Originally posted at The New York Times by Joshua A. Krisch (Photo Credit: The Telegraph)
Last week, the big news was that the Obama administration had unveiled a new Environmental Protection Agency regulation to cut carbon emissions from United States power plants 30 percent by 2030.
But E.P.A. legislation aside, it has already been a banner year for climate news. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report confirmed once again that human-caused global warming is proceeding rapidly. Last month, scientists reported the irreversible disintegration of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and, closer to home, the National Climate Assessment asserted that the United States is already falling victim to severe, global warming-related droughts. Read Entire Article…
