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The article reports on the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump's report that contradicts its own climate change policies. According to the article, the government is expected to ignore the National Climate Assessment's scientific findings of the economic impact caused by climate change to the economy, public health, coastlines and infrastructure. Also discussed are Trump's encouragement of coal burning and the increase of greenhouse gas pollution and the 1990 climate assessment law.

The article reports on the withholding of its endorsement on climate pact in G-7 meeting by U.S. Topics discussed include environmental policy of U.S., political alliance, green house gas emission policy, climatology law and legislation, bilateral trade agreement, foreign policy of U.S. and global climate change policy.

The article reports that California's aim to lead the race to cut carbon emissions is prevented by the competing objective of shuttering nuclear plants that still produce over a fifth of its zero-carbon power. Topics discussed include California's decision to close two nuclear plants and its plan to shutter the last one, the state's aggressive deployment of wind turbines and solar panels, and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's rejection of the idea of climate change.

The article reports on the launch of legislation by U.S. Senator Kamala Harris and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez aimed that ensuring that climate change plans benefit low-income communities.

The article claims that senior advisers to U.S. president Donald Trump were considering the creation of a panel to question the National Climate Assessment, and that a growing number of members of the U.S. Republican Party were opposed to the Trump administration's stances on climate change.

The article discusses international negotiations to take place in Paris, France regarding emissions reduction and climate change. According to the author, the changes proposed by negotiators will not meet their own stated goal of limiting global warming to a safe level. Details on a plan recommended by expert scientists to set a cap on total greenhouse gases, which the negotiators have declined to follow, are presented. The role of global inequalities in climate change mitigation is also discussed.

The article discusses the preparations taken by Scott Pruitt the head of Environmental Protection Agency for his testimony for an ethics investigation. It talks about the various environmental policies implemented under his leadership related to climate change. It talks about his security spending affairs and the allegations of multiple sexual harassment at workplace on him.

The article looks at climate change policy in the U.S., discussing the opposition of many Republicans in the U.S. Congress to U.S. President Barack Obama's proposal for a pollution trading scheme to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, called cap and trade. It suggests this opposition is ironic, as Republicans have typically espoused market-based solutions to problems in lieu of government regulation.

The article discusses the U.S. government's release of its National Climate Assessment report in May of 2014, focusing on the report's findings that the effects of climate change are already being felt in the U.S. Topics addressed include the impact of warmer temperatures, increased instances of flood and drought, and extreme storms; U.S. President Barack Obama's reaction to the report; and potential legislative measures to prevent greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate change.

This article discusses the changes that climate change has brought to Newtok, Alaska. The permafrost that many Alaskan villages are built upon is slowly softening as the air and ocean temperatures gradually rise. Erosion has increased because the ice that protected the area from storms is forming later each year. Studies predict that Newtok could be washed away in the next decade. The situation in Newtok emphasizes the importance of addressing the climatic changes and developing plans to address the problems they are causing.

The article reports on the initiative of the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama to help low and middle-income Americans gain access to solar energy as part of a series of measures to address climate change.

The article reports on the commitment of the Republican Congress to fight the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations that would limit carbon emission that are in the core of the climate change agenda of U.S. President Barack Obama and to pressure him to approve the Keystone XL pipeline.

Corrections to several articles published in the previous issues are presented which include, one related to a report by the International Panel on Climate Change, one on a conviction in the death a high school basketball player Tayshana Murphy in New York City.

The article focuses on the steps of former U.S. President Ronald Reagan to reduce the risks associated with climate change. It states that the vital decision during the second term of Reagan is on the environmental rules, but with respect to protection of the ozone layer. It states that in his leadership, the U.S. became the major mover behind the Montreal Protocol that require the phasing out of ozone-depleting chemicals. Moreover, Reagan embraced cost-benefit analysis.

The article reports that environmental policy has been prioritized by U.S. political campaigns due to Hurricane Sandy.

SO far 2012 is on pace to be the hottest year on record. But does this mean that we've reached a threshold -- a tipping point that signals a climate disaster? For those warning of global warming, it would be tempting to say so. The problem is, no one knows if there is a point at which a climate system shifts abruptly. But some scientists are now bringing mathematical rigor to the tipping-point argument. Their findings give us fresh cause to worry that sudden changes are in our future. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Phoenix THE struggle to slow global warming will be won or lost in cities, which emit 80 percent of the world's greenhouse gases. So ''greening'' the city is all the rage now. But if policy makers end up focusing only on those who can afford the low-carbon technologies associated with the new environmental conscientiousness, the movement for sustainability may end up exacerbating climate change rather than ameliorating it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

