• The challenge of tracking methane emissions and why they are higher than publicly reported

    The challenge of tracking methane emissions and why they are higher than publicly reported

    Nov 23, 2022 11:35 PM EDT

    ... Methane traps about 80 times more heat during a 20-year lifetime than carbon dioxide. It is responsible for about 30 percent of human-caused global warming. Permian is the largest methane emitting oil and gas basin in the U.S. So, to put this into perspective, there are global ...

  • News Wrap: COP27 nations near deal for climate disaster fund

    News Wrap: COP27 nations near deal for climate disaster fund

    Nov 19, 2022 10:45 PM EDT

    ... contribute to the fund but not mandated. European officials threatened to walk away from the talks if the agreement doesn't keep temperature limits on global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. That's what experts say is needed to avoid the most extreme effects of climate change. Frans Timmermans ...

  • UN climate talks poised for deal creating disaster fund for vulnerable nations

    UN climate talks poised for deal creating disaster fund for vulnerable nations

    Nov 19, 2022 03:50 PM EDT

    ... and action sparks criticism at COP27 climate summit The Egyptian package leaves in place a reference to the Paris accords less ambitious goal of limiting global warming to “well below 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit)” which scientists say is far too risky. It also doesn’t suggest any new ...

  • China pressured to reduce its carbon emissions at global climate change summit

    China pressured to reduce its carbon emissions at global climate change summit

    Nov 17, 2022 11:45 PM EDT

    ... wind power and electric cars than any other country. And so when climate negotiators try and agree on measures to save the planet and cap global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, all eyes were on number two emitter the U.S. -- that's climate envoy John Kerry on the ...

  • Drought's impact on Mississippi River causes disruptions in shipping and agriculture

    Drought's impact on Mississippi River causes disruptions in shipping and agriculture

    Nov 17, 2022 11:40 PM EDT

    ... m sure it hasn't made the radar of most officials. But it sure seems like it's happening more and more frequently. And, with global warming, I think we need to be prepared. The Mississippi River is so important, not only to commerce, but for recreation. And the northern ...

  • Women lead talks on tough climate change topic: reparations

    Women lead talks on tough climate change topic: reparations

    Nov 17, 2022 08:44 PM EDT

    SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Men usually outnumber and outrank women negotiators in climate talks, except when it comes to global warming's thorniest diplomatic issue this year — reparations for climate disasters. The issue of polluting nations paying vulnerable countries is handed over to women, who got the issue on ...

  • Climate change negotiators in Egypt say they remain far from a deal

    Climate change negotiators in Egypt say they remain far from a deal

    Nov 17, 2022 08:05 PM EDT

    ... China, wants “at the very least a political announcement of intent” on rich polluters providing new financial aid to poor nations for the effects of global warming. She made clear that she didn’t not expect “a slew of finance” to result from the meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh but ...

  • Analysis: 4 ways the financial puzzle of climate change is being addressed at COP27

    Analysis: 4 ways the financial puzzle of climate change is being addressed at COP27

    Nov 16, 2022 07:48 PM EDT

    ... progress at COP27. Getting to net zero – without greenwashing First, the goal – getting the world to net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to stop global warming – is clearer. The last climate conference, COP26 in Glasgow, Scotland, nearly fell apart over frustration that international finance wasn’t flowing to developing ...

  • Climate activists splash black liquid on famous Klimt painting in Vienna

    Climate activists splash black liquid on famous Klimt painting in Vienna

    Nov 15, 2022 11:02 PM EDT

    ... hugging people on the right side. It's one of the latest pieces of art to be targeted by climate activists to draw attention to global warming.Different activist groups have staged numerous demonstrations in recent months, including blocking streets and throwing mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet painting in ...

  • Envoys from the U.S. and China, the world's top polluters, meet at COP27 Summit

    Envoys from the U.S. and China, the world's top polluters, meet at COP27 Summit

    Nov 15, 2022 07:54 PM EDT

    ... countries. All they care about is power, pure and simple.” Samoa's prime minister appealed to countries to respond as strongly to the threat of global warming as they did to the coronavirus pandemic.Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa said her country and other Pacific states are “at the mercy of climate ...