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US military to war game climate change threats
NEWS: Directive from Pentagon calls for climate focus at all levels of armed forces; urging commanders to prepare troops for operations in extreme conditions
Obama proposes $10 oil tax to fund clean transport
NEWS: Mooted levy to pay for high speed rail, self-driving cars and public transport heats up climate debate in presidential election year
Pacific trade deal bad news for climate, say activists
NEWS: NGOs warn Trans-Pacific Partnership could undermine Paris climate pact; Obama says it observes strongest environmental safeguards in history
Paris empowers Obama to impose deeper carbon cuts – lawyers
NEWS: UN climate deal gives the US president a free hand to demand stronger emissions curbs from states, argue legal experts
US scientists eye Route 66 of clean energy
NEWS: Interstate energy “highways” would send wind and solar-generated electricity to where and when it’s needed throughout America
NATO: Green energy saves soldiers’ lives
NEWS: Smart grids, roll-up solar panels and wind offer safer forms of energy for troops in hostile environments, says world’s largest military alliance in annual report
Armed ships embark on secretive plutonium mission
NEWS: Consignment from Japan to the US highlights hidden cost and security risk of growing nuclear waste stockpile
Clinton, Sanders vie for green credibility in US primaries
NEWS: Hillary Clinton responds to Vermont senator’s request to put out climate plan as Democrat presidential race intensifies
Catholics back children’s climate lawsuit against US government
NEWS: Faith networks cite Pope Francis encyclical in support of youth call for stronger federal carbon-cutting action
Walmart CEO in Davos: Ignore climate sceptics
NEWS: Responding to climate issues is best for business, says head of US retail colossus Doug McMillon at World Economic Forum
Big oil lines up to battle kids in climate court case
NEWS: American fossil fuel lobby takes government’s side against 21 young plaintiffs suing for stronger action on global warming
Obama blocks new coal mines on public land
UPDATED: US Department of the Interior announces moratorium on leases while overhauling system to reflect climate cost of extracting fossil fuels
Barack Obama: Climate sceptics are a ‘pretty lonely’ bunch
NEWS: US leader makes case for accelerating clean energy transition in final State of Union address, citing economic benefits from cutting fossil fuels
US boom boosts global carbon markets in 2015
NEWS: Global volume of carbon credits shrinks but ‘boom time’ in California, Quebec and North West US sees overall value leap 9%
Arch Coal goes bankrupt as US sector declines
NEWS: Clean power plan and global demand slowdown hit mining companies for the dirtiest fossil fuel
US climate policies boosted economy $2.2 billion in 2013
NEWS: It’s not just the planet that benefits from reductions in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that intensify global warming, says new study
Bush recognised climate as a ‘real problem’ reveal Clinton-Blair calls
NEWS: Incoming Republican presidential candidate saw global warming as a threat, but three months later he killed Kyoto Protocol
TransCanada sues Obama over Keystone XL block
NEWS: Tar sands company seeks US$15 billion damages for ‘arbitrary and unjustified’ decision to reject Canada-US oil pipeline
Oil lobby prepares to sway US presidential race
NEWS: American Petroleum Institute chief Jack Gerard backs ‘voter education campaign’ that emphasises role of fossil fuels, slashing clean energy regulations
Drought is killing millions of trees in California
NEWS: California’s drought has already imperilled many of its trees, and within 80 years climate change could destroy the evergreen forests of the entire US southwest