• Sweeping climate bill will push American energy to go green

    Sweeping climate bill will push American energy to go green

    Aug 11, 2022 11:55 PM EDT

    ... 1988 on a steamy summer day, top NASA climate scientist Jim Hansen brought to public attention for the first time the decades-old concept of global warming when he told Congress carbon dioxide was heating up the Earth. That year became the hottest on record. Now, there have been so ...

  • Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer discusses Democrats' major climate and health bill

    Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer discusses Democrats' major climate and health bill

    Aug 09, 2022 10:45 PM EDT

    ... lot of things for a lot of people. And the fact, finally, that global warming will finally get a handle on it is going to mean that people will be more protected from the floods and hurricanes and fires and everything else that's been happening because of global warming.

  • Climate change hazards worsen 58 percent of infectious diseases, study says

    Climate change hazards worsen 58 percent of infectious diseases, study says

    Aug 08, 2022 04:52 PM EDT

    ... del Rio and three other outside experts said the study is a good warning about climate and health for now and the future. Especially as global warming and habitat loss push animals and their diseases closer to humans, Bernstein said. "This study underscores how climate change may load the dice ...

  • A look at the policies in the Democrats' historic climate bill

    A look at the policies in the Democrats' historic climate bill

    Aug 07, 2022 09:45 PM EDT

    The Inflation Reduction Act is the largest investment in climate policy in U.S. history, including more than $300 billion to address global warming. It also sets a goal of reducing carbon emissions by 40 percent by the year 2030 and creates an electric vehicle tax credit. Rev. Lennox Yearwood ...

  • Senate narrowly passes Democrats' economic package, sends it to House

    Senate narrowly passes Democrats' economic package, sends it to House

    Aug 07, 2022 08:59 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats pushed their election-year economic package to Senate passage Sunday, a hard-fought compromise less ambitious than President Joe Biden’s original domestic vision but one that still meets deep-rooted party goals of slowing global warming, moderating pharmaceutical costs and taxing immense corporations. The estimated $740 ...

  • African officials lay out goals ahead of the U.N. climate summit

    African officials lay out goals ahead of the U.N. climate summit

    Aug 02, 2022 11:27 PM EDT

    MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — African officials outlined their priorities for the upcoming U.N. climate summit, including a push to make heavily polluting rich nations compensate poor countries for the environmental damage done to them. The continent will also focus on how countries can adapt to global warming and how the ...

  • Climate change is already fueling global migration. The world isn't ready to meet people's changing needs, experts say

    Climate change is already fueling global migration. The world isn't ready to meet people's changing needs, experts say

    Jul 28, 2022 06:14 PM EDT

    ... asylum to climate migrants, UNHCR published legal guidance in October 2020 that opens the door for offering protection to people displaced by the effects of global warming. It said that climate change should be taken into consideration in certain scenarios when it intersects with violence, though it stopped short of ...

  • WATCH: Biden announces modest climate action at former coal plant in Massachusetts

    WATCH: Biden announces modest climate action at former coal plant in Massachusetts

    Jul 20, 2022 05:33 PM EDT

    ... similar fate. The Supreme Court last month limited the Environmental Protection Agency's authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that contribute to global warming. Declaring a climate emergency "is a way to get around Congress and specifically Joe Manchin. That's not what emergency powers are for ...

  • Britain breaks record for highest temperature as heat wave sears Europe

    Britain breaks record for highest temperature as heat wave sears Europe

    Jul 19, 2022 02:35 PM EDT

    ... are produced as near to real time as possible with final readings issued after data quality-control, the Met Office said. Climate experts warn that global warming has increased the frequency of extreme weather events, with studies showing that the likelihood of temperatures in the U.K. reaching 40 C ...

  • Climate change aid, Ukraine war fallout feature at Berlin talks

    Climate change aid, Ukraine war fallout feature at Berlin talks

    Jul 18, 2022 10:39 PM EDT

    ... world. Meanwhile, scientists say the extreme heat slamming large parts of the northern hemisphere in recent weeks could become the new normal in summer if global warming continues. “As this meeting is taking place, parts of Europe are baking, indeed they’re burning. And sadly, it’s an experience that ...