by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.
This controversial carbon pricing proposal could be the key to success for the world’s new climate agreement [link]
Are outdated licensing rules holding back the next generation of safer, cheaper nuclear reactors? [link]
Rand Corp: Paris gets the (decision) science right [link]
Putting a price on carbon is a fine idea. It’s not the end-all be-all. [link]
US, China & Developing Nations Oppose Curbs On CO2 Emissions For Shipping [link]
President Obama’s Earth Day speech: Our Responsibility to Act [link]
“Climate change skeptics & environmentalists” support the same advanced nuclear legislation. [link]
Chip Knappenberger: Obama is making global warming promises he can’t keep [link]
National Review: A critic of global warming activism is now under subpoena, in a naked effort to use prosecutorial powers as a political weapon [link]
Not everyone (from the alarmed side) is celebrating the Paris Climate Agreement [link]
Ross McKitrick on Canadian energy politics: Let’s stop pretending ‘social license’ is an actual thing. [link]
Nature: By endorsing a limit of 1.5 °C, the climate negotiations have effectively defined what society considers dangerous [link]
Nuclear power plants usually operate in base load mode, but might enhance value by flexible operation. [link]
Reuters: UN members fear US ‘sabotage’ of Obama’s #climate commitments [link]
Senate manages to pass its first comprehensive energy bill in a decade by not mentioning climate change [link]
Which Countries Won’t Be Signing The Paris Climate Deal On Its Opening Day? [link] …
Mekong Delta Drought Crisis: A Climate-Change Security Risk In The Making [link]
Chinese dams blamed for exacerbating Southeast Asian #drought: [link]
The Economist: China has built six dams on its stretch of the Mekong; Laos and Cambodia plan another 11 [link]
Does premature #ParisAgreement deal risk a painful birth? [link]
Foreign Affairs: Fighting climate change with innovation [link]
Dissent as crime: the climate change inquisition, the scandal unfolds [link]
New Zealand is being accused of cheating to fulfill its climate change obligations [link]
New Zealand embroiled in carbon credit scandal [link]
Phys.org: Is the 1.5C target a mirage? [link]
New York AG Tried To Cover Up Activist Involvement In Exxon Probe [link] …
Oliver Geden: Not changing #EU2030 target doesn’t violate #ParisAgreement but contradicts its spirit. [link]
How Obama could leave a president Trump or Cruz stuck with the #ParisAgreement on climate [link]
Filed under: Week in review