• Supreme Court halts enforcement of EPA's plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants

    Supreme Court halts enforcement of EPA's plan to limit downwind pollution from power plants

    Jun 27, 2024 02:24 PM EDT

    ... and water pollution — including a landmark 2022 ruling that limited the EPA’s authority to regulate carbon dioxide emissions from power plants that contribute to global warming. The court also shot down a vaccine mandate and blocked President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. The court is currently weighing ...

  • Climate change made heat wave in U.S., Mexico, warmer and more likely

    Climate change made heat wave in U.S., Mexico, warmer and more likely

    Jun 20, 2024 04:25 PM EDT

    ... 0.5 degrees Celsius) cooler than now. “It seems sort of far away and a different world.” While other groups of international scientists — and the global carbon emissions reduction target adopted by countries in the 2015 Paris climate agreement — refer to warming since pre-industrial time in mid 1800s, Otto ...

  • Here are the main takeaways after the far right's surprising EU election wins

    Here are the main takeaways after the far right's surprising EU election wins

    Jun 10, 2024 02:58 PM EDT

    ... by farmers angered at the burden imposed by new climate laws helped to damage their chances. The EU considers itself a world leader in combating global warming. Senior members had hoped that Greens parties already in government in places like Germany would hold their ground. But projections suggested that Germany ...

  • News Wrap: Gunman fires shots at U.S. embassy in Beirut

    News Wrap: Gunman fires shots at U.S. embassy in Beirut

    Jun 05, 2024 10:55 PM EDT

    ... European Union's climate monitoring service. That comes as the U.N. secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, says that a target of -- quote -- "limiting long-term global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is hanging by a thread." Antonio Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General: We are playing Russian roulette with our ...

  • UN secretary-general calls for tax on 'windfall' profits of fossil fuel companies profits to help fund fight against climate change

    UN secretary-general calls for tax on 'windfall' profits of fossil fuel companies profits to help fund fight against climate change

    Jun 05, 2024 04:25 PM EDT

    ... 52 C higher than the estimated May average before industrial times. The burning of fossil fuels — oil, gas and coal — is the main contributor to global warming caused by human activity. Meanwhile, the U.N. weather agency predicted an 80 percent chance that average global temperatures will surpass the 1 ...

  • 'Climate refugees' sue British government for failing to protect homes from climate change

    'Climate refugees' sue British government for failing to protect homes from climate change

    May 21, 2024 10:35 PM EDT

    ... looking at seeing five or 10 of those every year by 2050, probably. Malcolm Brabant: Scientists agree that increasingly violent storms are the product of global warming, rising sea levels caused by melting ice caps and warmer oceans. Kevin Jordan accuses the British government of failing to protect him from ...

  • La Nina is on its way back. An atmospheric scientist explains what to expect

    La Nina is on its way back. An atmospheric scientist explains what to expect

    May 12, 2024 07:00 PM EDT

    ... emissions that drive global warming are still rising in the background. So while fluctuations between El Nino and La Nina can cause short-term temperature swings, the overall trend is toward a warming world. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

  • High school students press for more climate curriculum

    High school students press for more climate curriculum

    May 08, 2024 08:00 PM EDT

    “Someone could theoretically go through middle school and high school without really ever acknowledging the climate crisis,” said Jacob Friedman, a high school senior in Florida who hasn’t learned about climate except for in elective classes. “Or even acknowledging that there is an issue of global warming.” That ...

  • UAE deluged after historic storm dumps record rain across the desert nation

    UAE deluged after historic storm dumps record rain across the desert nation

    Apr 17, 2024 04:27 PM EDT

    Scientists also say climate change in general is responsible for more intense and more frequent extreme storms, droughts, floods and wildfires around the world. Dubai hosted the United Nations' COP28 climate talks just last year. Rising temperatures and other effects of global warming long have been viewed as a threat ...

  • Interior Department rule aims to crack down on methane leaks from oil, gas drilling on public lands

    Interior Department rule aims to crack down on methane leaks from oil, gas drilling on public lands

    Mar 27, 2024 10:57 PM EDT

    ... average of 11 billion cubic feet lost to venting and flaring in the 1990s. Environmental groups hailed the rule, calling methane a huge contributor to global warming. “Strong Interior Department methane waste rules are integral for the United States to protect taxpayers from wasted energy resources,” said Jon Goldstein, senior ...