California has a long and productive history as a leader in environmental policy, requiring cleaner cars and power plants and more energy-efficient appliances. The state continued to break new ground last week when it unveiled the country's first comprehensive, statewide cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. The announcement was a rare bright spot at time when Republicans in Washington, and their corporate backers, have turned the words ''cap and trade'' into an epithet. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Elisabeth Rosenthal is a reporter and blogger on environmental issues for The New York Times. IN 2008, both the Democratic and Republican candidates for president, Barack Obama and John McCain, warned about man-made global warming and supported legislation to curb emissions. After he was elected, President Obama promised ''a new chapter in America's leadership on climate change,'' and arrived cavalry-like at the 2009 United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen to broker a global pact. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Even as many members of Congress resist as too hard or too costly the steps necessary to address global warming, American cities and states -- the largest of which have carbon footprints bigger than those of most nations -- have quietly been making serious commitments to curb emissions. Instead of finding reasons to do nothing, Congress should build on these actions to fashion a national response to climate change. According to a recent study by Environment America, an advocacy group, about half of the states have broad plans and specific regulations aimed at reducing carbon dioxide emissions. When fully realized, these actions would cut emissions by over 7 percent between now and 2020 -- a sizable distance toward the 17 percent reductions President Obama promised at Copenhagen. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Alan Carlin, a 72-year-old analyst and economist, had labored in obscurity in a little-known office at the Environmental Protection Agency since the Nixon administration. In June, however, he became a sudden celebrity with the surfacing of a few e-mail messages that seemed to show that his contrarian views on global warming had been suppressed by his superiors because they were inconvenient to the Obama administration's climate change policy. Conservative commentators and Congressional Republicans said he had been muzzled because he did not toe the liberal line. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

CLIMATE The Legacy of Kyoto [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

It seemed that every chance he got, President Bush ignored or flat out refused to address the problem of climate change. So we were greatly encouraged by President Obama's swift announcement that he is likely to approve California's request to regulate greenhouse gases from vehicles -- a request the Bush administration denied. The logical next step would be for Mr. Obama to quickly address the Supreme Court's 2007 decision ordering the Environmental Protection Agency to examine the effects of greenhouse gases and to regulate them if necessary. Mr. Bush dodged that one, too. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

On April 2, 2007, the Supreme Court ruled that the federal Clean Air Act plainly empowered the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases from cars and trucks -- and, by inference, other sources like power plants. There was great hope at the time that the decision would force President Bush to confront the issue of climate change, which he had largely ignored for six years. Instead, it became the catalyst for a campaign of scientific obfuscation, political flimflam and simple dereliction of duty -- which United States Senator Barbara Boxer aptly described as a ''master plan'' -- to ensure that the administration did as little as possible. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The League of Conservation Voters, starved for good news after eight years of the Bush administration's environmental policies, has hailed President-elect Barack Obama's choices for his top energy and environmental jobs as ''a Green Dream Team.'' Let's hope it is. There is no question what this team must do -- mount a strong offensive on climate change, fashion a more efficient energy system, seek out and invest in next-generation, transformative technologies. These are extraordinarily difficult tasks that will face resistance from industry and many in Congress. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Being considered for: Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency or another environmental and climate-change policy post. Would bring to job: Expertise in environmental issues, particularly air pollution, experience in carrying out policy and familiarity with both state-level initiatives and the inner workings of the E.P.A. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Senator John McCain intensified his criticism of President Bush and the administration's environmental polices on Tuesday, taking a walk in the cold, rain-drenched foothills of the Cascade Mountains and asserting that in the effort to stem climate change, ''America can lead and not obstruct.'' At an outdoor news conference in the Cedar River Watershed east of Seattle, Mr. McCain, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, declared that ''the president and I have disagreed on this issue for many years -- it isn't a recent disagreement.'' He added, ''There is a longstanding, significant, deep, strong difference on this issue between myself and the administration.'' [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents the author's comments related to global climatic changes. He criticizes the ineffective efforts made by the U.S. state governments regarding the issue. He mentions the plan of Google Inc., which is investing millions in developing its own renewable energy business, and discusses the M.I.T. Energy Club, whose members conduct events focused on building energy expertise. He appreciates their efforts by stating that such type of people and plans are the hour of need.

The article discusses a United Nations report on climate change. The report says that the economic conditions of poorer countries will be affected if rich countries did not promptly curb emissions linked to global warming. The report says that to avoid the climate-related setbacks, rich countries will have to help poorer ones to move to less-polluting energy resources.

The article highlights that a growing number of law firms are advertising their expertise in climate change issues. New emission-management tools and emission trading markets are the biggest growth area for climate lawyers. These markets are regulated in those countries that have signed the Kyoto Protocol. Cape Wind, a proposed wind farm in Nantucket, Massachusetts, had to face several lawsuits to obtain permits to build windmills and undersea power lines.

Editorial. Comments on the global warming strategies and policies in California. Legislation passed by the California Legislature requiring manufacturers to start reducing carbon dioxide emissions; Regulatory and legislative review of other proposals; Problems with climate change and fuel economy.

Reports on the criticisms against the lack of federal action on climatic changes in the U.S. Initiative taken by state governments; Debate over the speech made by Harlan L. Watson, the government's chief climate negotiator before the international community in Milan, Italy; Opposition of the Bush administration to the mandatory limits on the gases.

Discusses the climate policy of United States President George W. Bush. Reference to a U.S. statement on climate change issued in 1989, which asserted the urgency of reducing carbon dioxide emissions; Refusal of Bush to accept the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty on climate change; View of Bush that there is no conclusive scientific proof to support mandatory emissions reductions; Details of Bush's climate plan, which many scientists view as risky in light of the threat of global warming.