Tag: Climate
EU’s top court rejects effort to force tougher climate rules
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s top court on Thursday rejected an effort by a Scandinavian youth group and eight families around the world to...
Canada’s Supreme Court says carbon price is constitutional
OTTAWA, Ontario — The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national carbon price is entirely constitutional.
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Science panel: Consider air cooling tech as climate back-up
The U.S. must seriously consider the idea of tinkering with the atmosphere to cool a warming Earth and accelerate research into how and whether...
Insider Q&A: Occidental wants to be Tesla of carbon capture
NEW YORK — Removing carbon dioxide from the air is seen as crucial to reducing the worst impacts of global warming, and the world's...
In a first, US pipeline agency weighs climate change impacts
WASHINGTON — For the first time, a federal energy board is weighing how a proposed natural gas pipeline would affect greenhouse gas emissions, one...
Biden meets with UN Security Council members to talk climate
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden told the permanent representatives of the U.N. Security Council on Thursday that the United States will join the international...
Climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe has book out in September
NEW YORK — The new chief scientist at the Nature Conservancy, Katharine Hayhoe, has written a book about climate change.
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Assumptions about hurricane season face winds of change
With named storms coming earlier and more often in warmer waters, some assumptions about the Atlantic hurricane season are being rethought.
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Mathias Cormann chosen as OECD head despite climate concerns
PARIS — The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said Monday that it has appointed a former Australian finance minister, Mathias Cormann, as its...
Scientists: Climate-whipped winds pose Great Lakes hazards
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Powerful gusts linked to global warming are damaging water quality and creating a hazard for fish in Lake Erie and...