• WATCH: Biden announces creation of national monuments, marine sanctuary in West

    WATCH: Biden announces creation of national monuments, marine sanctuary in West

    Mar 21, 2023 03:21 PM EDT

    ... faces sharp criticism from environmental groups and youth activists over his approval of the huge Willow oil drilling project in Alaska. Biden has made fighting global warming a central part of his agenda and has pledged to cut planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2030. But the decision ...

  • UN scientists warn drastic steps needed to prevent climate change catastrophe

    UN scientists warn drastic steps needed to prevent climate change catastrophe

    Mar 20, 2023 10:56 PM EDT

    ... the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, or IPCC, found that, within a decade, the world is likely to miss its goal of holding global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius or 2.7 degrees Fahrenheit. If or when the planet reaches that level, scientists say Earth will pass ...

  • Nations approve key UN science report on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions

    Nations approve key UN science report on climate change and greenhouse gas emissions

    Mar 19, 2023 07:58 PM EDT

    ... Guterres called on delegates to provide “cold, hard facts ” to drive home the message that there's little time left for the world to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) compared with preindustrial times.While average global temperatures have already increased by 1.1 Celsius ...

  • WATCH: White House holds news briefing amid backlash over Willow project

    WATCH: White House holds news briefing amid backlash over Willow project

    Mar 16, 2023 05:44 PM EDT

    ... revolutionary," including hundreds of billions of financial incentives for clean energy in last year's legislation, and Republicans have refused to confront the problem of global warming. When it comes to the 2024 election, “I don’t really think there’s a choice," Lodes said. "If you care about the ...

  • Scientists confirm global floods and droughts worsened by climate change

    Scientists confirm global floods and droughts worsened by climate change

    Mar 13, 2023 06:07 PM EDT

    ... deputy director of Earth sciences for hydrosphere, biosphere, and geophysics at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. The strong link between these climate extremes and rising global average temperatures means continued global warming will mean more drought and rainstorms that are worse by many measures — more frequent, more severe, longer and ...

  • Renowned architect receiving prestigious Pritzker Prize questions his industry's impact

    Renowned architect receiving prestigious Pritzker Prize questions his industry's impact

    Mar 07, 2023 11:30 PM EDT

    ... most important now for the health of our cities today and what architects can bring to it? David Chipperfield: The most obvious is environmental crisis, global warming, and the fact that we're going to have to be more clever about how we use resources. The construction industry contributes an ...

  • German mayor strikes deal to stop group's climate roadblocks

    German mayor strikes deal to stop group's climate roadblocks

    Feb 23, 2023 10:42 PM EDT

    ... gluing themselves to roads — a tactic that has enraged many motorists. The group says its goal is to highlight the need for tougher action against global warming but the protests have sparked fierce criticism among some in Germany who say they're dangerous and harm the climate cause. “At times ...

  • New report says companies' climate targets are misleading to the public

    New report says companies' climate targets are misleading to the public

    Feb 13, 2023 01:10 AM EDT

    ... from the companies’ plans would amount to less than half those needed by 2030 to help meet the Paris climate accord’s goal of capping global warming at 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit), it found in its second annual assessment. The researchers also questioned companies' pledges to achieve ...

  • House GOP seeks restrictions on presidential use of U.S. oil stockpile

    House GOP seeks restrictions on presidential use of U.S. oil stockpile

    Jan 28, 2023 01:10 AM EDT

    ... lands account for about 20 percent of energy-related U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, making them a prime target for emissions reductions intended to slow global warming. “Whether on land or at sea, oil drilling poses an unacceptable risk for our wildlife, wild places and waterways,'' said Lisa Frank of ...

  • Latest ice core analysis shows sharp warming spike in Greenland

    Latest ice core analysis shows sharp warming spike in Greenland

    Jan 18, 2023 10:59 PM EDT

    ... Hoerhold said. But as of about 25 years ago, the warming became too big to be hidden, she said. Past data also showed Greenland not warming as fast as the rest of the Arctic, which is now warming four times faster than the global average. But the island appears to ...