Climate Change

What Middle America is saying about climate change and gun violence

Catastrophic damage from Hurricane Dorian is putting natural disasters, and their potential connection to climate change, front and center in the U.S., but gun safety and a flood of Republican congressional retirements are also occupying public attention. Chris Buskirk of…

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Damage estimates don't capture the full cost of climate change-fueled disasters

By Gary W. Yohe, The Conversation

To understand the true economic costs of an extreme weather event, it’s important to consider all the investment that is being “crowded out” or lost to cover rebuilding costs.

Democrats propose spending trillions to fight climate change

By Juana Summers, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

The release of candidates' competing plans comes as issues of climate and the environment have become a central focus of the Democratic primary.

AP fact check: Trump's bluster on hurricanes, guns, economy

By Hope Yen, Seth Borenstein, Darlene Superville, Associated Press

Facing another deadly mass shooting, President Donald Trump is deflecting on gun control.

AP fact check: Trump's swipe at Puerto Rico, G-7 comments

By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press

President Donald Trump presented a distorted picture of the auto industry, told a fanciful story about Iran duping Barack Obama and took a misinformed swipe at Puerto Rico just as its residents braced for a catastrophe that didn’t come.

Climate activist Greta Thunberg leads protest near UN

By Associated Press

The protest was the New York edition of the 16-year-old Swedish activist's weekly Fridays For Future — the student school strikes she's inspired in about 100 cities worldwide.

Politics of climate change put corporations in tough spot

By Tom Krisher, Associated Press

Companies are being forced to choose between supporting the Trump administration's deregulation policies that could boost profits or opposing them to win over environmentally conscious consumers.

As Trump looks to roll back methane regulation, oil and gas industry feels divided

In an effort to boost production of oil and natural gas, the Trump administration is planning to relax rules regarding the release of methane, a highly potent greenhouse gas. William Brangham reports and talks to The Wall Street Journal’s Timothy…

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Brazilian indigenous people speak out as Amazon fires rage

By Leo Correa, Mario Lobao, Anna Jean Kaiser, Associated Press

Over 98 percent of Brazil's indigenous lands lie within the Amazon.

Trump administration proposes rolling back methane emission limits

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

Methane, which contributes to climate change, is a component of natural gas that's frequently wasted through leaks or intentional releases during drilling operations.