Donald Trump is branded with all manner of unflattering labels, but one that hasn’t seemed to much bother him is “climate pariah.” The president-elect is unabashed in his disdain for … Click to Continue »
Read More »Climate collision: Paris accord will be first flashpoint
The following editorial appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Tuesday, Nov. 22: Climate change is likely to be the first issue where U.S. domestic and foreign policy, under the new … Click to Continue »
Read More »Bloomberg says US to meet climate goals despite Trump plan
The U.S. will meet its climate change commitments under the Paris Agreement even if the administration of President-elect Donald Trump backs away from the deal, former New York Mayor Michael … Click to Continue »
Read More »Despite Trump’s skepticism, nearly 200 countries pledge to keep fighting climate change
Negotiators from nearly 200 countries ended two weeks of talks Saturday pledging to press on with the fight against climate change �� with or without the help of the next … Click to Continue »
Read More »Kerry tells climate conference that the US will fight global warming, with Trump or without
Secretary of State John F. Kerry took the stage at United Nations climate talks in Morocco on Wednesday, seeking to reassure nervous negotiators that a groundbreaking agreement to fight global … Click to Continue »
Read More »One looming consequence of climate change: Small island nations will cease to exist
As United Nations climate change talks get set to wrap up on Friday in Marrakech, Morocco, negotiators representing the Alliance of Small Island Nations underscored the need to speed up … Click to Continue »
Read More »Negotiations over Paris climate deal begin in Morocco
The landmark climate accord reached in Paris in December was ratified with uncommon speed, entering into force last week after it was approved by countries accounting for nearly two-thirds of … Click to Continue »
Read More »Criminalizing climate change dissent? A new abuse of power
What issues matter the most to you this election? If you’re like most Americans, climate change either isn’t on the list or it comes in last. And that means Leonardo … Click to Continue »
Read More »Species may be listed as threatened based on climate change projections, court says
Federal authorities may list a species as “threatened” based on climate models that show habitat loss in the coming decades, an appeals court decided Monday. The state of Alaska, oil … Click to Continue »
Read More »Forest fires have doubled in West due to climate change, study finds
Climate change from human activity nearly doubled the area that burned in forest fires in the American West over the past 30 years, a major new scientific study has found, … Click to Continue »
Read More »With Paris Agreement ratified, world needs to step up fight against climate change
The following editorial appeared in the Los Angeles Times on Friday, Oct. 7: The Paris Agreement on global warming cleared an important hurdle last week when several European countries added … Click to Continue »
Read More »EU ratification to make Paris climate deal a reality
The European Union ratified the international Paris agreement on climate change late Tuesday, fulfilling the second and final condition for the accord to go into force later this year. The … Click to Continue »
Read More »Global climate accord racks up 60 signatories
The historic global climate accord reached in December in Paris is moving rapidly toward enactment, with 60 countries – representing 48 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions – having formally … Click to Continue »
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