THE WORLD HAS THE RIGHT CLIMATE GOALS — BUT THE WRONG AMBITION LEVELS TO ACHIEVE THEM...
Add your reaction ShareTHIS 21-YEAR-OLD MAY HAVE FOUND THE WAY TO CLEAN UP THE PLASTIC IN OUR OCEANS...
Add your reaction ShareUK MINISTERS TO APPROVE WORLD-LEADING CARBON EMISSIONS TARGET...
Amber Rudd, the energy secretary. Photograph: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Fears had been raised that EU referendum would result in deadline being missed but sources say carbon budget will be agreed...
Read moreSCIENCE ORGANIZATIONS AGAIN URGE CONGRESS TO TAKE CLIMATE CHANGE SERIOUSLY...
Rep. Lamar Smith, left, who has led many of Congress' efforts to question climate science, speaks with John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Credit: Getty Images
The letter, signed by many major American groups, pushes back against climate denial and calls for policy solutions to cut greenhouse gas emissions...
Read moreA THIRD OF CALIFORNIA’S DEEP GROUNDWATER AQUIFERS ARE BEING USED FOR OIL AND GAS...
Add your reaction ShareDECODING THE SIGNAL: ADVANCES IN CLIMATE CHANGE ATTRIBUTION...
The theoretical basis of anthropogenic climate change has been understood for decades. The sun radiates energy to the earth, and it is emitted back from the earth’s surface as infrared radiation, which we feel as heat...
Read moreTHE ECONOMIC CASE FOR CARBON FEE & DIVIDEND...
What impact will a steadily rising carbon fee with all proceeds returned to households have on the American emissions and health? REMI economist Scott Nystrom discusses the results of this ground breaking study. In summary, pricing carbon and returning the proceeds to households will save lives from a decrease in localized pollution and reduce emissions...
Read moreFading fishermen: A historic industry faces a warming world...
In this April 23, 2016, photo, David Goethel sorts cod and haddock while fishing off the coast of New Hampshire. To Goethel, cod represents his identity, his ticket to middle class life, and his link to one the country's most historic industries, a fisherman who has caught New England's most recognized fish for more than 30 years. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
SEABROOK, N.H. (AP) — The cod isn't just a fish to David Goethel. It's his identity, his ticket to middle-class life, his link to a historic industry...
Read moreBREXIT: ENVIRONMENTALISTS FEAR 'BONFIRE' OF REGULATIONS DESIGNED TO FIGHT CLIMATE CHANGE AND PROTECT WILDLIFE...
Greenpeace analysis suggests the majority of restrictions on fracking are based under EU legislation and could be undone following Brexit Reuters
Remain campaigners have argued that EU legislation has helped towards tackling water and air pollution, protect endangered species and imposed tough safeguards on the use of genetically modified crops and potentially dangerous chemicals...
Read moreRt. 66 gets test run of solar road...
Solar Roadways is working with the Missouri Department of Transportation to install a stretch of solar road that could generate enough energy to power a rest stop...
AS BRITAIN EXITS THE EUROPEAN UNION, IT STEPS AWAY FROM LEADING ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS...
Add your reaction ShareWHY AN E.U. WITHOUT BRITAIN IS BAD NEWS FOR THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE...
Add your reaction Share'CATASTROPHIC' CALIFORNIA WILDFIRES COULD ERUPT IN ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ 66 MILLION DEAD TREES...
This June 6, 2016 photo shows patches of dead and dying trees near Cressman, Calif. The U.S. Forest Service announced Wednesday, June 22, 2016, that the number of trees in California's Sierra Nevada forests killed by drought and a bark beetle epidemic has dramatically increased since last year. Photo: Scott Smith, AP
An estimated 66 million dead trees in a six-county region of Southern California are a tinder box just waiting to be ignited, US officials say...
Read moreOPINION: THE CASE FOR A CHILD-CENTERED ENERGY AND CLIMATE POLICY...
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Children suffer the most from fossil fuel burning...
Read moreBREAKING: AMAZON OIL SPILL PUTS PERUVIAN COMMUNITIES AT RISK...
Children walk along a spur of Peru’s main oil pipeline near the village of Mayuriaga, where a spill in February affected more than 20 communities along the Morona River. Photo by Barbara Fraser.
A new oil spill from the pipeline that carries crude oil from the northern Peruvian Amazon across the Andes Mountains to the Pacific coast has raised fears of yet more pollution of the water and fish on which indigenous villages and riverside communities depend...
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