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    Global Warming in Monterey Bay, California

    Mar 28, 2001 05:00 AM EDT

    ANCHOR: When we strip away all the scare headlines and oversimplifications, a very different picture emerges. SPENCER MICHELS: The Greening Earth Society, which made this film, is one of several industry groups that have not subscribed to the predictions of global warming catastrophes. The Western Fuels Association sponsors the society ...

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    Think it's hot now? The next five years will smash records, UN says

    May 28, 2026 10:02 PM EDT

    ... Earth will have warmed a quarter of a degree Celsius (0.45 degrees Fahrenheit) in a decade, which is faster than the previous rates of warming. Those were closer to two-tenths of a degree Celsius per decade. Climate scientists are debating whether global warming is accelerating, “which obviously is ...

  • News Wrap: Arts commission approves design of Trump's 250-foot arch

    News Wrap: Arts commission approves design of Trump's 250-foot arch

    May 21, 2026 10:50 PM EDT

    ... will no longer be required to update their equipment to reduce hydrofluorocarbons, or HFCs. Those are considered super pollutants and are a major driver of global warming. But it's unclear how much of the projected savings the companies would pass on to consumers, if any. In Central Africa, concerns ...

  • WATCH: Trump, Zeldin announce looser rule on refrigerant greenhouse gases

    WATCH: Trump, Zeldin announce looser rule on refrigerant greenhouse gases

    May 21, 2026 02:36 PM EDT

    ... phase out domestic use of HFCs, greenhouse gases that are thousands of times more potent than carbon dioxide and are considered a major driver of global warming. The EPA action highlights the second Trump administration’s drive to roll back regulations perceived as climate friendly. The plan is among a ...

  • CNN founder Ted Turner, a brash and outspoken television pioneer, has died at age 87

    CNN founder Ted Turner, a brash and outspoken television pioneer, has died at age 87

    May 06, 2026 03:30 PM EDT

    ... chances are about 50-50 that humanity will be extinct in 50 years,” Turner said in 2003. “Weapons of mass destruction, disease, I mean this global warming is scaring the living daylights out of me.”As he poured millions into nonprofits on a global scale, Turner was also fond of ...

  • Brazil gold mining rush brings deforestation and mercury risks to the Amazon

    Brazil gold mining rush brings deforestation and mercury risks to the Amazon

    May 05, 2026 09:17 PM EDT

    ... Indigenous territories is widely seen as an effective way to curb deforestation in the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest and a key regulator of global climate. Researchers warn that continued forest loss could accelerate global warming. Enforcement is often a ‘cat-and-mouse’ game In 2023, Brazilian authorities launched ...

  • 6 times the White House Correspondents' Dinner served up memorable moments

    6 times the White House Correspondents' Dinner served up memorable moments

    Apr 24, 2026 07:23 PM EDT

    Colbert lambasted the dinner hosts, too, suggesting Washington media protected the Bush administration. “Over the last five years you people were so good — over tax cuts, WMD intelligence, the effect of global warming. We Americans didn’t want to know,” Colbert said, “and you had the courtesy not to try ...

  • Four U.N. secretary-general candidates audition this week. That's far fewer than in 2016

    Four U.N. secretary-general candidates audition this week. That's far fewer than in 2016

    Apr 20, 2026 09:03 PM EDT

    ... stature of the United Nations. A decade ago, the world organization was basking in its success in helping achieve the Paris climate agreement to curb global warming and an agreement by world leaders on 17 goals to promote global economic growth, preserve the environment and close the growing gap between ...

  • The U.S. smashed heat records in March. Just wait for El Niño this summer

    The U.S. smashed heat records in March. Just wait for El Niño this summer

    Apr 09, 2026 09:07 PM EDT

    ... climate scientists said that’s not quite a consensus yet. WATCH: How climate change has powered the heat wave blanketing much of the U.S. “Global warming is supercharging El Niños and the atmospheric warming they drive,” said University of Michigan environment dean and climate scientist Jonathan Overpeck. “We saw ...

  • What to know about Rice's whale, a rare species in the way of Trump's plans for more Gulf drilling

    What to know about Rice's whale, a rare species in the way of Trump's plans for more Gulf drilling

    Mar 31, 2026 06:09 PM EDT

    How else could oil and gas drilling put them at risk? Noise could disrupt the whales' foraging behavior, while increased global warming — tied to the burning of fossil fuels, including oil and gas — could change where their prey fish live, Kiszka said. The whales also are susceptible to pollution, with ...