Climate Change

What do rising sea levels mean for future generations?

By PBS News Hour

According to a trio of new studies, sea levels rose faster over the past century than at any other point over the last 2800 years. Scientists say this is definitive proof that human actions are directly contributing to rising water…

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Extreme heat waves may occur yearly by 2075

By Joshua Barajas

Future heat waves will become hotter and more frequent across the globe if measures aren’t take to cap greenhouse gas emissions, the National Center for Atmospheric Research announced Tuesday.

Congress backs court challenge to Obama's climate change plan

By Michael Biesecker, Associated Press

WASHINGTON — More than 200 members of Congress are backing a court challenge to President Barack Obama's plan to curtail greenhouse gas emissions.

Painter captures the data of climate change in 7 stunning watercolors

By Corinne Segal

For Jill Pelto, art is all about the data of climate change, from glacial melt to animal populations and forest fires.

Washington considers nation's first carbon tax. Let these chickens give you the scoop

By Ken Christensen, KCTS9/Earthfix

Passing a voter-backed initiative would make Washington the first state to tax residents and businesses on their carbon emissions.

Will a surprising Supreme Court move shake the Paris climate accord?

By PBS News Hour

The Supreme Court temporarily blocked major regulations, designed by the EPA, to cut back on greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. The move, which has been called unprecedented, means that the Obama administration's rules can't go into effect until…

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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.

GOP-led Congress unlikely to OK Obama's new clean energy bid

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

President Barack Obama said Saturday that he will ask the Republican-led Congress to double spending on research and development into clean energy by 2020. But the request is unlikely to be fulfilled.

U.S. proposes rules to limit methane gas 'flaring' at drilling sites

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

The Obama administration on Friday proposed new rules to clamp down on oil companies that burn off natural gas on public land.

2015 hottest year in recorded history

By Joshua Barajas

The calculations are in, and 2015 was the warmest year on record, ever since data collection on the planet’s surface land and ocean temperatures began in 1880, NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Wednesday.