Nov 01 Activists protest pace of climate action at COP26 By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Youth campaigners from several countries marched on the opposite bank of the River Clyde from where the U.N. climate summit, known as COP26, was being held, holding banners with slogans such as “We are watching you.”… Continue reading
Nov 01 Biden apologizes for Trump’s exit from Paris climate accord By Associated Press Standing before world leaders gathered in Scotland, Biden sought to portray the enormous costs of limiting carbon emissions as a chance to create jobs by transitioning to renewable energy and electric automobiles. Continue reading
Nov 01 World leaders ramped up rhetoric ahead of international climate negotiations By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press World leaders are turning up the heat and resorting to end-of-the-world rhetoric in an attempt to bring new urgency to sputtering international climate negotiations. Continue reading
Oct 31 Watch 7:40 Britain invests in planting forests to fight climate change By Willem Marx In the race to reach carbon neutrality, the British government and other private stakeholders have set out on a daunting task: reforesting Great Britain by planting around 75,000 acres of woodland each year by 2025. The goal is to off-set… Continue watching
Oct 31 Watch 3:44 World leaders head to Glasgow for COP26 as G20 wraps up By PBS NewsHour World leaders made a climate pledge on coal and recognized the importance of reaching carbon neutrality ‘by or around mid-century’ on the final day of the G20 summit in Rome. Meanwhile, the United Nations’ climate summit COP26 officially began in… Continue watching
Oct 31 SpaceX delays astronaut flight due to rough wind, waves By Marcia Dunn, Associated Press SpaceX has bumped its next astronaut flight for NASA until Wednesday because of rough wind and waves hundreds of miles away. Continue reading
Oct 30 Watch 4:03 Critical infrastructure is vulnerable to flooding from climate change—why it’s not just coastal cities at risk By PBS NewsHour When we think about flooding, it's usually in coastal towns and cities, or places right next to large rivers. Taking into account rising sea levels and severe weather events, a non-profit research group assessed the flood danger to infrastructure in… Continue watching
Oct 29 U.S. to gauge climate damage from federal oil and gas sales By Matthew Brown, Associated Press U.S. government regulators for the first time will analyze greenhouse gas emissions from federal oil and gas lease sales on a national scale as the Biden administration steps up efforts to address climate change. Continue reading
Oct 29 WATCH: FDA paves way for Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations in young kids By Matthew Perrone, Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press Next week, advisers to the CDC will discuss which youngsters should get vaccinated. In the meantime, Pfizer plans to begin shipping millions of vials of the new doses to vaccination sites. Continue reading
Oct 29 California officials say surfing, swimming OK but fishing is out after oil spill By Amy Taxin, Associated Press Four weeks after an oil spill off Southern California’s coast, surfers have been allowed to return to the waves and people can play in the surf. Continue reading