Climate Change

'Difficult slog' ahead to undo Obama climate legacy, says former EPA chief

By PBS News Hour

In President Obama's second term, Gina McCarthy essentially led government efforts to curb climate change and its effects. Now President Trump is rolling back those policies. Former EPA administrator McCarthy joins Judy Woodruff to give her reaction to President Trump’s…

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Trump executive order seeks to reverse Obama's clean energy regulations

By Matthew Daly and Jill Colvin, Associated Press

President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday that will suspend, rescind or flag for review more than a half-dozen Obama-era measures in an effort to boost domestic energy production in the form of fossil fuels.

Google Street View can now map invisible gas leaks in your city

By Andrew Wagner

Ecologists at Colorado State University outfitted Google’s fleet of Street View cars with special methane detectors to spot gas leaks.

How California is preparing for a future full of extreme weather

By Michael Rios

There's no end in sight for California's extreme weather. Gov. Jerry Brown has requested $437 million to prepare for it.

WATCH: White House calls climate change efforts a "waste of your money"

By Associated Press

Watch Budget Director Mick Mulvaney and White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer addressed President Donald Trump's budget proposal in a Thursday briefing.

Trump set to challenge Obama-era fuel standards in Detroit

By Associated Press

Moving forcefully against Obama-era environmental rules, President Donald Trump is set to announce in Michigan plans to re-examine federal requirements that regulate the fuel efficiency of new cars and trucks.

Tillerson used alias in emails on climate change, New York AG says

By David Koenig, Associated Press

The AG is investigating whether Exxon, where Tillerson was CEO, deceived investors and the public by hiding for decades what it knew about the link between fossil fuels and climate change.

Want to cut carbon emissions? Try growing cement bricks with bacteria

By Nsikan Akpan, Matt Ehrichs

A North Carolina startup grows "biocement" bricks to circumvent the hefty load of fossil fuels needed for normal cement.

At a resurrected climate conference, concerns loom that CDC scientists may be silenced

By Max Blau, STAT

Organizers of a conference on public health and climate change urged policy experts and policymakers to mobilize in the wake of a new administration they say has denied the impact, and even the existence, of global warming.

Native Americans brace for impact as EPA undergoes changes

By Kristin Hugo

In the past few weeks, EPA workers have worried about political threats to the agency under the Trump administration. Tribal leaders say changing environmental protections would affect them first.