Could the Keystone XL pipeline help lower U.S. gas prices?
As prices at the pump surge, GOP leaders see the suspended oil pipeline as a solution. But the answer isn't so simple.
ClimateWatch: Climate Change News & Features
U.S. wildfires were larger, more frequent and more widespread in last 20 years
Wildfires are larger, more frequent and more widespread in the last 20 years than they have been before.
Climate change to make pollen season longer and nastier, study says
As the world warms, allergy season will last longer and pollen levels could as much as triple in some places, a new study says.
Court quashes teens' legal bid for protection against climate change
An Australian appeals court overturned a ruling that said the environment minister had a duty to protect young people from the impact of global warming.
Al Gore on the "State of the Planet"
Former Vice President Al Gore admits he still hasn't completely gotten the message of his film, "An Inconvenient Truth," across, but he is hopeful for the future, mostly because of the energy in the streets by young people protesting climate inaction by world leaders. Ben Tracy spoke to Gore.
The other greenhouse gas
Methane is 85 times more powerful than carbon dioxide when it comes to planet-warming properties. Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are contributing to an effort to monitor it leaking from oil and gas sites. Ben Tracy reports.
Tourists visit areas affected by climate change
The bucket lists of many tourists now include destinations like the glaciers of Iceland, the Great Barrier Reef, Mount Kilimanjaro and the Galapagos Islands. They travel to visit locations that may not look the same or even continue to exist in the future due to climate change. Ben Tracy reports.
Stunning photos of climate change
These images paint a startling picture of the environmental changes afoot across the globe as temperatures rise.
Window to reverse climate change suffering almost closed, U.N. warns
U.N. chief calls failure to address issue head-on nothing short of "criminal."
Moth that causes rash is spreading due to warming temperatures
The browntail moth is a scourge in America's most forested state, where it defoliates trees and causes a rash in humans that resembles poison ivy.
Sea levels along U.S. coast to rise a foot by 2050, study projects
The forecasted increase over the next 30 years could amount to the same rise seen over the last 100 years.
BlackRock touts fossil fuels after threat from Texas official
The world's largest money manager is pushing for zero emissions. It's also pledging to continue investing in oil and gas.
42% of West megadrought linked to human-caused climate change
The American West's megadrought deepened so much last year that it is now the driest in at least 1,200 years.
Less than 16% of the world's coastal regions remain intact, study says
The research found that more than half of the United States' coastal regions are under very high levels of human industrial pressure.
Journalist and author Elizabeth Kolbert on "The Takeout"
Journalist and author Elizabeth Kolbert joins Major Garrett to discuss her Pulitzer-Prize-winning book "The Sixth Extinction," which tackles climate change and what humans can do to reduce carbon emissions. Pollution and its effects on the food supply and marine ecosystems is also up for discussion on this week’s episode of "The Takeout with Major Garrett."
Mini-star made in U.K. lab could hold key to unlimited clean energy
The breakthrough has put scientists on course to create a stable source of clean power with no greenhouse gas emissions in a matter of decades.
Mount Everest's highest glacier is losing decades' worth of ice every year, scientists warn
Climbing the highest mountain in the world could become more dangerous due to the lack of ice.
MoneyWatch: Gas stoves impact climate, health
Stanford University researchers recently found that gas stoves are more hazardous for both the climate and for human health than previously believed. CBS News' Tanya Rivero and Errol Barnett discuss these findings with CBS MoneyWatch reporter Irina Ivanova.
Climate change could be "catastrophic" for coral reefs
Researchers said that the Paris Climate Agreement's climate change efforts "will not be enough to save most coral reefs."
Dozens of elephant seals recruited to be oceanographers
A group of elephant seals near Antarctica are on a mission to gather "critical" data about the ocean.
Extreme marine heat is the "new normal" for oceans, study finds
150 years of data, collected since 1870, shows that heat extremes are now widespread in our oceans — and delicate ecosystems may be at risk of collapse.
Growing call to divest from fossil fuels
Environmentalist Bill McKibben and his group Third Act, along with Valerie Rockefeller and her group BankFWD, are pushing for people over 60 to cut ties with banks that invest in fossil fuels. They joined CBS News to discuss how the initiative aims to force financial institutions to address the climate change crisis.
Gas stoves worse for climate than previously thought, study shows
Stoves continuously leak small amounts of methane, emitting as much greenhouse gas as 500,000 cars put out in one year.
Federal judge blocks big Gulf of Mexico oil lease sale
The judge said the Biden administration didn't adequately take into account the effect the drilling would have on planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, violating a bedrock environmental law.
Congress is giving billions to carbon-capture technology. Will it work?
About $12 billion will build technology that can reduce emissions. But some worry it's being hijacked to keep U.S. burning fossil fuels.
Science
Mars rover sets new driving record on surface of another world
Extreme heat putting births in jeopardy, U.N. climate chief warns
Neuroscientists grow human brain tissue in mice
New species of wild cat discovered for first time in more than a century
Humpback whale seen grieving dead calf in rare footage
Remains of ancient warhorse given honorific burial discovered in Egypt
Anthropic CEO says "exponential" growth of AI is a "warning sign"
First-ever adult T. rex trackway found in North Dakota
Ig Nobel prizes go to scientists studying cockroach milk, nose-blowing, more
Vote on the fattest marmot now
NASA plans to launch new space telescope
Invasive Joro spiders are "slowly spreading." Here's what to do if you see one.
A summer of extremes: Weathering a hotter world
A summer of extremes: Weathering a hotter world
