Jul 01 Supreme Court leaves little hope for Biden administration’s plan to curb climate change By Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press It's a blow to Biden's commitment to slash emissions in the few years scientists say remain to stave off deadlier levels of global warming. Continue reading
Jul 01 Watch 4:25 News Wrap: Barrage of Russian missiles kills 21 in southern Ukraine In our news wrap Friday, Russian missiles pounded a coastal town in southern Ukraine killing at least 21 people including two children, the trial for U.S. women's basketball star Brittney Griner began outside Moscow, at least 19 people in northeastern… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch 7:54 Weather forecasters increasingly address climate change By Miles O'Brien, Will Toubman Even before summer began, there were extreme heat waves and new heat records throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and the forecast calls for a hotter-than-normal summer in much of the U.S. Scientists say climate change is accelerating and intensifying these kinds… Continue watching
Jun 30 Watch 6:36 Supreme Court curbs EPA’s power on emissions Environmental advocates say the ruling in the EPA case is a blow in the fight against climate change and will hamper the Biden administration’s environmental agenda. But West Virginia won the case in front of the court after a legal… Continue watching
Jun 30 What the Supreme Court’s EPA ruling means for the climate change fight By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The Supreme Court's new climate change ruling is likely to hinder the Biden administration's plans to cut greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade and make the electric grid carbon-free by 2035. Continue reading
Jun 30 Supreme Court limits EPA in regulating power plant emissions, in blow to climate change fight By Associated Press In a blow to the fight against climate change, the Supreme Court has limited how the nation's main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. Continue reading
Jun 29 Watch 8:21 Climate change forces major lifestyle changes high in the Himalayan mountains By Fred de Sam Lazaro Research published last year shows the massive Himalayan glaciers have shrunk 10-times faster over the past four decades than during the previous seven centuries. It threatens agriculture and the water supply for millions across South Asia. Fred de Sam Lazaro… Continue watching
Jun 24 California plan to combat climate change pleases few By Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press A top California official says heat waves and drought gripping California highlight the urgency to slash fossil fuel use and remove planet-warming emissions from the air. Continue reading
Jun 24 Oppressive heat wave persists across large swath of Northern Hemisphere By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press A heat wave that's already lasted more than a week keeps on baking the U.S., Asia and even the Arctic. Continue reading
Jun 22 EU lawmakers back stricter emission caps in climate change fight By Associated Press European Union lawmakers are requiring deeper emission cuts from power plants, factories and planes in Europe while endorsing an unprecedented import tax to step up the fight against global warming. Continue reading