Feb 09 Supreme Court puts Obama’s clean power plan on hold By Michael Biesecker and Sam Hananel, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to halt enforcement of President Barack Obama's sweeping plan to address climate change until after legal challenges are resolved. Continue reading
Apr 13 Watch 7:25 This cement alternative absorbs CO2 like a sponge By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 07 EPA delays rule to cut carbon from new coal power plants By Dina Cappiello, Associated Press The Obama administration is delaying for months a final rule to control carbon dioxide emissions at new coal-fired power plants. Continue reading
Sep 22 China, U.S. and India push world carbon output to record levels By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press The world pumped an estimated 39.8 billion tons (36.1 billion metric tons) of carbon dioxide into the air last year by burning coal, oil and gas. That is 778 million tons (706 metric tons) or 2.3 percent more than the… Continue reading
Sep 18 White House announces plan to train 50,000 people, including veterans, to install solar panels By Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. is planning to train veterans to become solar panel installers in the next six years, the White House said Thursday. Continue reading
Jun 25 Watch Obama Moves to Limit Greenhouse Gases Emissions Through Executive Order In an address at Georgetown University, President Barack Obama announced a new climate change plan aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The president zeroed in on new and existing power plants that burn coal, and called for public lands to… Continue watching
May 10 Watch News Wrap: Carbon Dioxide Level Hits Grim Milestone In other news Friday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported that carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere has reached a level not seen in millions of years. Also, the new skyscraper at Ground Zero in lower Manhattan now stands… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch Endangered Coral Reefs Die as Ocean Temperatures Rise and Water Turns Acidic Endangered Coral Reefs Die as Ocean Temperatures Rise and Water Turns Acidic… Continue watching
Dec 05 Watch Florida’s Coral Reefs Face Altered Oceans For more on this story go to http://www.pbs.org/newshour/topic/climate-change/… Continue watching
Dec 03 Watch World Faces a Fight from Behind to Keep Up With Rising Rate of CO2 Emissions World Faces a Fight from Behind to Keep Up With Rising Rate of CO2 Emissions… Continue watching