Climate Change

Photo by Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/picture alliance via Getty Images The World Economic Forum’s plan to plant 1 trillion trees is backed by controversial science Tree-planting campaigns have taken off, with everyone from YouTube creators to high-powered CEOs embr…

Former Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, right, at a January 2020 presidential primary debate in Des Moines, Iowa.Photo: Patrick Semansky (AP)Over 55 scientists have signed an open letter rebuking Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden’s claim that the climate plan rival contender…

Congress is urging Google to take long-overdue action to stamp out ‘dangerous climate misinformation’ on YouTube. House climate committee Chair Kathy Castor wrote a letter to Sundar Pichai demanding that Google take action against climate change denialist psyops, which YouTube is filled with -- along with lots of other weaponized…

Google is, once again, being called out by Congress. CNET A congressional committee wants Google to take action against climate misinformation videos on YouTube. This comes after a report earlier this month alleged that the platform sends millions of peopl…

The surge in corporate discussions about the impact of climate change still far outweighs the solutions that are being put forward, according to panelists at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Christian Mumenthaler, CEO of the reinsurance giant Swiss Re, said companies do not need to decide between stakeholder and…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionWind, rain, flooding and snow batters parts of eastern SpainA violent storm that has ravaged parts of Spain with heavy rain and violent winds has left at least 13 people dead.Spanish authorities said four people were still missing after Storm Gloria triggered…

Australia's horrific bushfires have been singled out as an example of extreme weather events that could lead to the end of the world as we know it, as a coalition of scientists moved their iconic Doomsday Clock closer to midnight than at any other point in its 73-year history. Citing…

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionAustralia fires: 'I can't explain Morrison actions'Australian PM Scott Morrison has been accused of lacking leadership during the bushfire crisis - by the man he replaced after a party room coup. Malcolm Turnbull, who was deposed in 2018, told the BBC that…

They were once abundant, in our hairsprays, bug sprays, and refrigerators. And then scientists figured out these substances ripped a hole in the ozone layer, leading to a 1987 plan to phase them out that over time would be agreed to by every country in the wo…

Prolonged drought and other effects of climate change are pushing Australia's unique platypus population towards extinction, scientists warned in a study published Monday. The river-dwelling animal has already disappeared from up to 40 percent of its histori…