Tag: Climate change
Go green or go bipartisan? Biden’s big infrastructure choice
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s hopes of channeling billions of dollars into green infrastructure investments to fight climate change are running into the...
Ice shelf protecting Antarctic glacier is breaking up faster
A critical Antarctic glacier is looking more vulnerable as satellite images show the ice shelf that blocks it from collapsing into the sea is...
UN: Climate and extinction crises must be tackled together
To save the planet, the world needs to tackle the crises of climate change and species loss together, taking measures that fix both and...
5 Poles sue government seeking faster steps on gas emissions
WARSAW, Poland — A Polish environmental group says five members of the public are separately taking the government to court this month, to demand...
EXPLAINER: Why a rural pipeline is a climate battleground
As Enbridge Energy prepares to finish rebuilding an oil pipeline across rural northern Minnesota, protesters are occupying part of the construction area and pledging...
Carbon dioxide levels hit 50% higher than preindustrial time
The annual peak of global heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air has reached another dangerous milestone: 50% higher than when the industrial age began....
Biden aims to restore species protections weakened by Trump
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration says it is canceling or reviewing a host of actions by the Trump administration to roll back protections for...
Maine’s blueberry crop faces climate change peril
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine's beloved wild blueberry fields are home to one of the most important fruit crops in New England, and scientists have...
Turkish president vows to save sea from ‘sea snot’ outbreak
ISTANBUL — Turkey’s president promised Saturday to rescue the Marmara Sea from an outbreak of “sea snot” that is alarming marine biologists and environmentalists.
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Oregon fall firestorms cautionary tale in worsening drought
OTIS, Ore. — Wildfire smoke was thick when Tye and Melynda Small went to bed on Labor Day, but they weren't too concerned. After...