by Judith Curry
A few things that caught my eye this past week.
JC note: Please keep discussion of the U.S. presidential race on the other thread, unless your comment directly relates to energy/climate policy. I will put up a new presidential discussion thread on Wed.
Both political parties are fractured, but on energy each is unified [link]
Federal Court to Decide if Kids Can Sue Government for Failing to Act on #ClimateChange [link]
“Don’t Let the Planet Bern” – How Bernie Sanders’ policies would increase global warming. @TedNordhaus crushes it [link] …
States Fight Back Against EPA’s ‘Coercive Federalism’ [link]
Fossil Fuel Fights That Could Rock U.S.-Canada Relations [link] …
The climate math of EPA’s costly methane rule [link]
Reading: @ElizHarball story on how the #CleanPowerPlan could cost one Democratic governor his election: [link] …
Hydropower dams cause $231 million in damage to #Mekong Delta: [link]
New legal analysis of #CleanPowerPlan = lots of uncertainty. [link]
How a growing number of companies are tying CEO compensation to the climate. [link]
Very interesting read: How a few young lawyers out of uni ended writing a UN #climate deal in 1991 [link]
Which Countries are the Best and Worst Stewards of the Planet [link]
Rising Seas Pull Fort Lauderdale, Florida’s Building Boomtown, Toward a Bust [link]
New Yorker: The climate summit of money [link]
Interesting article from New Security Beat: The President has more or less authority to act on climate depending on whether it’s a security or humanitarian problem [link]
With Russia’s focus turned elsewhere, a door has opened for cooperation in the Arctic: [link]
A brilliant read on Obama’s foreign policy, via @TheAtlantic: [link]
Amid ‘serious’ situation, China eyes soil pollution law in 2017 [link]
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