climate change
Yahoo NewsPoll: Just 15% of Americans trust China to help fight climate change
When it comes to fighting climate change, few Americans surveyed say they trust China, the world's leading emitter of greenhouse gases, to do its part.
Yahoo NewsReport: China's 2019 greenhouse gas emissions exceeded all other industrialized nations combined
When it comes to greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change, China is No. 1, and it's not even close.
Yahoo NewsClimate change will be disastrous even after latest world pledges, report finds
The current pledges made by world governments to limit carbon emissions will not be sufficient to meet the goal of keeping global temperatures from rising above 1.5 degrees Celsius, a new report concludes.
Yahoo NewsHow a false claim about beef and Biden's climate plan spread
Conservative politicians, pundits and news outlets spent days proudly stating their opposition to a provision of President Biden’s climate plan that doesn’t exist.
Yahoo NewsKerry on Biden climate pledge: 'We had to prove that we were serious'
On Thursday, President Biden hosted an international climate summit with world leaders at which he pledged to cut U.S. carbon emissions by at least 50 percent by 2030 over 2005 levels.
Yahoo NewsBiden sets lofty goal on climate change that Republicans say will kill jobs
President Biden is set during this week’s Earth Day summit to reestablish the U.S. as a global player in the fight to stop climate change, even as Republicans are once again claiming that such efforts will harm American industry and slash jobs.
Yahoo NewsAs Biden prepares for climate summit, U.N. says the world is 'on the verge of the abyss'
Just days before President Biden will kick off a climate summit with world leaders, the United Nations World Meteorological Organization released a report Monday warning that "time is fast running out" to keep global temperatures in check.
Yahoo NewsCiting grave threat, Scientific American replaces 'climate change' with 'climate emergency'
Scientific American magazine announced Monday that it would stop using the term "climate change" in articles about man-made global warming and substitute "climate emergency" instead.
Yahoo News 360Is high-speed rail the future of U.S. transportation?
Compared to trains in other developed countries, the U.S. rail system is downright sluggish. But would a system of ultra-fast trains make sense for America?
Yahoo News 360Biden’s infrastructure plan: The right blueprint for America?
Supporters say the $2 trillion proposal represents a massive investment in the economy of the future, but critics argue it's a recipe for tax hikes and wasteful spending.
Yahoo News 360How the U.S. can keep the power on during extreme weather
Blackouts in Texas are the latest example of how America's power grid isn't built to withstand an increasingly unpredictable climate.
Yahoo NewsWhite House rebuts claims that green energy is to blame for Texas power outages
The White House pushed back Wednesday on claims made by conservative politicians and pundits blaming renewable energy sources for widespread power outages in Texas in the wake of this week's unprecedented winter storms.
Yahoo NewsBiden-ordered review of supply chain to include electric car batteries, medical supplies and rare earth metals
The executive order details the technology important to the U.S. supply chain, individual sectors to focus on and threats that could affect access to vital materials.
Yahoo NewsExtreme winter storms aren’t inconsistent with global warming and will continue for decades, expert says
The massive winter storm that buried much of the United States in snow this week is not inconsistent with climate change, a leading expert told Yahoo News.
Yahoo News'Climate day' is also 'jobs day,' Biden says as he issues sweeping new orders on fuel, power and more
President Biden on Wednesday signed additional executive orders addressing the climate crisis, adding to those he signed on his first full day in office, saying “we can’t wait any longer” for action on what his predecessor famously dismissed as a hoax.
Yahoo News 360Democrats now control Congress. What should they do first?
Recent history shows the opportunity to pass major bills can disappear quickly. What should Democrats’ top priority be?
Yahoo NewsBiden signs executive orders reversing Trump decisions on COVID, climate change
Fresh off his inauguration Wednesday, President Biden began his term with executive orders on measures ranging from curbing the coronavirus pandemic to addressing racial inequality, many of which roll back measures enacted by former President Donald Trump’s administration.
Yahoo News 360What a Biden presidency means for climate change
Joe Biden will enter office with the most aggressive environmental agenda of any president in U.S. history. Can he turn his plan into meaningful action?
Yahoo NewsBiden intends to rejoin the Paris Agreement, but climate activists say that's not enough
One of President-elect Joe Biden’s first acts after being sworn in on Jan. 20 will be to rejoin the Paris climate agreement.
Yahoo NewsDemocratic Senate candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock bet big on 'record-shattering turnout' in Georgia
Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock, the two Democrats running for the U.S. Senate in Georgia’s January runoff races, are looking to build off President-elect Joe Biden’s narrow victory in the state and bring record-breaking turnout to the runoffs.
Yahoo NewsJohn Kerry returns as Biden's climate czar
Former senator, presidential nominee and Secretary of State John Kerry is set to begin his latest government job as the first-ever special envoy on climate.
Yahoo News 360Will banning gas-powered cars help curb climate change?
California recently announced a plan to ban sales of gas-powered cars in the state by 2035. Does the move go too far, or not far enough?
Yahoo NewsTrump admits greenhouse gases contribute to climate change 'to an extent'
For the first time in his presidency, Donald Trump acknowledged that human-generated greenhouse gases contributes to climate change.
Yahoo NewsScientists protest as Trump picks climate change skeptic for key NOAA post
President Trump has tapped a climate skeptic to help run the federal agency charged with overseeing the government’s research on climate change.
Yahoo NewsAs fires ravage California, Trump gives his climate-change solution: 'It'll start getting cooler'
California Gov. Gavin Newsom unsuccessfully pressed President Trump on Monday to acknowledge that climate change is making wildfires worse across much of the West Coast.
“We are a nation bobbing in multiple crises. Not one of them involves people taking COVID-19 too seriously.”
“The threat is increasingly concentrated among people who are vulnerable by choice.”
“This announcement would be very welcome if not for one big problem: There is no requirement for proof of vaccination.”
“Joining the protected vaccinated minority, which we hope will rapidly become the majority, is simple.”
“Instead of taking giant steps. I think we should be taking small steps toward the same goal.”