely into the global negotiations. We need climate justice not only between countries, but also between genders,” she said.

More Mega Earthquakes in a Climate Changed World Say Scientists – CleanTechnica: Cleantech innovation news and views

As early as 2009, scientists were beginning to develop a theory connecting climate change to earthquakes.

2009: People should give up eating meat to halt climate change | NaturallyHealthyNews.co

People should give up eating meat to halt climate change, according to Lord Stern of Brentford, a leading authority on global warming.

Lord Stern, author of the 2006 Stern Review on the cost of tackling global warming, predicts that eating meat could in the future become as socially unacceptable as drink driving.