(Courthouse News) Outgoing California Gov. Jerry Brown had some harsh words for world leaders at the United Nations Climate Conference in Poland, which wrapped up Friday. “Wake up! The planet is burning up. Carbon emissions are growing – this year has been one of the highest growth rates in recent decades. This is not a matter to be taken anything but very, very seriously,” … [Read more...] about ‘Wake up, the planet is burning up!’ Brown tells polluting nations

(CN) – In 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency under President Barack Obama announced that greenhouse gasses endangered public health – a finding that formed the legal basis for fighting climate change under the Clean Air Act. Nearly a decade later, the peril from climate change is clearer than ever. And scientists are fighting to justify the EPA’s endangerment finding … [Read more...] about New science bolsters findings that emissions put U.S. in danger

(CN) – Asia’s rapidly shrinking high-mountain glaciers are flowing at a slower pace due to widespread ice loss, jeopardizing freshwater availability for downstream countries like India, Pakistan and China, NASA researchers said Thursday. Asia’s mountain glaciers move from the frigid peaks of the world’s tallest mountain ranges down to warmer climate zones where melting ice … [Read more...] about It’s not just Montana: Thinning glaciers will affect freshwater across Asia

Wildlife managers say they expected more conflict with growing grizzly bear populations, but one biologist thinks agencies aren’t doing enough to track conflicts so they can do a better job of keeping bears alive. Concerned by the high number of grizzly bear deaths this year in the Yellowstone and Northern Continental Divide ecosystems, Hilary Cooley, the U.S. Fish and … [Read more...] about Biologists: Agencies must better assess, respond to human-grizzly conflicts

With grizzly bears back on the endangered species list, an interagency group has unexpected time to consider its next steps, particularly related to addressing a judge’s concerns. But some are asking for more action in the Bitterroot ecosystem. As the Interagency Grizzly Bear Committee gathered in Missoula Tuesday to review how the bears are doing in five recovery areas in … [Read more...] about Vast Bitterroot ecosystem grows in importance as grizzly bear recovery unfolds