Environmental Protection Agency finalizes rule to curb a potent climate change pollutant
The new EPA rule, first proposed in May, will lower the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) 85 percent over the next…
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Biden pledges to boost global climate funding
President Biden promised to redouble American financial assistance to developing nations to combat and adapt to the climate crisis in…
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Biden, EU announce Global Methane Pledge
The U.S. and EU pledged to cut methane pollution by 30% by 2030 and sought to bring other nations on…
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Greenpeace USA names first Black executive director
Ebony Twilly Martin will take over as co-executive director of Greenpeace USA, the group announced last week. Twilley Martin is…
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The summer of 2021 was the hottest summer on record
NOAA found that the average temperature of meteorological summer – June, July, and August – was 2.6°F (1.45°C) above the…
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Christian leaders call for climate action
The heads of the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Anglican Communion issued an unprecedented joint statement…
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New study links climate change to polar vortex destabilization
A first-of-its-kind study shows how climate change is causing, if counterintuitively, more periods of extreme cold in the central and…
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Heat threatens Louisiana residents without power in the aftermath of Ida
As the (still life-threatening) remnants of Hurricane Ida continue northeast, survivors of the storm in New Orleans and southeastern Louisiana…
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Hurricane Ida slams Louisiana
Hurricane Ida made landfall near Port Fourchon, Louisiana, just before noon local time on Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane…
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Ida likely to hit Gulf Coast as major hurricane
Forecasters expect Tropical Storm Ida to develop into a major hurricane in the coming days. As of Friday morning, the…
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