Australian scientists discover 500-meter-tall coral reef in the Great Barrier Reef
Scientists have discovered a massive detached coral reef in the Great Barrier Reef, measuring more than 500 meters high — taller than the Empire State Building, the Sydney Tower and the Petronas Twin Towers.
COURTS: Procedural feuds begin in 5 climate cases
Energy companies and industry groups have kicked to the federal bench five lawsuits alleging climate deception by Big Oil.
ENERGY POLICY: Carbon phaseout ‘far-fetched, unrealistic’ — Saudi minister
The world needs to focus on reducing emissions, not hydrocarbons, Saudi Arabia’s energy minister said yesterday.
CAMPAIGN 2020: Meet Biden’s climate ambassador
The man behind Joe Biden’s outreach on climate change isn’t an environmental crusader by trade.
ON LOCATION: Hurt by fracking but voting for Trump
Tainted drinking water, skin rashes and destroyed property are some of the effects that fracking has had on Pennsylvania voters. But those problems won’t push them to vote for Joe Biden.
Mythbusting: Five common misperceptions surrounding the environmental impacts of single-use plastics
Stand in the soda pop aisle at the supermarket, surrounded by rows of brightly colored plastic bottles and metal cans, and it’s easy to conclude that the main environmental problem here is an overabundance of single-use containers: If we simply recycled more of them, we’d go a long way toward minimizing impacts. In reality, most of the environmental impacts of many consumer products, including soft drinks, are tied to the products inside, not the packaging, according to an environmental engineer.
CLIMATE IMPACTS: Hawaii’s new normal: Heat waves, rain bombs and rising seas
Hawaii’s most populated island, Oahu, is asking its nearly 1 million residents to come up with ideas to keep the nation’s 50th state from becoming the first one snuffed out by climate change.
EXTREME WEATHER: Colo. contends with record-setting wildfires
DENVER — A weather drama is playing out in the forests of north-central Colorado as two record wildfires — supercharged as the result of climate change — meet the first large snowstorm of the winter.
POLITICS: Trump hit Clinton on coal. Can it work with Biden on oil?
President Trump famously bludgeoned Hillary Clinton in 2016 with her pledge to “put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.” The president hopes he can repeat the trick with Joe Biden’s aim to “transition from the oil industry.”
POLITICS: Trump hit Clinton on coal. Can it work with Biden on oil?
President Trump famously bludgeoned Hillary Clinton in 2016 with her pledge to “put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.” The president hopes he can repeat the trick with Joe Biden’s aim to “transition from the oil industry.”
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