The IPCC’s latest climate assessment says the world must cut greenhouse gas emissions by 60 percent by 2035, but the U.S. is already behind on a less ambitious target...
New funding programs announced at COP27 are helping poor countries transition away from fossil fuels, but the money isn’t going to places without energy
A coalition of businesses and local leaders claim that climate progress under the Biden administration will continue if Republicans control the House
Beginning next week at the COP 27 meeting, global climate negotiators will try to put decades of bureaucratic bargaining into practice in areas where rising temperatures are hitting people the hardest...
The landmark Montreal Protocol treaty, agreed to 35 years ago this month, has reduced the use of chemicals that not only thinned the ozone layer but also warmed the planet
There is debate about whether the agency will rely on carbon capture to achieve emissions reductions
Administrator Michael Regan argues regulation of mercury, ozone, water and coal ash will also curb greenhouse gases
Political turmoil in Congress and uncertainty about climate regulations has hampered release of the report showing how the U.S. would cut emissions in half
The Environmental Protection Agency is looking at achieving greenhouse gas emissions reductions by targeting other pollutants
The reluctance reflects long-standing concerns over climate-related litigation
The agreement calls for sharing carbon capture technology and developing new methane policies
Climate-vulnerable countries are pushing for compensation for lives and livelihoods affected by warming
Negotiators must work out the rules governing trading carbon offsets to help nations achieve net zero emissions
At the COP26 climate summit, the administration aims to show the U.S. will reduce emissions 50 percent in the next nine years
The proposed EPA rules will cover the full fossil fuel supply chain
In the run-up to major international climate negotiations, the fate of the Biden administration’s climate plans is uncertain
The Biden Administration raised the benchmark, and may do it again within a year
The Biden Administration aims to strengthen the country’s emissions reduction pledge under the pact by Earth Day
The President ordered 40 percent of the benefits from federal climate action go to disadvantaged communities
President Biden has said the event will be aimed at persuading countries to strengthen their greenhouse gas reduction pledges
