Trying to make lemonade from the Paris lemon. Continue reading Disappointed Bill McKibben vows to use treaty, however phony, to attack fossil fuel industry
India Says Paris Climate Deal Won’t Affect Plans to Double Coal Output
[Boom!] goes the climate treaty. Continue reading India Says Paris Climate Deal Won’t Affect Plans to Double Coal Output
Krazy Krugman: Paris climate ‘deal’ may have saved civilization
No thought is too grandiose when it comes to climate. Continue reading Krazy Krugman: Paris climate ‘deal’ may have saved civilization
UN Green Climate Fund didn’t even collect last year’s paltry pledges
There’s no money for poor countries. They will not be cutting emissions. Continue reading UN Green Climate Fund didn’t even collect last year’s paltry pledges
NYTimes: A Signal to Industry to Go Green in an Era of Carbon Reduction
Pretending the Paris deal is meaningful in hopes someone believes it is. Continue reading NYTimes: A Signal to Industry to Go Green in an Era of Carbon Reduction
NYTimes: A Climate Deal, 6 Fateful Years in the Making
Coral Davenport melodramatizes the “making” of the Paris non-deal. Continue reading NYTimes: A Climate Deal, 6 Fateful Years in the Making
WaPo: How one word nearly killed the climate deal
The poor countries demand for “loss and compensation” payments was treated as an ordinary typographical error and erased. Continue reading WaPo: How one word nearly killed the climate deal
Kerry: We Wouldn’t Have a Climate Agreement if There Actual Penalties for Not Reducing Emissions
And, BTW, there’s no actual ‘agreement’ anyway. Continue reading Kerry: We Wouldn’t Have a Climate Agreement if There Actual Penalties for Not Reducing Emissions
Climate deal price tag: $16.5 trillion
All for nothing. Continue reading Climate deal price tag: $16.5 trillion
WSJ: Paris Climate of Conformity
“It pays to be skeptical of politicians who claim to be saving the planet.” Continue reading WSJ: Paris Climate of Conformity
‘Toothless’ climate change deal means Britain could be left pursuing ever tougher green targets
“Other countries may fail to deliver on their promises, MPs warn.” May? Even if they do, so what? Continue reading ‘Toothless’ climate change deal means Britain could be left pursuing ever tougher green targets
Paris conference: Panic over global warming collided with reality
“Paris is the moment when the political panic over climate change finally begins to collide with inescapable realities.” Continue reading Paris conference: Panic over global warming collided with reality