A look back at an early government reckoning with ‘greenhouse warming’ shows just how long the…
Tag: Climate Change
After America’s summer of extreme weather, next year may well be worse
It’s been a strange, cruel summer in the United States. From the dystopian orange skies above…
Carbon credit speculators could lose billions as offsets deemed ‘worthless’
Carbon credit speculators could lose billions as scientific evidence shows many offsets they have bought have…
Forty percent of US climate emissions attributed to richest households
The wealthiest tenth of U.S. households are the source of 40 percent of national greenhouse gas…
Judge sides with youth in Montana climate change trial, finds two laws unconstitutional
The state of Montana’s failure to consider greenhouse gas emissions from energy and mining projects violates…
‘Game-changer’: judge rules in favor of young activists in US climate trial
In a case that made headlines around the US and internationally, 16 plaintiffs, aged five to…
Record shattering: Earth had its hottest July in 174 years
Earth just roasted under its hottest July on record, according to scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for…
Extreme weather forces teenagers to leave World Scout Jamboree campsite in South Korea
A massive global gathering of scouts in South Korea has been forced to vacate the campsite…
World’s oceans set new temperature record as global warming intensifies
The world’s oceans have set a new temperature record with the potential to threaten Earth’s climate,…
‘Winter is disappearing’: South America hit by brutal unseasonal heatwave
Buenos Aires records hottest start to August in 117 years, Chile sees highs towards 40C and…
Surf’s up! Wave heights increase on California’s coasts as climate warms
Earlier this year, California was pummeled by what local surfer’s described as the best swell in…
Amid heat wave, GOP adds climate denial to spending bills
House Republicans are helping their fossil fuel donors with legislative fine print that would block climate…