climate
The world’s two most powerful countries, the United States and China, are meeting this week in Washington to talk about climate change. And also their relationship issues. In an ideal world, where the clean energy transition was the top priority, they would be on friendlier terms. Maybe affordable Chinese-made electric vehicles would be widely sold […]
A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday rejected a long-running lawsuit brought by young Oregon-based climate activists who argued that the U.S. government’s role in climate change violated their constitutional rights By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press May 1, 2024, 9:47 PM ET • 3 min read SEATTLE — A federal appeals court panel on Wednesday […]
Tennessee Rep. Justin Pearson urged Black voters to engage in this year’s election Tuesday, saying, “We must be intentionally conscious about the world that we inhabit, the climate, the environment and the democracy that we will one day leave behind.” Luke Parker/Staff Prince George’s County Executive and Senatorial candidate Angela Alsobrooks addresses a crowd Tuesday […]
ABC News is taking a look at solutions for issues related to climate change and the environment with the series, “The Power of Us: People, The Climate, and Our Future.” Researchers have been warning for years that the world’s most vulnerable populations will suffer the most dire consequences of climate change. But the disproportionate impacts […]
Metro By Carl Campanile Published March 17, 2024, 7:49 p.m. ET Two representatives appointed to a committee considering paying reparations . . .
President Joe Biden delivered last year’s State of the Union address before a joint session of Congress at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 7, 2023. Ahead of this year’s address, Americans are focused the economy, immigration and conflicts abroad. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) President Joe Biden will deliver his third State of the Union address on […]
BALTIMORE — African-American cemeteries across Maryland are facing threats due to climate change. Broken headstones and cracked tombs are common sights in many African-American graveyards, as climate change exacerbates natural wear with increased flooding and erosion. Brewer Hill Cemetery, Annapolis’s oldest African-American cemetery, is home to over 7,000 former slaves and three notable Black figures. […]
Climate change disproportionately affects members of disadvantaged communities and groups who face socioeconomic inequalities, including many people of color. As the United States becomes more racially and ethnically diverse, promoting public engagement with climate change across diverse audiences is becoming increasingly important. Prior research has shown that people of color in the U.S., including Hispanics/Latinos, […]
Companies will have to start telling the public about how climate change could hit their bottom lines — just not with as much detail as some had hoped. The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday voted to approve new climate risk disclosure rules, a significant shift that will require many companies to include information about […]
Corporations would have to share key details about their role in driving climate change and the threat that warming poses to their operations under a contentious proposal the Securities and Exchange Commission is poised to push forward Wednesday over intense business opposition. The proposal, which has been delayed for more than a year . . […]