POPE FRANCIS SAYS DESTROYING THE ENVIRONMENT IS A SIN...
Pope Francis welcomes the Paris accord but suggests voters might need to take additional action to ensure their governments do not backtrack on the deal. Photograph: Galazka/Sipa/Rex Shutterstock
Pontiff says humans are turning planet into ‘wasteland full of debris, desolation and filth’ in call for urgent action on climate change...
Read moreIN THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE, "RENEWABLE" ENERGY ISN'T ENOUGH...
Flash flooding, long periods of sustained drought and even more extreme storm seasons. The impacts of climate change are already being felt here in the U.S. and around the world...
Read moreCITIES FIGHT FLOODING BY TURNING ROOFTOPS INTO PRAIRIES...
A landscaper mows grass on the roof of the Vancouver Convention Centre. The six-acre roof features 400,000 kinds of indigenous plants and grasses. (Photo: Andy Clark/Reuters)
Researchers find that planting roofs with soil and vegetation helps soak up rainfall and reduces water pollution...
Read moreWATCH THE ARCTIC’S OLDEST SEA ICE DISAPPEAR OVER THE LAST 25 YEARS...
The climate is changing. We know that. But in the Arctic, climate change is in overdrive — it’s warming twice as fast as the rest of the world, on average...
Read moreCALIFORNIA MOVES TO ADD METHANE LIMITS TO CLIMATE AGENDA...
Governor Jerry Brown of California said the proposed legislation: “This plan gets us the most bang for the buck.”
SACRAMENTO — California Democrats are taking further steps to advance the state’s ambitious climate-change agenda, agreeing to regulate methane emissions from landfills and dairy farms for the first time and approving $900 million in spending on environmental programs...
Read moreTEN CLEAR INDICATORS OUR CLIMATE IS CHANGING...
How do we know our climate is changing permanently, rather than just going through a normal period of flux? Let’s look at 10 major changes scientists have seen in our climate system to help set the record straight....
Read moreTHE SOUTHERN OCEAN IS GETTING LESS SALTY. HERE’S WHAT THAT COULD MEAN FOR THE REST OF THE WORLD...
Add your reaction ShareOBAMA AT LAKE TAHOE: WHITE HOUSE PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR SALTON SEA, GEOTHERMAL ENERGY...
Add your reaction ShareTHE $8 TRILLION FIGHT OVER HOW TO RID AMERICA OF FOSSIL FUEL...
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Economists agree it can be done, but differ on how much it will cost...
Read moreWILDFIRES: A SYMPTOM OF CLIMATE CHANGE...
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Terra satellite shows fires around the world. Credit: NASA
This summer, wildfires swept across some 22 regions of Russia, blanketing the country with dense smoke and in some cases destroying entire villages. In the foothills of Boulder, Colo., this month, wildfires exacted a similar toll on a smaller scale...
Read moreTHOUSANDS OF HOMES KEEP FLOODING, YET THEY KEEP BEING REBUILT AGAIN...DUH?
A house sits submerged in Port Vincent, Louisiana on August 16. Joe Raedle/Getty Images
The U.S. National Flood Insurance Program, which holds policies for more than 5 million homes, is $23 billion in debt after a string of natural disasters this century. As climate change further strains the program, analysts say it is time to shift its focus from rebuilding to mitigating risk...
Read moreCONTAMINATION THREATENS ONE OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST FRESHWATER SUPPLIES...
This dry-season rice crop in northwest Bangladesh’s Barind region was irrigated using water pumped from wells that sink almost 250 feet deep into the Bengal Aquifer System, which is in South Asia’s Indo-Gangetic Basin. (Photo: WG Burgess)
Scientists find high salt and arsenic concentrations in an aquifer that 750 million people rely on for drinking water and irrigation...
Read moreNUCLEAR BOMBS TRANSFORMED THE PLANET AND SET OFF THE AGE OF HUMANS, GEOLOGISTS SAY...
Add your reaction ShareU.S. ELECTRICITY GENERATION FROM RENEWABLES HAS BROKEN RECORDS EVERY MONTH IN 2016...
Nellis Solar Power Plant located within Nellis Air Force Base, northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. The power plant occupies 140 acres, contains about 70,000 solar panels and generates 14 megawatts of solar power for the base. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Electricity generation from wind, solar, and other renewable energy technologies have set monthly records every month so far in 2016, based on data through June released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration yesterday...
Read moreCLIMATE CHANGE 'MOTHER OF ALL RISKS' SAYS AVIVA CEO AMID CALLS TO END FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES...
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A group of international insurers with over $1.2 trillion in assets under management have urged the world's governments to commit to the phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies by 2020...
Read moreWE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN: MORE CLIMATE FIGHTS ARE COMING...
Spain's Gemasolar power plant spied from the historic Solar Impulse round-the-world flight in July (Pic: Solar Impulse)
Luckily for the chances of avoiding global warming, the Paris climate deal isn’t the only game in town. Here’s a rundown of what else is cooking...
Read moreCOLORADO SENATOR SAYS CANDIDATES WHO OPPOSE FOSSIL FUELS ‘UNFIT’ FOR OFFICE. WHAT?
Add your reaction ShareINSURERS CALL ON G20 TO PHASE OUT FOSSIL FUEL SUBSIDIES BY 2020...
Insurers with $1.2 trillion under management called on Tuesday for the Group of 20 to set a timetable to phase out subsidies for fossil fuels by 2020 when they meet at a summit in China this weekend...
Read moreENTERPRISE RENT-A-CAR MUST STOP FUNDING THE AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL...
Enterprise Rent-A-Car – the world’s largest car rental company – has joined the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a shadowy corporate front group that blocks clean energy policies, supports discriminatory voter ID laws and works to stop gun control legislation...1
Read moreOIL AND GAS: ENVIROS PICK CLIMATE FIGHT WITH FEDS, SEEK TO REIN IN LEASING...
A pumpjack bobs on public lands in Utah. Photo courtesy of WildEarth Guardians.
Backers of the "keep it in the ground" movement have taken their efforts up a notch, asking a federal court to force the Obama administration to consider the climate impacts of oil and gas leasing on public lands...
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