Louisiana Challenge to Biden ‘Cost of Carbon’ Policy Dismissed April 6, 2023 By Kevin McGill and Matthew Brown NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A lawsuit that Louisiana and other Republican-leaning states filed challenging figures the Biden administration uses to...
Washington Greenhouse Gas Allowance Auction Raises $300M March 10, 2023 Washington state’s first auction of greenhouse-gas pollution allowances has generated an estimated $300 million as companies, consumers and the Legislature...
Montreal Protocol Shows the Way for Action on Climate Change June 12, 2013 By Gerard Wynn A new deal to curb carbon emissions could copy features from the Montreal Protocol, which the United States and China...
Greenhouse Gas Milestone; CO2 Levels Set Record May 13, 2013 By Seth Borenstein Worldwide levels of the chief greenhouse gas that causes global warming have hit a milestone, reaching an amount never before...
Study Finds Long-Term Global Cooling Period Ended in 19th Century April 23, 2013 A global long-term cooling trend ended late in the 19th century and was followed decades later by the warmest temperatures...
IEA Concludes Clean Energy Progress ‘Too Slow’ to Limit Global Warming April 17, 2013 By Nina Chestney The development of low-carbon energy is progressing too slowly to limit global warming, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on...
Commentary: Ice-Free Arctic Ocean in 2030?: Gerard Wynn February 18, 2013 By Gerard Wynn Vast uncertainty remains over the causes of melting Arctic sea ice and when it may disappear altogether during the summer,...
States Plan to Sue EPA Over Greenhouse Gas Regulations December 12, 2012 By Andrew Longstreth A coalition of seven eastern states led by New York plans to sue the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing...
Extreme Weather is New Normal, U.N.’s Ban Tells Climate Change Talks December 5, 2012 By Alister Doyle and Barbara Lewis Extreme weather is the new normal and poses a threat to the human race, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on...
Climate is ‘Changing before our Eyes’ Says World Meteorological Organization November 29, 2012 By Alister Doyle The fact that Arctic sea ice has melted this year to its lowest recorded level shows, along with other weather...