America’s New Normal: A Degree Hotter Than Two Decades Ago May 5, 2021 By Seth Borenstein America’s new normal temperature is a degree hotter than it was just two decades ago. Scientists have long talked about...
150 Years of Spills: Philadelphia Refinery Cleanup Highlights Toxic Legacy of Fossil Fuels February 17, 2021 By Laila Kearney and Valerie Volcovici PHILADELPHIA — Wearing blue hard hats, white hazmat suits and respirator masks, workers carted away bags of debris on a...
Biden Blocking Keystone Threatens to End Mega Pipelines Era January 22, 2021 By Gerson Freitas Jr., Rachel Adams-Heard and Ellen Gilmer Joe Biden’s move to block the $9 billion Keystone XL project is the clearest sign yet that constructing a major...
U.S. Supreme Court Wrestles With Dispute Over Baltimore Climate Suit January 20, 2021 By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with a dispute that one justice called a “close call” over...
Exxon Calls Massachusetts Fraud Suit Punishment for Opinion December 17, 2020 By Erik Larson Exxon Mobil Corp. told a judge that a fraud lawsuit filed by Massachusetts last year amounts to illegal punishment for...
Businesses Call On U.S. Insurers to Ditch Fossil Fuel Underwriting September 18, 2020 By Noor Zainab Hussain A group of about 60 American businesses on Thursday urged their insurers to stop providing coverage to and investing in...
Green Groups Ramp Up Legal Attacks on Federal Oil Leases June 13, 2019 By Nichola Groom U.S. environmental groups fighting fossil-fuel development made headlines years ago with public demonstrations against big pipeline projects including the Dakota...
Climate Change May Cost U.S. $1B a Day as Planet Heats Up September 29, 2017 By Joe Ryan Stronger hurricanes, hotter heat waves, more frequent wildfires and more severe public-health issues are all adding to the costs of...
Oceans Absorb Double the Amount of Man-made Heat Since 1997 January 21, 2016 By SETH BORENSTEIN The amount of man-made heat energy absorbed by the seas has doubled since 1997, a new study says. Scientists have...
Global Warming Slows as Fossil Fuel Emissions Rise to Record September 27, 2013 By Alex Morales Global warming has slowed since 1998 even though humans spewing ever more greenhouse gases are almost certainly to blame for...