A rift is developing in the American Meteorological Society, with one faction arguing members should report the scientific consensus on climate change as well as the weather, while a vocal minority is calling AGW a scam.
Facing a future of more frequent natural disasters, governments are realising how powerful computational modelling can be for understanding, analysing and perhaps even avoiding them.
Washington might be showing resistance to binding international emissions restrictions, but local action on air pollution will shut the nation's smaller, older coal plants and cut America's CO2 output.
A Wall Street Journal article has accused Beijing of trying to dupe the world with a smokescreen carbon levy. In this response, two energy and climate policy experts argue that the claims are just plain wrong.
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