Nov 04 Column: The most important issue this election forgot By David Biello Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump differ sharply on climate change. One candidate's views would invite catastrophe, but the other's policy would not fair much better. Continue reading
Nov 03 Watch 3:20 News Wrap: Report suggests FBI in dispute over Clinton Foundation By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported that there is word of a dispute at the FBI over claims of corruption at the Clinton Foundation, stemming from secret recordings of a suspect, that some believe show financial… Continue watching
Oct 31 Listen to 58 years of climate change in one minute By John Ryan, KUOW Public Radio Data you can dread — and dance to: the Keeling Curve. Continue reading
Oct 30 For Stein, climate change and erasing student debt are high-priority By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate, is offering an aggressive set of policy prescriptions in her longshot bid. Continue reading
Oct 28 Antarctica to hold the world's largest marine reserve By Alison Thoet The deal protects 600,000 square miles of ocean, which is more than twice the size of Texas, near the Ross Sea ice shelf, banning all fishing in nearly three-fourths of the reserve. Scientists will still be allowed to catch small… Continue reading
Oct 24 Watch 6:06 News Wrap: AT&T confident in Time Warner deal approval By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, AT&T said it is confident its deal to buy Time Warner will pass muster with Congress and federal regulators. The telecom giant announced plans on Saturday to take over the parent company of HBO, CNN… Continue watching
Oct 22 Emails show Clinton campaign weighing Keystone XL decision By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press Hacked emails show Hillary Clinton's campaign wrestled with how to announce her opposition to construction of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline. Continue reading
Oct 20 Ice detectives race against time as climate change destroys evidence of itself By Dhananjay Khadilkar, Scientific American Threatened glaciers store many of Earth’s fading prehistoric memories, including valuable temperature information about climate change… Continue reading
Oct 15 Polar bears, growing desperate for food, threaten Alaska Natives By Kamala Kelkar Warmer temperatures have melted Alaska Natives' traditional permafrost freezers in the U.S. arctic and also forced polar bears onto land near them. They hope stainless steel containers shipped from Oregon will help keep the hungry bears away. Continue reading
Oct 15 Global deal reached to limit powerful greenhouse gases By Bradley Klapper and Ignatius Ssuuna, Associated Press Nearly 200 nations have reached a deal to limit the use of greenhouse gases far more powerful than carbon dioxide. Continue reading