• Insurers withdraw from fossil fuel projects amid climate change fears

    Insurers withdraw from fossil fuel projects amid climate change fears

    Oct 19, 2022 08:13 PM EDT

    ... But in this case, it's the fossil fuel sector that's engaging in risky behavior by contributing to climate change." In some insurance markets, such as Florida, people are already struggling to get coverage for hurricanes and other disasters that are forecast to become more potent with global warming.

  • U.S. awards $2.8 billion in grants for electric vehicle batteries in 12 states

    U.S. awards $2.8 billion in grants for electric vehicle batteries in 12 states

    Oct 19, 2022 06:21 PM EDT

    ... decade, they will amount to just over one-third of U.S. new vehicle sales. EXPLAINER: How electric vehicles and other transportation innovations could slow global warming, according to IPCC The LMC Automotive consulting firm expects EVs to represent 5.6 percent of U.S. sales this year, rising to ...

  • The COP27 climate conference kicks off in Egypt next month. Here's what you need to know

    The COP27 climate conference kicks off in Egypt next month. Here's what you need to know

    Oct 18, 2022 07:36 PM EDT

    ... target being met in 2022. Second, developing countries, including many Pacific nations, will call for greater focus on finance for adapting to the impacts of global warming. So far, most of the funds have been channelled to mitigation projects, focused on helping developing states reduce their emissions. But as climate ...

  • What will the EV revolution mean for Detroit?

    What will the EV revolution mean for Detroit?

    Oct 11, 2022 09:05 PM EDT

    ... jobs that come from there entirely should come from those communities. We want to get everybody a voice. When it comes to the issue of global warming right now, you hear a lot of elected politicians speak onstage. We want every community to have a voice, because it involves everybody ...

  • Germany wants to put climate losses on agenda at UN talks

    Germany wants to put climate losses on agenda at UN talks

    Oct 07, 2022 07:59 PM EDT

    BERLIN (AP) — Germany wants the huge economic damage resulting from global warming to be discussed at this year's United Nations climate talks, Germany's foreign minister said Friday. Vulnerable countries have long demanded that big polluters be held accountable for the effects that their greenhouse gas emissions are having ...

  • UN chief says the world is in 'life-or-death struggle' for survival

    UN chief says the world is in 'life-or-death struggle' for survival

    Oct 03, 2022 10:43 PM EDT

    ... accused the world’s 20 wealthiest countries of failing to do enough to stop the planet from overheating. The U.N. chief said emissions of global-warming greenhouse gases are at an all-time high and rising, and it’s time for “a quantum level compromise” between rich developed countries ...

  • Amid rising seas, island nations push for legal protection

    Amid rising seas, island nations push for legal protection

    Oct 01, 2022 12:53 AM EDT

    ... for the cultural heritage of island nations. Tuvalu Prime Minister Kausea Natano said that Pacific Island nations had done very little to contribute to global warming — he said less than 0.03 percent of the world’s total emissions — but yet could be destroyed by the consequences of a warming ...

  • West rejects Putin's claim it sabotaged Nord Stream gas pipelines

    West rejects Putin's claim it sabotaged Nord Stream gas pipelines

    Sep 30, 2022 05:55 PM EDT

    ... ground-based observations in Sweden, Norway, and Finland. Experts say these methane levels aren’t dangerous to public health but are a potent source of global warming. The suspected sabotage has produced two methane leaks off Sweden, including a large one above Nord Stream 1 and a smaller one above ...

  • WATCH: U.N. Security Council meets to discuss Nord Stream pipelines explosions

    WATCH: U.N. Security Council meets to discuss Nord Stream pipelines explosions

    Sep 30, 2022 05:49 PM EDT

    ... ground-based observations in Sweden, Norway, and Finland. Experts say these methane levels aren’t dangerous to public health but are a potent source of global warming. The suspected sabotage has produced two methane leaks off Sweden, including a large one above Nord Stream 1 and a smaller one above ...

  • How warm water turbocharged Hurricane Ian in less than a day

    How warm water turbocharged Hurricane Ian in less than a day

    Sep 28, 2022 01:54 AM EDT

    ... show. The current hurricane season had been uncharacteristically mild until about a week ago because of dry air in the Atlantic. Yet while storms aren't necessarily more frequent, they are getting nastier because of global warming, experts say. WATCH: Tampa mayor on evacuations, storm preparations ahead of Hurricane Ian