Map showing rates of grounding-line migration and their coincidence with ocean conditions around Antarctica between 2010 and 2016. (Credit: Hannes Konrad et al, University of Leeds.) Antarctica’s ocean-front glaciers are Continue Reading
The Trump administration on Monday rejected an Obama-era plan to make automobiles more fuel efficient, opening up a long process to weaken current standards and putting California and the federal Continue Reading
The Environmental Protection Agency did not say how far the Obama-era rules should be rolled back, only that it would seek “more appropriate” standards. Want the latest climate news in Continue Reading
A federal judge on Thursday dismissed Exxon Mobil Corp’s lawsuit seeking to stop New York and Massachusetts from probing whether the company misled investors and the public about climate change Continue Reading
The Trump administration is expected to move to weaken US fuel economy standards for 2022-25 model year cars this week ahead of a regulatory deadline Sunday, setting up a confrontation Continue Reading
President Trump shakes hands with EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt in June after announcing plans to withdraw the United States from the international Paris climate change accord. (Andrew Harnik/AP) Environmental Protection Continue Reading
The EPA has readied a final determination that calls for the rolling back of corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, according to the Wall Street Journal . The current standards Continue Reading
Winter sea ice on the Arctic Ocean covered the second smallest area on record this year, part of a thaw that is opening the region to shipping and oil exploration Continue Reading
The trend indicates that global efforts to reduce emissions are “insufficient,” according to a new report from the International Energy Agency. Total energy-related emissions jumped by 1.4 percent to 32.5 Continue Reading
After three flat years that had hinted at a possible environmental breakthrough, carbon dioxide emissions from the use of energy rose again by 1.4 percent in 2017, according to new data released Continue Reading
