Last April, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, proclaimed at an auto show here that he would soon roll back President Barack Obama’s stringent fuel efficiency standards. Continue Reading
Trump announces nominations of deputy chiefs for EPA, Energy Department President Trump on Thursday announced the nominations of two officials to become the deputy chiefs of the Environmental Protection Agency Continue Reading
Around the world and particularly across much of the United States, a question has emerged: What happened to winter? In Japan, record low snowfall has forced ski resorts to close Continue Reading
A group aiming to spur climate change legislation that would tax carbon emissions stepped up efforts by issuing a blueprint on Thursday after previewing it with a group of bipartisan Continue Reading
US greenhouse gas emissions fell by nearly 3% last year as natural gas and renewables continued to expand their share of the country’s power mix, market researcher BloombergNEF and The Continue Reading
Supermajor Total wants to stop selling fuel oil—one of the most carbon-intensive refinery products—for power generation in order to reduce its carbon footprint, the company’s chief executive Patrick Pouyanné told Continue Reading
A weather research station on Seymour Island in the Antarctic Peninsula registered a temperature of 69.3 degrees (20.75 Celsius) on Feb. 9, according to Márcio Rocha Francelino, a professor at Continue Reading
Across vast swaths of the northern hemisphere’s higher reaches, frozen ground holds billions of tonnes of carbon. As global temperatures rise, this “permafrost” land is at increasing risk of thawing Continue Reading
February is the shortest month of the year but usually feels like the longest, and it’s made even more interminable by the fact that it’s the month when the president Continue Reading
House Republicans call their plan for tackling climate change “realistic.” Right-wing think tanks call it a “Green New Deal Lite.” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) and other top House Republicans find Continue Reading
