Climate Change

The year was 2008. The first Iron Man movie was in theaters, California had just become the second state to legalize same-sex marriage, and — oh yeah — presidential debate moderators asked candidates two questions about climate change. That was it. That was the last time. In the last 12…

By AP Sep 27, 2020JOHANNESBURG — In a year of cataclysm, some world leaders at this week’s annual United Nations meeting are taking the long view, warning: If Covid-19 doesn't kill us, climate change will.With Siberia seeing its warmest temperature on record this year and enormous chunks of ice caps…

TAIPEI (Reuters) - The dispute over international organisations referring to Taiwan as Chinese has moved from wild bird conservation to climate change, after a global alliance of mayors began listing Taiwanese cities as belonging to China on its website.FILE PHOTO: An audience waves Taiwanese flags during the National Day celebrations…

IMAGE: Data analyzed for the study came from soil profiles, such as this one, gathered by the National Ecological Observatory Network. view more  Credit: National Ecological Observatory Network A new way of analyzing the chemical composition of soil organic matter will help scientists predict how soils store carbon -- and how…

By David Hasemyer, InsideClimate News, and Lise Olsen, Texas ObserverSept. 24, 2020 This article was published in partnership with InsideClimate News, a nonprofit, independent news outlet that covers climate, energy and the environment, and the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. This is part 1 of "Super Threats," a…

Water-resistant, underground peatland fires in Russia's Arctic circle are "climate bombs", environmental activists say. SHIPUNOVO, Russia: Equipped with a shovel, Grigory Kuksin lifts and turns smouldering earth in the marshy clearing of a sprawling Siberian forest.Together with a small cohort of volunteer firefighters, he is battling a winter-resistant, underground blaze,…

Rev. Kyle Meyaard-Schaap is the national organizer and spokesperson for Young Evangelicals for Climate Action, and is a public voices fellow of the Op-Ed Project and the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication. Before the coronavirus and economic recession took up all the oxygen, 2020 was shaping up to become…

Next Tuesday night President Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will travel to Cleveland, Ohio, to square off in the first of three presidential debates. Fox News anchor Chris Wallace will moderate, and he’s already chosen his six topics for discussion. They are: the records of the two candidates,…

President Xi Jinping told the UN General Assembly that China would scale up its voluntary emissions targets under the Paris climate agreement. Photo: ReutersPresident announces new emissions goals in video address to UN General Assembly, just after Donald Trump slams Beijing for ‘rampant pollution’ Observer calls it a well-calculated move…

Posted September 23, 2020 at 11:29amIn Democratic politics, infrastructure and fighting climate change have become increasingly synonymous: You can’t have one without the other.Take the $494 billion surface transportation bill that House Democrats passed July 1. Republicans criticized it as an outgrowth of the Green New Deal. Democrats embraced it…