World Nov 11 WATCH: Biden touts U.S. spending at COP27 U.N. climate conference President Joe Biden says new spending on clean energy initiatives has cemented the United States' commitment to fighting global warming.
World Nov 07 COP27 begins as world leaders up urgency of climate crisis With the world on “a highway to climate hell with our foot on the accelerator," the United Nations chief on Monday told dozens of leaders to ”cooperate or perish."…
World Nov 06 Rising temperatures and sea levels getting worse faster, says UN weather report Earth’s warming weather and rising seas are getting worse and doing so faster than before, the World Meteorological Organization warned Sunday in a somber note as world leaders started gathering for international climate negotiations.
World Oct 24 WATCH: John Kerry says U.S. is not ‘obstructing’ talk of climate compensation ahead of COP27 Kerry on Tuesday spoke to the growing demand from poorer countries for financial compensation from the United States and other wealthy countries that are by far the biggest culprits in climate damage over time.
Science Aug 29 Melting ‘Zombie ice’ from Greenland will raise sea level by 10 inches, study says A new study finds that Greenland has more than 120 trillion tons of ice that can be thought of as zombie ice that's going to raise sea level globally by at least 10 inches.
Politics Aug 18 New climate law signed by Biden to slice carbon pollution 40 percent, study says The first official federal calculations of the new spending package that President Biden signed this week show it will slice America's carbon pollution by more than 1 billion tons by the end of the decade.
Health Aug 08 Climate change hazards worsen 58 percent of infectious diseases, study says A new study finds climate hazards aggravate 58 percent of known infection diseases in people.
Science Jul 12 Climate change caused by wealthy nations creates harm for poorer, study says A new study published Tuesday calculates just how much climate-related loss richer countries have caused poorer countries through their carbon emissions.
Science Jun 24 Oppressive heat wave persists across large swath of Northern Hemisphere A heat wave that's already lasted more than a week keeps on baking the U.S., Asia and even the Arctic.
Science Jun 03 Carbon level in atmosphere hits new milestone, 50 percent higher than pre-industrial levels A federal science agency says that levels of the main global warming gas have shot past a key milestone.