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A pump jack over an oil well in Colorado, which is tightening its methane emission regulations. (David Zalubowski/AP) More than a dozen states are moving to strengthen environmental protections to Continue Reading
California might ban gasoline-powered cars if the federal government goes ahead with a plan to relax emission and fuel economy standards, Bloomberg reports , citing the chair of the California Continue Reading
Standing on the banks of the Keya Paha River where it cuts through his farm, Bob Allpress points across a flat expanse of sand to where a critical shut-off valve Continue Reading
Democratic Presidential hopeful and Washington Governor Jay Inslee unveiled a plan today for combating climate change through an oft-before cited transition away from fossil fuels and towards renewable energy. The Continue Reading
A document entitled CO2 “Greenhouse” Effect, A Technical Review, Prepared by the Coordination and Planning Division, Exxon Research and Engineering Company, April 1, 1982 , which is accompanied by a Continue Reading
The UK’s goal to maximize oil and gas recovery from the North Sea will harm the country’s Paris Agreement climate goals, a new report by climate campaign groups showed on Continue Reading
Australia will import foreign-grown wheat for the first time since 2007 following an approval issued by the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources late Tuesday. The permit issued is for Continue Reading
“The planet’s on fire,” were some of the milder words that Bill Nye The Science Guy used in HBO’s “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver”, to describe his thoughts on Continue Reading
Carbon dioxide levels from approximately 1750 to present. (Scripps Institute of Oceanography) Over the weekend, the climate system sounded simultaneous alarms. Near the entrance to the Arctic Ocean in northwest Continue Reading
The world is moving in the opposite direction of the Paris climate pact goals, with investment in renewable energy falling for the second consecutive year in 2018 and spending on Continue Reading
Global oil major Shell on Monday said it had carried out 19 successful trials of the 0.5% sulfur fuel oil with shipowners at key ports globally, and will be carrying Continue Reading
The cannabis industry is hiding a dirty little secret. According to Evan Mills , a California-based energy and climate change scientist, the marijuana industry has a major problem…and it’s likely Continue Reading
The processes that create ozone pollution in the summer can also trigger the formation of wintertime air pollution, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Colorado Continue Reading
Ireland has declared a climate emergency, with Climate Action Minister Richard Bruton calling climate change the greatest challenge mankind is facing. ITV quoted the minister as saying, “We’re reaching a Continue Reading
As emergency managers prepare for hurricane and wildfire seasons, they say growing development and higher population in vulnerable areas will likely amplify the damage and devastation. Meteorologists expect more than Continue Reading
Shareholders have been stepping up pressure on the world’s top oil companies to start addressing climate change risks and set emission reduction targets if the world is ever to achieve Continue Reading
ExxonMobil is promising up to $1oom over the next 10 years to US government laboratories to research technologies that could cut greenhouse gas emissions, as it seeks to show that Continue Reading
President Trump’s administration has been reluctant to use its power to protect species threatened with extinction, as scientists around the globe warn of a deepening crisis in the loss of Continue Reading
Humans are transforming Earth’s natural landscapes so dramatically that as many as one million plant and animal species are now at risk of extinction, posing a dire threat to ecosystems Continue Reading
The Trump administration said it plans to weaken protections for a beetle facing a threat of extinction from climate change, a move welcomed by oil and natural gas drillers lobbying Continue Reading
Cities along the Mississippi River are sandbagging and evacuating downtown homes and businesses as floodwaters that overwhelmed defenses in Davenport, Iowa, earlier in the week make their way toward St. Continue Reading
The Clean Shipping Alliance, or CSA 2020, has received written approvals and no-objection letters from more than 20 ports covering Europe, the Americas, Asia and Australasia indicating they have no Continue Reading
House Democrats, seeking to move beyond internal divisions over how best to combat climate change, passed legislation Thursday aimed at preventing President Trump from exiting the Paris Agreement. The bill, Continue Reading
Definition of Hyperbole Hyperbole, derived from a Greek word meaning “over-casting,” is a figure of speech that involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis. IPCC demands Peak Continue Reading
It is one of most popular plans among economists for addressing climate change. Many Democrats have embraced it. Even some Republicans have come around to the idea. But a carbon Continue Reading
