Climatologist Says Human Will Continue To Cause Climate Change

Dr. Richard Muller, director of the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature Project, expresses concern that the developing world will not be able to afford any practical changes taken by the U.S and other wealthy countries to diminish global warming and will thus continue to add to it (00:36).

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Expert: Least Developed Regions Will Be Hardest Hit By Climate Change

Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, says the international community’s continued failure to reduce emissions will have a hard impact on some of the world’s poorest and least developed regions.

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U.S. Must Change Energy Collection, Consumption Patterns, Says Lawmaker

Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) says the United States must come to realize that its current natural resource collection and consumption patterns must change.

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New Program Will Predict Climate Change More Accurately And Quickly, Says Expert

National Science Foundation Director Arden Bement says Monday that one key aspect of the new climate prediction program, EaSM, is its ability to predict changes on a more localized scale as well as within a shorter time frame. Bement spoke during a conference Monday to outline the details of the EaSM program. (0:26)
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EPA Carbon Ruling No Surprise Says Analyst

David Kreutzer, Senior Policy Analyst in Energy Economics and Climate Change at the Heritage Foundation, says the Environmental Protection Agency’s ruling on the dangers of carbon dioxide is a "non surprise," but a “controversial ruling in the science world” nonetheless. He says President Obama is taking that ruling to the Copenhagen climate change conference to “show some form of progress of cutting C02 emissions.” (0:34)
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Obama's Visit To Copenhagen Will Not Impact Climate Legislation Here

David Kreutzer, Senior Policy Analyst in Energy Economics and Climate Change at the Heritage Foundation, says that President Obama's visit to the Copenhagen climate change summit will have “little impact” on legislation in Congress. But, he says the President’s visit did affect the Environmental Protection Agency's recent findings on the dangers of green house gas emissions. (0:20)
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Copenhagen Conference Is Opportunity For Obama To Show We Are Serious Climate Change

David Kreutzer, Senior Policy Analyst in Energy Economics and Climate Change at the Heritage Foundation, says President Obama is attending the climate change conference in Copenhagen because climate change legislation was one of his major priorities when he began serving as President. Because he made that issue such a high priority, President Obama must attend the conference, says Kreutzer. (0:36)
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Obama Aims To Prove U.S. Interest In Climate Change In Copenhagen

David Kreutzer, Senior Policy Analyst in Energy Economics and Climate Change at the Heritage Foundation, says President Obama is attending the Copenhagen climate change summit to “make a case that the United States is dealing with climate change differently than the previous administration." (0:21)
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Obama Going To Copenhagen 'Empty Handed,' Says Analyst

After climate change efforts have stalled in Congress, Senior Policy Analyst Ben Lieberman with the Heritage Foundation, offered words of advice to President Obama as he shows up in Copenhagen "empty handed."

“My grandmother used to say ‘whenever you visit someone you shouldn’t come empty handed.’ As the American delegation heads to Copenhagen, they don’t have the legislation that they wanted or regulations towards some step of climate regulation,” said Ben Lieberman, Senior Policy Analyst with the Heritage Foundation, during a panel discussion at the National Press Club. (0:31)
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Nothing In Hacked Emails Undermines Science Of Climate Change Data

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson says she did not consider holding off making a major announcement on Monday regarding her department's ability to now regulate greenhouse gas emissions. Jackson says that nothing in the hundreds of emails between climate scientists at Britain's Climatic Research Unit has undermined the science of data that supports the existence of climate change. (:28)
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Hacked Emails Only Small Fraction Of Climate Change Data

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson says Monday that emails exchanged between climate scientists at Britain's Climatic Research Unit represent only a small faction of opinion on climate change within the scientific community. Jackson says her department's decision to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and support climate change legislation is based on loads of other data that support the need for action against climate change. (:38)
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No Timeline For Senate Climate Bill Says EPA Head

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson announces Monday that her department will now be allowed to regulate greenhouse gas (GHG's) emissions, noting that the EPA has determined that GHG's pose health risks to humans. When asked about climate change legislation being looked at in the Senate, Jackson replies that while she would like to see the Senate pass its bill soon, she will not put a timeline on lawmakers. (:35)
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2007 Supreme Court Decision Justified Climate Announcement Says EPA Head

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson announces Monday that her department will be allowed to regulate greenhouse gas emissions now that the EPA has determined that they pose health risks to humans. Jackson says that contrary to what critics of climate legislation are arguing, the intention of her announcement was simply to obey a 2007 Supreme Court decision that granted the EPA to regulate carbon emissions. (:16)
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Legislation Is The Best Way To Fight Climate Change Says EPA Head

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Lisa Jackson says during an a major announcement on Monday that passing climate legislation is the best way to address the issue of climate change. (:09)
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US Joining Billions Of Others Who Have Taken Action Against Climate Change

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson announces that her department will be allowed to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, since it has determined that GHG's pose health risks to humans. Jackson applauds the fact that the U.S. has finally joined billions of others around the world in the fight against climate change. (:41)
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U.K. Health Secretary Says Copenhagen Must Deliver

United Kingdom Secretary of State for Health Andy Burnham says that the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit must produce an agreement that is as powerful as climate change is pressing. (0:09)
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U.S. Must Reduce Clean Energy Tariffs, Says Energy Expert

Karen Harbert, President and CEO of the Institute for 21st Century Energy, tells the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during a hearing Tuesday that efforts to reduce global tariffs and non-tariff barriers on clean energy goods and services is essential in ensuring that alternative energy technologies can penetrate the global marketplace. (0:25)
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Energy Expert Says New Climate Agreement Must Focus On Technology

Karen Harbert, President and CEO of the Institute for 21st Century Energy, tells the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee during a hearing Tuesday that a climate agreement that focuses on technology will offer a path that both developed and developing countries can utilize. (0:24)

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Lieberman: Stakes Too High To Stall Climate Change Legislation

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) says at a press conference with Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) that the stakes are "too high" to delay drafting climate change legislation. (0:31)
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London Think-Tank Says Urgency Will Be Addressed In UN Climate Conference

London think-tank E3G Chief Executive Nick Mabey says during a conference call Monday that a focus in the EU-US summit will be the urgency for a need for reduced greenhouse gas emissions. (0:08)
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