Biden feels heat on emissions goal as climate summit nears
As President Joe Biden convenes a virtual climate summit on Thursday with 40 world leaders, he faces a vexing task: how to put forward a nonbinding but symbolic goal to Continue Reading
U.K. Plans Deeper Carbon Cuts to Spur Climate Change Fight
U.K. Prime Minster Boris Johnson is preparing to announce deeper carbon cuts this week as he aims to spur global momentum in the fight against climate change, three people familiar Continue Reading
Whatever Climate Change Does to the World, Cities Will Be Hit Hardest
More than half of humanity is crowded together in cities. That’s about 4 billion people living on top of one another, working, commuting, polluting, and figuring out how to survive. Continue Reading
How One of the World’s Wettest Major Cities Ran Out of Water
In the winter of 2015, Chennai suffered its worst inundation in a century, severely disrupting flights, train and bus services and forcing the postponment of half-yearly school exams. Source: Strdel/AFP/Getty Continue Reading
US, China agree to cooperate on climate crisis with urgency
The United States and China, the world’s two biggest carbon polluters, agreed to cooperate to curb climate change with urgency, just days before President Joe Biden hosts a virtual summit Continue Reading
US and China pledge joint action on climate change despite strained ties
The US and China have committed to work together to combat climate change despite rising tensions between the two powers, boosting chances of global deal on emissions at a UN Continue Reading
Power companies urge Biden to implement policies to cut emissions 80% by 2030
A group of U.S. electricity companies wrote to President Joe Biden this week saying it will work with his administration and Congress to design a broad set of policies to Continue Reading
Biden pressed on emissions goal as climate summit nears
When President Joe Biden convenes a virtual climate summit on Thursday, he faces a vexing task: how to put forward a nonbinding but symbolic goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions Continue Reading
United States embarks on major climate reset under Biden administration; new cooperation with China – The Washington Post
Of the many fronts the Biden administration is diverging from its predecessor, the most striking — and likely most consequential — is on climate. For four years under former president Continue Reading
Noxious Neighbors: The EPA Knows Tanks Holding Heavy Fuels Emit Harmful Chemicals. Why Are Americans Still at Risk?
Brittany Liscord was at her job at the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine in 2018 when, out of nowhere, she received a warning from a colleague. It was about Continue Reading