Trump says climate change not a hoax, not sure of its source
President Donald Trump is backing off his claim that climate change is a hoax but says he doesn’t know if it’s manmade and suggests that the climate will “change back again.”
AP-NORC Poll: Americans blame wild weather on global warming
After hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria blitzed the nation, most Americans think weather disasters are getting more severe and see global warming’s fingerprints.
Science Says: Era of monster hurricanes roiling the Atlantic
It’s not just this year. The monster hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria, Jose and Lee that have raged across the Atlantic are contributing to what appears to be the most active period for major storms on record.
EPA chief: Carbon dioxide not primary cause of warming
The new chief of the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday he does not believe that carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming, a statement at odds with mainstream scientific consensus and his own agency.
Earth sets hottest year record for third-straight time
Earth sizzled to a third-straight record hot year in 2016, with scientists mostly blaming man-made global warming with help from a natural El Nino that’s now gone.
2016’s hellish summer weather: A told-you-so climate moment?
This summer’s weather was relentless and hellish, crowded with the type of record-smashing extremes that scientists have long warned about.
Poll: Americans favor slightly higher bills to fight warming
Most Americans are willing to pay a little more each month to fight global warming — but only a tiny bit, according to a new poll. Still, environmental policy experts hail that as a hopeful sign.
Study: Warming giving type of weather we prefer — for now
Global warming has mostly made the weather more pleasant for Americans over the last 40 years, which may explain why much of the public doesn’t rank climate change as big a threat as do scientists and the rest of the world, a new study suggests.
NOAA, NASA: 2015 was Earth’s hottest by a wide margin
Last year wasn’t just the Earth’s hottest year on record — it left a century of high temperature marks in the dust.
As scientists worry about warming world, US public doesn’t
Americans are hot but not too bothered by global warming.
Study blames humans for most of melting glaciers
More than two-thirds of the recent rapid melting of the world’s glaciers can be blamed on humans, a new study finds.
Obama begins 2nd-term drive against climate change
WASHINGTON — Appealing for courageous action “before it’s too late,” President Barack Obama launched a major second-term drive Tuesday to combat climate change and secure
AP-GfK Poll: Science doubters say world is warming
Nearly 4 out of 5 Americans now think temperatures are rising and that global warming will be a serious problem for the United States if nothing is done about it, a new Associated Press-GfK poll finds.