Climate Change News

Will Supreme Court Enter Climate Change Debate?

With a barrage of legal briefs, a coalition of business groups and Republican-leaning states are taking their fight against Obama administration climate change regulations to the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other industry groups, along with …

Climate Scientists Struggle to Explain Warming Slowdown

Scientists are struggling to explain a slowdown in climate change that has exposed gaps in their understanding and defies a rise in global greenhouse gas emissions. Often focused on century-long trends, most climate models failed to predict that the temperature …

Report Questions Insurer Readiness, Attitudes on Climate Change

A report out Thursday that details responses to a climate change survey from insurers doing business in California, Washington and New York shows many insurers are prepared to deal with today’s extreme weather events, but not longer-term “baseline changes” driven …

Washington Governor, Senators Differ On Climate Proposal

Gov. Jay Inslee on Tuesday insisted Washington state is poised to lead the fight against climate change and urged lawmakers to help him move quickly on the issue. The governor advocated for his inaugural climate change bill in the House …

More Than 100 Attend Delaware Sea Level Rise Meeting

More than 100 turned out for the first of three public meetings on preparations for rising sea levels in Delaware. The first meeting was held Wednesday afternoon at Cape Henlopen High School in Lewes. The options being considered by a …

Commentary: Ice-Free Arctic Ocean in 2030?: Gerard Wynn

Vast uncertainty remains over the causes of melting Arctic sea ice and when it may disappear altogether during the summer, which would have consequences for oil explorers, shipping firms and the fight against climate change. The answer will depend on …

Davos Strives to Make Climate Talk More than Hot Air

Climate change is back on the global agenda, with debate in the corridors at Davos given fresh impetus by U.S. President Barack Obama and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon both highlighting it as top priority this week. Yet business leaders are …

Seattle Calculating, Preparing For Climate Change

Seattle officials predict that parts of  Washington’s largest city will be under water as the shoreline creeps higher due to global climate change. City agencies are calculating the local effects of climate change and how to respond and adapt to …

Governments Struggle with Financial Crisis as the Planet Warms up

The global economy has been through economic recessions before, and has eventually recovered from them. This time around, however, it must do so while coping with the ever increasing menace of climate change – that makes it a whole new …

Munich Re 2012 Cat Report Underscores Extreme Weather in U.S.; Sandy Losses

The figures for natural catastrophse that occurred in 2012 are “dominated by weather extremes in the USA,” according to a report from Munich Re. The reinsurers said the U.S. “accounted for a higher proportion of global natural catastrophe losses than …