BEIJING – Global warming threatens China's march to prosperity by cutting crops, shrinking rivers and unleashing more droughts and floods, says the government's latest assessment of climate change, projecting big shifts in how the nation feeds itself. ? The warnings are carried in the government's “Second National Assessment Report on Climate Change,” which sums up advancing scientific knowledge about the consequences and costs of global wa

Climate change and the persistant threat of nuclear disaster spur the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists to inch the Doomsday Clock’s hand ever closer to midnight.

by The Climate Desk. In the run-up to the New Hampshire primary, former Rep. Bob Inglis, MIT climate scientist Kerry Emanuel, and other Republicans talk about why climate action is a conservative value: Related Links: If they win, Republicans plan to permanently cripple EPA Politics blocks scientists from explaining why this year’s weather was record bad Republicans put a deadline on Keystone XL, surprising nobody

by Lisa Hymas. Where does Mitt Romney stand on climate change and energy issues? Brace yourself: He doesn’t have that flip-flopper reputation for nothing

by Robert Lalasz. Cross-posted from? Cool Green Science .

by Michelle Nijhuis. This interview originally appeared in the Last Word on Nothing . Dearest readers, we hope you had a gluttonous, slothful, greedy, and lustful holiday, with only the tiniest touches of wrath.

by Climate Central. By many measures, 2011 was the most extreme weather year for the United States since reliable record-keeping began in the 19th century—and the costs have been enormous.

by Terry Tamminen.

by Stephen Lacey. Cross-posted from Climate Progress . Vermont is known for its lush Green Mountains, idyllic farm landscapes, and progressive politics

by Joseph Romm. Cross-posted from Climate Progress