The phrase “climate change” is nowhere to be found in the 38-page document outlining the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that auto efficiency standards enacted by the Obama administration to fight … Click to Continue »
Read More »To feed the nation, California farmers must adapt to a warming climate, study says
Heat waves, droughts and floods are climate trends that will force California farmers to change some practices — including what they grow — to continue producing yields that historically have … Click to Continue »
Read More »Polar bears burning more calories than thought; can they survive climate change?
Scientists studying the metabolism of free-ranging polar bears in the Arctic have found out why the loss of sea ice is hurting their survival: They burn calories at a faster … Click to Continue »
Read More »A long simmering factor in Iran protests: climate change
In the mountains of western Iran, the province of Chaharmahal Bakhtiari is known for mile-high lagoons, flowing rivers and wetlands that attract thousands of species of migratory birds. But years … Click to Continue »
Read More »Climate scientists exiled by Trump form panel to continue work
The Trump administration disbanded a federal advisory committee on climate change last year but the scientists on the panel won’t be deterred. They’re taking their research elsewhere. Columbia University’s Earth … Click to Continue »
Read More »Here’s one way UC Merced is fighting climate change
A UC Merced program that has replaced one-use take-out containers with reusable boxes was featured Wednesday in a video on a popular news website. The campus started its program in … Click to Continue »
Read More »California climate study shows worsening drought
California could be hit with significantly more dangerous and more frequent droughts in the near future as changes in weather patterns triggered by global warming block rainfall from reaching the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Climate change skeptic nominated for environmental post faces tough questions in hearing
Kathleen Hartnett White, a climate change skeptic and former chairwoman of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, faced tough questions from Democrats on Wednesday during her nomination hearing for a … Click to Continue »
Read More »Environmental consultant, Colombia native began fighting climate change as a child
LOS ANGELES – Aura Vasquez runs a consulting business that bears her name and is one of five commissioners on the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s board. Vasquez, … Click to Continue »
Read More »US, Syria out in the cold after Nicaragua signs Paris climate deal
Nicaragua has signed the Paris climate deal, the country’s vice president confirmed Monday, leaving the United States and Syria as the only two nations to not lend their support to … Click to Continue »
Read More »Dolphin diets show how climate change could alter food chains off the California coast
Scientists studying dolphins dining off the California coastline have found that the marine food web is starting to look a little threadbare. The length of food chains in that web … Click to Continue »
Read More »On climate issues, House GOP warms gradually
When a Republican congressman in July tried to strip the 2018 defense spending bill of its requirement to plan for global warming and rising sea level threats, a group of … Click to Continue »
Read More »EPA’s moves to repeal climate rule likely to trigger lawsuits
The EPA’s move on Tuesday to undo the Obama administration’s signature climate change rule will almost certainly trigger an onslaught of lawsuits from environmental groups and many blue states that … Click to Continue »
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