Earth has warmed, on average, 1 degree Celsius in the last century due to greenhouse-gas emissions that trap heat on the planet. The consequences …
Italy is the first country to require climate change lessons in school
When the school year begins in Italy next September, students in all grades will learn about climate change in civics classes—and the subject will also …
Are Employees Pushing Insurers to Shun Coal in Climate Change Movement?
Seventeen insurers have restricted insurance services to coal projects in the past two years. A dozen insurers have adopted policies to stop all direct …
Pope Francis reflects on 3 decades of international cooperation on climate change
VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Only a few days after the United States officially gave notice of its intention to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement, …
A deadly virus is spreading in marine mammals. Scientists say climate change is to blame.
When a deadly virus that killed tens of thousands of European harbor seals in the northern Atlantic Ocean in 2002 began threatening sea lions, seals …
Exxon’s lawyer calls lawsuit a ‘cruel joke’ as climate change fraud trial ends
N) delivered closing arguments in a closely watched trial accusing the oil company of hiding from investors the true cost of addressing climate change.
A ‘green interest rate?’ Fed digs into climate change economics
While the Fed lags central banking peers such as the Bank of England in making climate change an explicit part of its financial stability remit, the …
NY Fed Official: Bank Regulators Have Growing Interest in Climate–Change Risks
A top New York Fed official put a price tag on climate– and weather-related events and said financial firms need to take seriously the danger of climate …
Sen. Mitt Romney joins bipartisan Senate Climate Change Caucus
Washington • Sen. Mitt Romney has joined the new Senate Climate Change Caucus, saying that it will take “significant private sector investments” and …
Virginia Democrats campaigned on their Green New Deal and fighting climate change. And won.
Virginia’s efforts to fight climate change got a big boost after Tuesday’s election, with Democrats flipping both chambers of the state’s General …