"Climate of Hope": More jobs in clean energy, not coal
Despite Trump’s pledge to push fossil fuels, the former NYC mayor and former head of Sierra Club say real job growth is coming from environmentally-friendly energy sources
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Despite Trump’s pledge to push fossil fuels, the former NYC mayor and former head of Sierra Club say real job growth is coming from environmentally-friendly energy sources
From Washington to Berlin, scientists, researchers and supporters came out to defend science on Earth Day
Scientists, students and research advocates mark Earth Day by conveying global message about scientific freedom without political interference
On Earth Day 2017 demonstrators in Washington and around the globe advocate for science-based policies and against politicians who deny facts and data
21 students are suing the federal government, claiming it isn't doing enough to limit the use fossil fuels
More than 200 science organizations are planning 600 marches around the world, the first time scientists are marching in defense of science itself
Melting of Antarctica's ice sheets could trigger devastating consequences for coastal communities across the planet
A slim majority of Americans oppose lifting environmental regulations, according to a new CBS News poll
A remote cabin deep in the woods is home to one of the world’s most valuable – and unexpected – troves of scientific data
"We were really surprised when we got there and there was basically no water in the river," one researcher said
Operation IceBridge, NASA’s airborne survey of polar ice, recently completed a mission over northwest Greenland and spotted something unexpected
Deep in the jagged red mountains of Oman, geologists are drilling in search of an efficient and cheap way to remove carbon dioxide from the air and oceans
New United Nations report shows promising signs in the market for clean energy
Experts say global warming might be behind what's happening in the North Atlantic
“Why can’t we all just get along?” Democratic Rep. Don Beyer asked, and then answered his own question: “It’s because the stakes are so large”
A new map puts Antarctica into 3D perspective with an aerial view of the continent's ice, created from 250 million satellite measurements
As Trump admin. aims to cut aid money and millions face famine, U.N. warns starving youth "susceptible to radicalization"
Faced with an unreceptive president, Ben Santer fears the government will intimidate scientists who study the issue
The administration has begun to roll back regulations that cut power plant emissions of CO2, a greenhouse gas that's warming the planet
The president hailed his executive order as "the start of a new era in American energy production"
On Tuesday, Trump will sign an executive order which aims to undo Obama's 2013 Climate Action Plan
The frigid top of the Earth just set yet another record for low levels of sea ice in what scientists call a signal of an overheating world
Researchers say this icy legacy will likely disappear in the next 300 years – a geological blink of an eye
Two reports reach the same conclusion: The world must move quickly and ambitiously before it's too late
Global warming shrank certain animals in the ancient past, and a new study warns that it could happen again