• WATCH: Oil executives testify over climate misinformation in House hearing

    WATCH: Oil executives testify over climate misinformation in House hearing

    Oct 27, 2021 11:32 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Top executives of ExxonMobil and other oil giants denied spreading disinformation about climate change as they sparred Thursday with congressional Democrats over allegations that the industry concealed evidence about the dangers of global warming. Watch the hearing in the player above. Testifying at a landmark House hearing, ExxonMobil ...

  • News Wrap: FDA advisers back Pfizer vaccine for kids 5 to 11

    News Wrap: FDA advisers back Pfizer vaccine for kids 5 to 11

    Oct 26, 2021 10:50 PM EDT

    ... on who might have carried out the hack. The head of the United Nations sounded an urgent call today for world leaders to act on global warming. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke days before leaders gather for a climate summit in Scotland. He said they must be bold if they ...

  • Majority in U.S. concerned about climate change, AP-NORC/EPIC poll finds

    Majority in U.S. concerned about climate change, AP-NORC/EPIC poll finds

    Oct 26, 2021 06:09 PM EDT

    ... of high importance to them, an increase from just a few years ago. About 6 out of 10 Americans also believe that the pace of global warming is speeding up, according to a new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Energy Policy Institute ...

  • U.N. chief laments 'leadership gap' ahead of climate talks

    U.N. chief laments 'leadership gap' ahead of climate talks

    Oct 26, 2021 02:45 PM EDT

    BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations says a "leadership gap" is undermining the world's efforts to curb global warming, days before presidents and prime ministers from around the globe gather for a climate summit in Glasgow. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told reporters Tuesday that time ...

  • UN says Greenhouse gas levels hit a new record, cuts fall short

    UN says Greenhouse gas levels hit a new record, cuts fall short

    Oct 25, 2021 08:40 PM EDT

    ... Experts argued that emissions must halve by 2030 compared with 2010 levels and essentially hit zero by mid-century, if the Paris goal of capping global warming at 2C, ideally no more than 1.5C, is to be achieved. "Overshooting the temperature goals will lead to a destabilized world and ...

  • World set to miss goal of $100 billion climate aid pledged to poor

    World set to miss goal of $100 billion climate aid pledged to poor

    Oct 25, 2021 07:39 PM EDT

    BERLIN (AP) — A target for rich countries to provide poor nations with $100 billion in aid each year to tackle global warming will be missed, dealing a blow to the upcoming U.N. climate talks in Glasgow. Senior officials from Britain, Canada and Germany, who had hoped to break a ...

  • Campaigners stage climate protests across the world

    Campaigners stage climate protests across the world

    Oct 22, 2021 07:00 PM EDT

    BERLIN (AP) — Environmental campaigners staged protests on several continents on Friday to press their demands for more government action to curb global warming ahead of the upcoming U.N. climate summit in Glasgow. Protesters rallied in Uganda, Bangladesh, India, Italy, Sweden and Germany to call for measures preventing dangerous global ...

  • Dozens missing in Nepal as floods, mudslides kill over 100

    Dozens missing in Nepal as floods, mudslides kill over 100

    Oct 22, 2021 03:46 PM EDT

    ... displaced and the full extent of damage. Landslides and floods are common in India's Himalayan north. Scientists say they are becoming more frequent as global warming contributes to the melting of glaciers. In February, flash floods killed nearly 200 people and washed away houses in northern Uttarakhand state in ...

  • News Wrap: NYC to mandate COVID vaccine for all public employees

    News Wrap: NYC to mandate COVID vaccine for all public employees

    Oct 20, 2021 10:55 PM EDT

    ... A new climate study concludes that worldwide production of fossil fuels will have to be cut by more than half to avert dangerous levels of global warming. The United Nations report also says that many governments plan to double coal, oil, and natural gas output through 2030. The findings come ...

  • What's in, and what's out, as Democrats trim Biden infrastructure bill

    What's in, and what's out, as Democrats trim Biden infrastructure bill

    Oct 20, 2021 10:54 PM EDT

    WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of talks, Democrats are edging closer to an agreement on what programs and policies to include in President Joe Biden's massive plan to expand health and safety net programs and combat global warming. The plan seems likely to include an expansion of Medicare benefits for ...