• Climate change caused by wealthy nations creates harm for poorer, study says

    Climate change caused by wealthy nations creates harm for poorer, study says

    Jul 12, 2022 03:47 PM EDT

    "It's the countries that have emitted the least that are also the ones that tend to be harmed by increases in global warming. So that double inequity to me is kind of a central finding that I want to emphasize," Callahan said. To do the study, first Callahan ...

  • Discovery of methane leaks in California community is just ‘the tip of the iceberg,’ advocates worry

    Discovery of methane leaks in California community is just ‘the tip of the iceberg,’ advocates worry

    Jul 08, 2022 07:47 PM EDT

    ... of this problem should be sitting pretty heavy with our regulators.” Citing the risks to people living near abandoned oil wells, along with the destructive, global warming impact of methane emissions, the Biden administration late last year outlined new ways to combat the methane problem, including tackling pollution from aging ...

  • Phoenix tries to offset rising temperatures that pose health risks to the most vulnerable

    Phoenix tries to offset rising temperatures that pose health risks to the most vulnerable

    Jul 06, 2022 10:20 PM EDT

    David Hondula: We could actually wind up with a Phoenix of the future that's cooler than the one we have today, even if global warming continues, so that gives us motivation to invest in and experiment with technologies like cool pavement that our street Transportation Department is applying. We ...

  • Supreme Court leaves little hope for Biden administration's plan to curb climate change

    Supreme Court leaves little hope for Biden administration's plan to curb climate change

    Jul 01, 2022 11:08 PM EDT

    ... a blow to Biden’s commitment to slash emissions in the few years scientists say are left to stave off worse and deadlier levels of global warming. And it’s a sign, to Democrats at home and allies abroad, of the dwindling options remaining for Biden to reverse the legacy ...

  • Weather forecasters increasingly address climate change

    Weather forecasters increasingly address climate change

    Jul 01, 2022 10:40 PM EDT

    Person: My frustration is that the national media never seems to question the global warming scare. Miles O'Brien: As late as 2010, a George Mason University poll showed 54 percent of them were not convinced the climate was changing. Bernadette Woods Placky, Climate Central: There was still a lot ...

  • What the Supreme Court's EPA ruling means for the climate change fight

    What the Supreme Court's EPA ruling means for the climate change fight

    Jun 30, 2022 10:41 PM EDT

    “A decision of such magnitude and consequence rests with Congress itself, or an agency acting pursuant to a clear delegation from that representative body,” he wrote. The Clean Air Act, which EPA used in its rulemaking, was passed in 1970, when global warming was little known. "It's almost ...

  • Supreme Court limits EPA in regulating power plant emissions, in blow to climate change fight

    Supreme Court limits EPA in regulating power plant emissions, in blow to climate change fight

    Jun 30, 2022 02:27 PM EDT

    ... that the Clean Air Act does not give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that contribute to global warming. The court's ruling could complicate the administration's plans to combat climate change. Its proposal to regulate power plant emissions is expected ...

  • G-7 summit ends with leaders promising to support Ukraine and damage Russia economically

    G-7 summit ends with leaders promising to support Ukraine and damage Russia economically

    Jun 28, 2022 01:29 PM EDT

    ... the Group of Seven major economies pledged Tuesday to create a new 'climate club' for nations that want to take more ambitious action to tackle global warming. The move, championed by Scholz, will see countries that join the club agree on tougher measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions with the ...

  • Oppressive heat wave persists across large swath of Northern Hemisphere

    Oppressive heat wave persists across large swath of Northern Hemisphere

    Jun 24, 2022 03:41 PM EDT

    ... consistent with what we’d expect in a continually warming world.” “These temperatures are occurring with only 2 degrees Fahrenheit (1.1 degrees Celsius) of global warming and we are on track for 4 degrees Fahrenheit (2.2 degrees Celsius) more warming over this century,” Dessler said. “I literally cannot ...

  • EU lawmakers back stricter emission caps in climate change fight

    EU lawmakers back stricter emission caps in climate change fight

    Jun 22, 2022 07:49 PM EDT

    ... EU is seeking to maintain a leadership role in the worldwide battle against the increasingly frequent and intense heat waves, storms and floods caused by global warming. A key United Nations climate conference is scheduled for November in Egypt. The more ambitious EU climate legislation is part of a clean ...