Dec 31, 2015 – CBC News
About 42 kilometres from Los Angeles a plume of methane is shooting into the sky. The cloud is invisible but it stretches for kilometres. Sealing the leak could take up to four months.
+Dec 30, 2015 – Washington Post
A powerful winter cyclone — the same storm that lead to two tornado outbreaks in the United States and disastrous river flooding — has driven the North Pole to the freezing point this week, 50 degrees above average for this time of year.
+Dec 28, 2015 – BBC News
A “complete rethink” of the UK’s flood defences is required following widespread flooding across northern England, the Environment Agency says.
+Dec 28, 2015 – The Guardian
Extreme weather in the southern and eastern US, which included deadly tornadoes in Texas, flash floods in Oklahoma and blizzards in New Mexico, was blamed on el Niño, with national weather agencies saying the weather system could continue to wreak havoc into midweek.
+Dec 26, 2015 – The Guardian
From Greater Manchester in the north-west to parts of North Yorkshire some 50 miles to the east, Boxing Day 2015 will be remembered as the day the rains came.
+Dec 24, 2015 – Mashable
The world’s hottest year is ending in the most fitting manner possible: with one of the most significant North American heat waves on record for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.
+Dec 14, 2015 – Reuters
A landmark deal to curb global warming dented shares of fossil fuel companies and lifted renewable energy stocks on Monday, although some price swings were muted by the non-binding nature of the pact.
+Dec 13, 2015 – The Guardian
White House officials at COP 21 helped craft a deal congressional Republicans would not be able to stop – and the effort required major political capital
+Dec 12, 2015 – CBC News
Nearly 200 nations adopted the first global pact to fight climate change on Saturday, calling on the world to collectively cut and then eliminate greenhouse gas pollution but imposing no sanctions on countries that don’t.
+Dec 4, 2015 – Winnipeg Free Press
EDITORIAL – Getting to much lower emissions is all about hard work. There is nothing yet in the premier’s plan compelling Manitobans to change their daily lives. That will produce predictable results.
+Dec 3, 2015 – Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba plans to reduce its greenhouse-gas emissions by a third by 2030 on its way to becoming a carbon-neutral province in 2080, Premier Greg Selinger announced Thursday.
+Dec 1, 2015 – Vanity Fair
Racing Extinction debuts Wednesday on the The Discovery Channel. Discovery’s executive vice president for documentaries and specials, estimates a potential audience of 2.4 billion—and at least 500 million expected to watch.
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