Confronting the 'Anthropocene' - NYTimes.com

LONDON — I’m participating in a one-day meeting at the Geological Society of London exploring the evidence for, and meaning of, the Anthropocene. This is the proposed epoch of Earth history that, proponents say, has begun with the rise of the human species as a globally potent biogeophysical force, capable of leaving a durable imprint in the geological record.

Climate change - Commentary | The Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia, Missouri

Our best bet is to stand ready to react rather than try to pre-empt worldwide climate change with policies like cap-and-trade, whose adverse market-confounding effects are more certain than any cure they might bring.

Baillieu: carbon goal aspirational

PREMIER Ted Baillieu has hand-balled responsibility for Victoria meeting its key climate change target to the federal government - and warned he would not support a carbon tax that disadvantaged the state's economy.