Climate Letter #433

The Supreme Court EPA ruling analyzed.  According to this report the rules themselves were not overturned.  “The rules, which took effect in April, will remain in place while the case goes back to a lower court for the EPA to decide how to account for costs, environmental advocates say.”  Perhaps the EPA will need to figure out a better way to explain the true cost of burning coal, and why this rule was just the most rational first step that could be taken toward an eventual 100% replacement of coal with carbon-free energy within a limited amount of time.  It would be much easier if a clearly stated national policy to that effect were already in place, superseding the current somewhat antiquated EPA directives.

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How important is the Paris conference?  Here is a full perspective, everything you want to know, in an easy-to-read format.  It should convince you that an agreement is potentially very important, and that something good is likely to happen, but it may nevertheless fall short of what is needed without some new spark of input.
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What causes a “super” El Nino?  A study completed last year provides a good answer, based on conditions that are explained quite well in this post.  We have already seen the beginning of an El Nino in 2015, but how it will develop is not yet certain.  This piece has some broad educational extras.
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France is now veering away from nuclear power.  France once demonstrated that cheap nuclear power could be installed on a very large scale relatively quickly.  There is some interest in restoring that model today, especially in China, but the French themselves seem less than enthusiastic.  This post provides the reasons, among which safety issues are not as prominent as economic ones.
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A TED talk by an Arctic specialist.  David Barber knows almost everything about the Arctic, and is also a fine speaker.  His speech, which brims with information, probably includes some things you never heard about before.
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Speaking of the Arctic, Shell plans to start drilling there in just three weeks.
Carl

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