A U.S. appeals court on Thursday declined to reconsider lawsuits challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s finding that greenhouse gasses, including carbon dioxide, pose a danger to human health and welfare. The full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied a petition for rehearing en banc filed by the Concerned Household Electricity
LONDON/WASHINGTON — When it comes to taking stock of global emissions, there’s an elephant in the room: the world’s armed forces. As temperatures hit new highs, scientists and environmental groups are stepping up pressure on the U.N. to force armies to disclose all their emissions and end a long-standing exemption that has kept some of
Multiple people were reported killed and dozens of others wounded on Monday in car crashes along Interstate 55 in southern Illinois during a dust storm, state police said. Roughly 40 to 60 passenger cars and several big-rig trucks were involved in the crashes shortly after 11 a.m. CDT, an Illinois State Police spokesman said during an afternoon press conference.
California went and did it again. In a unanimous vote Friday, the California Air Resources Board approved its Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) measure outlawing the sale of new ICE-powered trucks in the state as of 2036. Then every kind of truck — from Amazon package delivery vans to postal service vehicles to medium-duty trucks with
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s administration announced on Friday it would allow summertime sales of gasoline with a higher blend of ethanol, a win for the biofuel industry and farmers who want an expanded market for their corn. The move would be aimed at keeping down consumer pump prices during the high-demand summer driving season
BERLIN — Scores of climate activists glued themselves to roads across Berlin, blocking rush hour traffic and enraging some drivers on Monday. Passersby shouted at the protesters from the “Letzte Generation” (Last Generation) group who stuck their hands to the tarmac and sat in rows across busy intersections in a bid to press the government
Climate scientists on Monday appealed directly to everyone on the planet to seize a dwindling chance to limit global warming to an average increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 Fahrenheit) or risk harming people living today and their descendants for thousands of years to come. With graphics showing individuals — from babies to pensioners —
DENVER — Exxon Mobil’s scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global warming, even as the company made public statements that contradicted its own scientists’ conclusions, a new study says. The study in the journal Science Thursday looked at research that Exxon funded that didn’t just confirm what climate scientists were saying, but used
A bucket wheel excavator mines coal at the Garzweiler open-cast coalmine, with wind mills in the background, in Luetzerath, Germany. In the background is the coal-fired power plant Niederaussem. (AP) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — The world’s burning of coal, oil and natural gas this year is putting 1% more heat-trapping carbon dioxide in the air
Japan’s three biggest carmakers are facing the greatest risk from climate change among global auto companies because much of their manufacturing remains concentrated in the island nation, according to a study by Greenpeace. Toyota, Honda and Nissan will face major challenges ranging from hurricanes and flooding, to high temperatures and water shortages, in the coming
