• Artificial intelligence raises risk of extinction, experts warn

    Artificial intelligence raises risk of extinction, experts warn

    May 30, 2023 06:59 PM EDT

    ... also was signed by experts in nuclear science, pandemics and climate change. Among the signatories is the writer Bill McKibben, who sounded the alarm on global warming in his 1989 book “The End of Nature” and warned about AI and companion technologies two decades ago in another book.“Given our ...

  • The best ways to protect your skin from the sun this summer

    The best ways to protect your skin from the sun this summer

    May 26, 2023 10:20 PM EDT

    ... exposed coral reef to some active ingredients in sunscreens and showed that it did affect the coral. But what's causing coral to die is global warming, not sunscreen.Stephanie Sy: And just to clarify, if somebody wanted to be extra safe, not to expose themselves to too many chemicals ...

  • Mount Everest was first scaled 70 years ago. Climbers celebrate the milestone as climate change concerns grow

    Mount Everest was first scaled 70 years ago. Climbers celebrate the milestone as climate change concerns grow

    May 26, 2023 02:29 PM EDT

    ... organize a cleaning expedition in which clients and guides alike bring down garbage left by previous Everest climbing parties. The effects of climate change and global warming have been severe in the high Himalayan area, Ang Tshering said. “The rising temperature of the Himalayan area is more than the global ...

  • Cities want the millions who biked during the pandemic to keep pedaling

    Cities want the millions who biked during the pandemic to keep pedaling

    May 19, 2023 08:30 PM EDT

    ... a motivation for many people to ditch cars for bikes, a choice that researchers say has clear benefits in reducing the carbon emissions that drive global warming and in curbing pollution broadly. Here are snapshots of what some of the most ambitious pro-cycling cities on three continents have done ...

  • WATCH: Biden gives remarks after EPA proposes greenhouse gas emission rules for power plants

    WATCH: Biden gives remarks after EPA proposes greenhouse gas emission rules for power plants

    May 11, 2023 06:34 PM EDT

    ... infrastructure law and billions of dollars in tax credits and other incentives from the Inflation Reduction Act, approved last year. While Biden has made fighting global warming a top priority, he has faced sharp criticism from environmentalists — particularly young climate activists — for a recent decision to approve the contentious Willow ...

  • WATCH: Senate Budget Committee discusses House GOP debt ceiling bill

    WATCH: Senate Budget Committee discusses House GOP debt ceiling bill

    May 04, 2023 01:47 PM EDT

    ... like good economic policy to me,” Lujan said. Two other witnesses called on lawmakers to continue provisions passed into law last August designed to curb global warming and boost clean energy production. House Republicans propose rescinding most of the energy tax credits and spending in that bill, reducing deficits by ...

  • Climate activists stage over a week of road blockages in Berlin

    Climate activists stage over a week of road blockages in Berlin

    Apr 28, 2023 08:16 PM EDT

    ... Climate Dialogue, an event taking place in Berlin on May 2-3, remains focused on achieving the goal of the 2015 Paris Agreement of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) compared to pre-industrial times. Some German politicians have called for tougher police measures ...

  • Multiple generations of Earth's warriors keep battling, hoping for planet's future

    Multiple generations of Earth's warriors keep battling, hoping for planet's future

    Apr 22, 2023 09:35 PM EDT

    ... 11, Sam is critical of the older generation, saying that “when they had all the power and authority, they didn’t do much to stop global warming,” but “at least some of them have listened,” she says. In her native Ghana, some have contributed to tree-planting efforts, which is ...

  • WATCH: White House holds news briefing as UN chides Biden for climate inaction

    WATCH: White House holds news briefing as UN chides Biden for climate inaction

    Apr 20, 2023 04:42 PM EDT

    ... and abroad to cap massive methane leaks from natural gas production and promote electric vehicles.“We're willing to do the hard work to limit global warming" to the amount pledged by the U.S. and roughly 200 other nations in the 2015 Paris climate accord, Biden told global leaders ...

  • No rolling back clean energy transition, John Kerry says after G-7 talks

    No rolling back clean energy transition, John Kerry says after G-7 talks

    Apr 16, 2023 09:19 PM EDT

    ... climate envoy John Kerry said Sunday. Kerry noted that if countries deliver on promises to phase out polluting fossil fuels, the world can limit average global warming to 1.7 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), better than the worst case scenarios but still above the current limit of 1 ...