President no longer worried about CO2: focus on alternative energy is economic says Obama, no mention of climate | Watts Up With That?

“President no longer worried about CO2!” That’s what the headlines should have read last week after Obama presented an elaborate argument that alternative energy is the only viable response to high energy prices without ever once mentioning CO2, global warming or climate change. Instead, he presented the need to lessen our reliance on oil purely as an economic imperative.

New report shows extent of climate crisis for Pacific Islands | Green Left Weekly

Sea-surface temperatures over the Pacific also generally increased over this period by a similar amount. This warming of the Pacific Ocean’s surface waters was accompanied by a cooling of equatorial waters 200 metres below the surface.

This distinctive pattern of change — surface warming and sub-surface cooling — is reproduced in climate model simulations of the 20th century that include increased atmospheric greenhouse gases.

Can Governments Respond in Time to Climate Change? - Forbes

Louisiana is becoming a climate change laboratory

Robert Stavins: If the Durban Platform Opened a Window, Will India and China Close It?

Whether or not the submissions by China and India are part of a diplomatic dance or represent a real step backward from their positions in Durban, the fact remains that the Durban Platform, by replacing the Berlin Mandate, has opened an important window.