Chris Mooney, The Washington Post Published 6:13 am PST, Wednesday, December 12, 2018 WASHINGTON - For those who remember President Donald Trump's announcement of America's withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement last summer, it may be surprising that the country right now is participating in U.N. climate talks in Katowice, Poland. There, the United States has gained notoriety not only for sponsoring a fossil-fuel focused event but also for allying with Saudi Arabia and other oil-producing nations to weaken a reference to a key report detailing the swift pace of climate change and just how close we are to key warming thresholds. The lack of U.S. leadership is putting the success of the talks at risk. But aren't we supposed to be out of this process, you might wonder - rather than trying to scale back its ambitions? Well, no. The Trump administration could have pursued a more radical means of withdrawal from the Paris agreement, but it is still going by the book - … [Read more...] about How the 2020 election impacts US withdrawal from the Paris climate deal
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‘Carbon removal is now a thing’: Radical fixes get a boost at climate talks
Steven Mufson and Brady Dennis, The Washington Post Published 6:06 am PST, Wednesday, December 12, 2018 KATOWICE, Poland -With most of the world's nations seemingly unable to stop pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, some climate experts here are focusing on coming up with an economic way to remove them. Fueled by glum reports about the trajectory of global carbon emissions, more and more businesses, policymakers and researchers are coming to the same conclusion: The world must improve and commercialize methods to capture carbon dioxide from the air and store it or find practical uses for it. The focus on carbon capture comes as representatives here from nearly 200 nations try to hash out how the world can collectively combat climate change by reducing emissions. What has been largely a science experiment now seems to be a vital way to come up with a technological breakthrough that can reduce and maybe one day reverse some of the damage being done. "As we look … [Read more...] about ‘Carbon removal is now a thing’: Radical fixes get a boost at climate talks
Eyes in the sky capture carbon, other climate culprits
Frank Jordans, Associated Press Updated 2:55 am PST, Wednesday, December 12, 2018 In this Dec. 11, 2018 photo a participant in U.N. climate conference walks by a photo of a satellite in Katowice, Poland. A growing fleet of satellites is monitoring man-made greenhouse gas emissions from space, spurred by the need to track down major sources of climate changing gases such as methane and carbon dioxide. less In this Dec. 11, 2018 photo a participant in U.N. climate conference walks by a photo of a satellite in Katowice, Poland. A growing fleet of satellites is monitoring man-made greenhouse gas emissions from ... more Photo: Czarek Sokolowski, AP Photo: Czarek Sokolowski, AP Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Image 1 of 3 In this Dec. 11, 2018 photo a participant in U.N. climate … [Read more...] about Eyes in the sky capture carbon, other climate culprits
The Latest: UN Secretary-General returns to climate talks
Updated 1:37 am PST, Wednesday, December 12, 2018 Participants in a U.N. climate conference take photos at an installation with the COP24 conference logo, in Katowice,Poland, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. Participants in a U.N. climate conference take photos at an installation with the COP24 conference logo, in Katowice,Poland, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. Photo: Czarek Sokolowski, AP Photo: Czarek Sokolowski, AP Image 1 of / 3 Caption Close Image 1 of 3 Participants in a U.N. climate conference take photos at an installation with the COP24 conference logo, in Katowice,Poland, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. Participants in a U.N. climate conference take photos at an installation with the COP24 conference logo, in Katowice,Poland, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018. … [Read more...] about The Latest: UN Secretary-General returns to climate talks
Delingpole: Across the World Climate Alarmism Is in Retreat
From Poland to France, from Canada to the U.S, the climate alarmists are in retreat as the public begins to tire of their taxes, their constrictive regulations, their dodgy, ugly, inefficient renewable projects and their hysterical junk science scare stories. Economics is beginning to reassert itself over green propaganda. At the UN climate summit in Katowice, Poland, a pro-energy faction of oil-producing nations – led by the U.S. – has caused huge upset to the greenies by refusing to endorse the latest scaremongering report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).According to Associated Press: A diplomatic standoff over a single word could set the stage for a bigger showdown during the second half of this year’s U.N. climate summit. Negotiators took time out Sunday to rest after the first week of talks ended on a sour note the previous night, when the United States sided with Russia, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait in blocking endorsement of a landmark … [Read more...] about Delingpole: Across the World Climate Alarmism Is in Retreat