Aug 06 France’s biggest wildfire of the summer has eclipsed the size of Paris and is still spreading By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press Thirteen people, including 11 firefighters, are injured. The mayor of one village says at least half of it has burned and describes a “hellish” landscape. Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch 7:49 EPA plans to overturn scientific finding used to regulate carbon emissions By Stephanie Sy, Azhar Merchant The EPA announced plans to overturn a key scientific finding that has been used to regulate carbon emissions since 2009. The endangerment finding determined that pollutants caused by burning fossil fuels endanger humans and can be regulated under the Clean… Continue watching
Jul 29 Trump administration moves to repeal EPA rule that allows climate regulation By Matthew Daly, Associated Press President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed revoking a scientific finding that's long been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch 7:04 How Ben & Jerry’s is recycling food waste into energy By William Brangham, Diane Lincoln Estes It may sound like the stuff of sci-fi movies, but diverting food waste from the landfill and converting it into electricity has become a real thing. William Brangham visited Ben & Jerry’s Vermont ice cream factory and the operations next… Continue watching
Jul 24 UN’s top court delivered a landmark opinion on climate justice. What’s next? By Kenichi Serino The ruling was the result of years of efforts by activists and small island nations and initiated by Pacific Islands Students Fighting Climate Change, a group of young Pacific Islanders facing the existential threat of rising sea levels, and led… Continue reading
Jul 24 EU and China agree to take action on climate change and nothing else at tense summit By Sam McNeil, Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press China and the European Union have issued a joint call to action on climate change during an otherwise tense bilateral summit in Beijing on Thursday riven with major disagreements over trade and the war in Ukraine. Continue reading
Jul 23 WATCH: UN’s top court says failing to protect planet from climate change could violate international law By Molly Quell, Mike Corder, Associated Press The International Court of Justice on Wednesday delivered an advisory opinion in a landmark case about nations' obligations to tackle climate change and consequences they may face if they don't. Continue reading
Jul 16 How climate change is making the World Cup calendar more dangerous for athletes and fans By Graham Dunbar, Associated Press Tournament soccer in June and July is a tradition going back to the first World Cup in 1930. Continue reading
Jul 15 WATCH: Tipping Point – The Mighty Mississippi | A PBS News Special By Miles O'Brien, Kate Tobin, Yasmeen Sami Alamiri Air and water pollution, downstream flooding and coastal land loss are among the environmental pressures that are putting the health and future of the waterway — and the communities that depend on it — at risk. Continue reading
Jul 06 Watch 4:53 Study warns 1.5-degree warming limit can’t prevent dangers of melting glaciers By John Yang, Andrew Corkery The 2015 Paris agreement’s goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius was thought to be the threshold for averting severe climate change impacts. But new research says even that level is too high to prevent the catastrophic consequences… Continue watching