China Spends Billions on Renewable Energy Investment
World's biggest CO2 emitter spends $6 bilion a year on renewable power generation in a single region. Read More
Survey: Support for Alternatives Ebbs Among Westerners
Support for alternative energy has weakened in the western U.S. as support for oil, gas and coal has risen. Read More
Earth Hour Dims at the United States Border
Saturday's symbolic effort to turn off the lights for an hour is gaining traction across the globe except the U.S. Read More
CSI Cold Case: Unlocking the Mystery of Rising Seas
To understand how much the sea is likely to rise in the future, it's important to how understand how ice responded to warming in the past.… Read More
For Katharine Hayhoe, Climate Change Not a Leap of Faith
The impacts of climate change are going to fall disproportionately on the poorest. Who doesn’t believe we should take care of the poor and needy? When I start from that place, I’ve seen dramatic shifts. People say ˜what can I do about it?’ … Read More
Report Details Climate Change, Extreme Weather Links
There has been a long-term increase in economic losses from climate-related disasters, largely driven by the increasing exposure of people and infrastructure, and the report finds that in many regions, socio-economic forces, and not climate change, will continue to be one of the main drivers of future increases in losses. But the combination of cli… Read More
Global Warming May Have Fueled March Heat Wave Odds
In email conversations, several top scientific researchers who specialize in studying the role climate change plays in influencing individual extreme events — a burgeoning field known as "extreme event attribution — said this event likely bears some of the hallmarks of global warming, although natural variability played a key role as well.… Read More
Michael Mann, Off Battlefield, Discussing ‘Climate Wars’
All of the attention that has been paid to Mann and his research through the years has provided him with a platform to speak out on climate science and policy matters, which is probably not the result that his critics had intended. “I was initially this sort of accidental and reluctant public figure, Mann said. “Over time I’m coming to embrace the… Read More
