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PARIS CLIMATE DEAL: NEARLY 200 NATIONS SIGN IN END OF FOSSIL FUEL ERA
The text commits countries to peak greenhouse gas emissions as soon as possible, and to seek a balance between human-caused emissions and removals by carbon sinks... READ MORE›
GERMAN COALITION AGREES TO CUT CARBON EMISSIONS UP TO 95% BY 2050
Germany's environment minister Barbara Hendricks first presented a list of ambitious CO2 reduction targets for various economic sectors in 2015... READ MORE›
ENVIRONMENTAL RECORDS SHATTERED AS CLIMATE CHANGE 'PLAYS OUT BEFORE US'
Temperatures, sea levels and carbon dioxide all hit milestones amid extreme weather in 2015, major international 'state of the climate' report finds... READ MORE›
UK, FRANCE AND GERMANY LOBBIED FOR FLAWED CAR EMISSIONS TESTS, DOCUMENTS REVEAL
But a fully-charged battery also prevents a car's alternator from kicking in and releasing carbon emissions during tests, as would happen in real world driving situations... READ MORE›
MPS VOTE 207 TO 81 TO BACK PARIS CLIMATE CHANGE AGREEMENT IN HOUSE TONIGHT
McKenna insisted carbon pricing is just one part of a sweeping national climate change strategy, which will include green infrustructure and public transit... READ MORE›
G20 LEADERS IN GLOBAL GROWTH PLEDGE
Much of the summit focused on Russian President Vladimir Putin's position on the crisis in Ukraine... READ MORE›
WHY THE MEDIA MUST MAKE CLIMATE CHANGE A VITAL ISSUE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP
There is much detail to work out, both on the impacts of climate change and how Trump's policies will influence them... READ MORE›
UN VOTE ON IRANNUCLEAR DEALIRRITATES CONGRESS
At least two senior Democrats have joined the Republican leadership in complaining that the Security Council action expected Monday morning would pre-empt the congressional debate... READ MORE›
GRAND PROMISES OF PARIS CLIMATE DEAL UNDERMINED BY SQUALID RETRENCHMENTS
But the Paris agreement is full of soft facts promises that can slip or unravel... READ MORE›
BP TO PAY A?12BN FOR GULF OIL SPILL
BP has reached an 18.7bn 12bn settlement with the US Department of Justice DoJ following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill... READ MORE›
STOP BURNING FOSSIL FUELS NOW: THERE IS NO CO2 'TECHNOFIX', SCIENTISTS WARN
In a thought experiment they tried another option the future dramatic removal of huge volumes of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere... READ MORE›
GLOBAL WARMING MAY BE FAR WORSE THAN THOUGHT, CLOUD ANALYSIS SUGGESTS
Climate change projections have vastly underestimated the role that clouds play, meaning future warming could be far worse than is currently projected, according to new research... READ MORE›
THE DALAI LAMA WHY IM HOPEFUL ABOUT THE WORLDS FUTURE
My generation has witnessed so much violence -- some historians estimate that more than 200 million people were killed in conflicts in the 20th century... READ MORE›
AYATOLLAH KHAMENEI BACKING IRAN NEGOTIATORS DOESNT FAULT NUCLEAR DEAL
Khamenei said referring to the United States and its five negotiating partners... READ MORE›
FOR TONY ABBOTT, IT'S FULL STEAM AHEAD ON COAL, 'THE FOUNDATION OF PROSPERITY'
Australia's insistence on locking itself into fossil fuels while distancing itself from ambitious efforts to combat climate change has not gone unnoticed overseas... READ MORE›
CUBAN FLAG FLIES AT EMBASSY IN WASHINGTON
The move signaled the latest and most visible step toward normal ties between the United States and Cuba... READ MORE›
US OFFERS TO HELPISRAEL BOLSTERITS DEFENSES
The United States has offered Israel an array of defense capabilities in recent years, some of which Israel decided against because of budget constraints... READ MORE›
COURT LACKS MORAL AUTHORITY TO REDEFINE MARRIAGE
Rather, this ruling, like the abortion ruling, all but ensures America will not achieve broad social consensus on same-sex marriage... READ MORE›
CLIMATE CHANGE WILL WIPE $2.5TN OFF GLOBAL FINANCIAL ASSETS
Climate change will wipe 2.5tn off global financial assets study... READ MORE›
EU WANTS PARIS CLIMATE DEAL TO CUT CARBON EMISSIONS 60% BY 2050
EU wants Paris climate deal to cut carbon emissions 60 percent by 2050... READ MORE›
OBAMA TELLS CONGRESS US WILL STILL PRESS IRAN WITH DEAL
Biden Jr. ways that the administration could unilaterally address issues around the Iran nuclear accord without renegotiating it... READ MORE›
KERRY IN EGYPT DISCUSSES BALANCING HUMAN RIGHTS AND TERROR FIGHT
Last week a bipartisan group of six senators released a public letter urging Mr. Kerry to make human rights a centerpiece of his visit to Egypt... READ MORE›
ANTHRAX OUTBREAK TRIGGERED BY CLIMATE CHANGE SICKENS DOZENS IN ARCTIC CIRCLE
Three unusual sinkholes were discovered on the Yamal peninsula in 2014, a phenomenon that many scientists also tied to climate change... READ MORE›
WORLD COULD WARM BY MASSIVE 10C IF ALL FOSSIL FUELS ARE BURNED
The unregulated exploitation of fossil fuel resources could result in significant, more profound climate change... READ MORE›
CANADA SWITCHES ON WORLD'S FIRST CARBON CAPTURE POWER PLANT
Boundary Dam held up as first commercial-scale CCS plant and proof that coal-burning is compatible with cutting emissions... READ MORE›
POPE TO URGE SWIFT ACTION ON GLOBAL WARMING
Pope Francis will call for swift action to protect the Earth and fight global warming according to a leaked draft of the pontiff's encyclical... READ MORE›
OP-ED A REPUBLICAN CASE FOR OBAMAS CUBA POLICY
Washington I WAS born in Havana in November 1953 about six years before Fidel Castro led a revolution in Cuba... READ MORE›
THE SUPREME COURT SIDED WITH SCIENCE AGAINST OBAMA
Apparently a majority of the court is less confident of the science around climate change than Obama is... READ MORE›
HUMANS DAMAGING THE ENVIRONMENT FASTER THAN IT CAN RECOVER, UN FINDS
Despite the recent global agreement on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, signed in Paris last December, global carbon output continues to rise... READ MORE›
NATIONS STRIKE HISTORIC DEAL ON CLIMATE CHANGE
It seeks to limit rising temperatures to within 2 degrees Celsius 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit compared to pre-industrial levels through the year 2100... READ MORE›