A few days ago, the weeklong United Nations Climate Change Conference concluded in Glasgow, Scotland. Here’s the thing: Not a whole lot seems to have actually happened as a result. On the world stage, climate leaders preach the desperate need to switch to renewable energies; on the nightly news, we witness the horrific images of […]
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‘Atmospheric river’ causes floods, evacuations in Northwest
More than 158,0000 customers were without power in Western Washington at one point Monday.
‘It is not enough’: World leaders react to COP26 climate agreement
Voluntary measures agreed to in Glasgow do not put the world on track to limit Earth’s warming to 2.7 Fahrenheit above preindustrial levels, a central goal of the 2015 Paris accord.
Commentary: Was the climate change conference in Glasgow a success?
It accomplished a lot, though the national goals don’t cut emissions enough to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
Another View: Maine highway bond deserved more voter scrutiny
Climate change should make us less ready to spend so much on roads, concrete and steel.
Climate consensus appears near; India objects to coal plans
Almost 200 nations are poised to adopt a compromise on how to curb climate change and to keep a key global warming target alive after 15 days of contentious climate talks.
Nations strike climate deal with compromise on coal
Government negotiators from nearly 200 countries have adopted a new deal after a last-minute intervention by India to water down the language on cutting emissions from coal.
At COP26, nations agree to speed climate action, but planet remains off target
Delegations leave with the Earth pushing toward a future of escalating weather crises and irreversible damage to the natural world.
Climate talks back off from call to end all fossil fuel use
Negotiators at this year’s U.N. climate talks in Glasgow appeared to be backing away from a call to end all use of coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies completely.
Frustration, defiance in village to be abandoned to the sea
Residents of a small coastal village in north Wales face becoming the U.K.’s first ‘climate refugees.’