Earth-warming emissions come roaring back from pandemic
The International Energy Agency said worldwide energy-related carbon dioxide emissions are on track to surge by 1.5 billion metric tons this year, following last year’s decline due to the coronavirus pandemic.
US, China agree to cooperate on climate crisis with urgency
The United States and China, the world’s two biggest carbon polluters, agreed to cooperate to curb climate change with urgency, just days before President Joe Biden hosts a virtual summit of world leaders to discuss the issue.
Florida works to avoid ‘catastrophic’ pond collapse
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Sunday that crews are working to prevent the collapse of a large wastewater pond in the Tampa Bay area while evacuating the area to avoid a “catastrophic flood.”…
Democratic-led House makes conservation push with lands bill
The House passed legislation Friday that would create about 1.5 million acres of new wilderness and incorporate nearly 1,200 miles of waterways into the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System…
"The stakes on climate change just simply couldn't be any higher than they are right now. It is existential,” said former Secretary of State John Kerry, who is Biden's envoy on climate change.
In his first hours in office, President Biden signed executive orders aimed at tackling the climate crisis and rolling back Trump-era policies, some of which denied the science of human-caused climate change. NewsHour Weekend’s Ivette Feliciano spoke with May Boeve,…
A program that has pumped $2.7 billion into healing long-term injuries to the Great Lakes environment has received authorization from Congress to continue another five years.
The eruption began late Sunday within the Halema'uma'u crater, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The volcano is located in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
President-elect Joe Biden on Saturday rolled out an environmental team that he hopes will steer America toward greater action to curb climate change and protect the nation’s air and water.
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