Farmers and ranchers in Australia’s New South Wales have been struggling through several years of drought that dried out the soil. Credit: Brook Mitchell/Getty Images Global warming has been fueling Continue Reading
After historic floods devastated Midwestern agricultural states this spring, some fund managers are evaluating how climate change will affect the long-term value of companies that make or sell products ranging Continue Reading
When John Barrasso, a Republican from oil and uranium-rich Wyoming who has spent years blocking climate change legislation, introduced a bill this year to promote nuclear energy, he added a Continue Reading
When John Barrasso, a Republican from oil and uranium-rich Wyoming who has spent years blocking climate change legislation, introduced a bill this year to promote nuclear energy, he added a Continue Reading
New climate models now project even faster global warming than previous work. The models were developed by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Princeton, NJ), the National Science Foundation’s National Continue Reading
The world’s shipping watchdog should impose a speed limit on commercial vessels to cut emissions and protect the environment, more than 100 maritime industry chief executives have said. In a letter Continue Reading
Fourteen Republican US senators urged the White House on Monday to let tougher international marine fuel sulfur standards take effect without interference in January, arguing that US refiners and the Continue Reading
The Environmental Protection Agency published a 150-page document this past week with a straightforward message for coping with the fallout from natural disasters across the country: Start planning for the Continue Reading
The memo was signed by Russell Vought, a former top official at the political arm of the conservative Heritage Foundation who is now acting director of the White House Office Continue Reading
PG&E Corp. can’t prevent its power lines from sparking the kinds of wildfires that have killed scores of Californians. So instead, it plans to pull the plug on a giant Continue Reading
The complex relationship between Antarctica’s glaciers and the land on which they rest may help slow the rate of ice loss in the long term, according to a new method Continue Reading
Some Californians will soon see a new 1% fee added to their restaurant check as the Restore California Renewable Restaurants look to help fight climate change by offsetting the carbon Continue Reading
How deadly is air pollution? 01:07 (CNN)More Americans are breathing air that will make them sick, according to the American Lung Association’s annual State of the Air report. The country Continue Reading
The climate is changing, and humans are contributing to these changes. We believe that there is much common ground on which all sides of this discussion could come together to Continue Reading
Thawing permafrost releases methane and carbon dioxide, greenhouse gases that further exacerbate global warming. Credit: National Park Service Arctic warming will cost trillions of dollars to the global economy over Continue Reading
Highlights Bill requires utilities to eliminate coal-fired power by December 31, 2025 Washington would become fourth state to mandate 100% emissions-free power Washington — The Washington State Senate approved and Continue Reading
At the end of a cul-de-sac called Fresh Way, two bright green structures the size of shipping containers gleam in the warm sunlight, quietly sucking from the air the carbon Continue Reading
From 2011 to 2015, California experienced its worst drought on record, with a parching combination of high temperatures and low precipitation. Drought conditions can have complicated effects on ozone air Continue Reading
A month after severe March flooding swept the Midwest, the Missouri River is still running high, complicating recovery for many communities in the region. Sections of Scott Olson’s farm near Continue Reading
Bryan Thomas doesn’t want any more “wishy-washy conversations about climate change.” For four years, he has served as station chief of the Barrow Atmospheric Baseline Observatory, America’s northernmost scientific outpost Continue Reading
The Virginia State Air Pollution Control Board on Friday approved a regulation to reduce and cap carbon dioxide emissions from large fossil fuel-fired power plants. In an effort to address Continue Reading
As the West burns, the South swelters, and the East floods, some Americans are starting to reconsider where they choose to live. For advice, a few of them are turning Continue Reading
A high-profile NASA temperature data set, which has pronounced the last five years the hottest on record and the globe a full degree Celsius warmer than in the late 1800s, Continue Reading
The northern hemisphere experienced a long heatwave in 2018 Tom Nicholson/Lnp/REX/Shutterstock We know climate change made the heatwave that swept the northern hemisphere last year more likely , but is Continue Reading
Scientists from Ocean University in Qingdao, China and the University of East Anglia in Norwich, England have made an incredible discovery that could one day save the planet from the Continue Reading