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Asia was the fastest-growing region, with a 13.1 percent increase in renewable energy capacity

Today's hearing will try to reframe climate change as an unsettled debate, allowing skeptics and industry to influence regulations and research funding

The move sets up a clash with the EPA

Scientists have created a thin composite film that gives lithium–sulfur cells exceptional durability

It marks five consecutive years of CO₂ increases of at least 2 parts per million, an unprecedented rate of growth

The discovery will help scientists better understand how the Greenland ice sheet is melting

Companies are no longer required to provide information about onshore equipment and controls that could reduce emissions of greenhouse gases

The National Park Service predicts peak cherry blossom bloom will occur sometime March 14 to 17, possibly the earliest on record

The updated Yale Climate Opinion maps suggest Americans' opinions on climate change differ sharply from that of the president

The world needs a way to verify that nations have made their promised carbon cuts in order to make the Paris agreement effective

In a speech, the agency head mentioned the Clean Power Plan, methane standards and the Waters of the United States rule as targets

NASA's work on climate change would go to another agency, with or without funding, or possibly get cut

Researchers found the range of wildlife now affected by climate change is broad, and includes animals on every continent

The hearing will likely include discussion of the Secret Science Reform Act, which scores of scientific organizations oppose

The new way to challenge climate change acknowledges the science, or some of it, rather than rejecting it whole cloth

President Obama made a last plea for democratic engagement and fact-based debate, including on global warming

The imbalance may make it harder for poorer nations to participate effectively in the Paris climate agreement

Shifting rainfall patterns and the amount of water in the ground are likely causes for the heightened risk

The public’s perception of global warming is shaped by the weather that people experience

Between 2008 and 2013, China's solar-electric panel industry dropped world prices by 80 percent

Nations from all regions reported to the International Energy Agency for the first time that their markets for solar-generated electricity were growing

Gore said his conversation with the president-elect was “productive” and “extremely interesting”

But if cities want to avoid the worst impacts of global warming, emissions need to peak by 2020

It’s not just releasing greenhouse gases—it may also alter the ocean’s chemistry and circulation patterns