Corporations say climate change will cost them $1 trillion

Businesses are starting to put numbers on their exposure to climate-change disruptions — and they're very high

• Jun 5, 2019

Air pollution kills 100,000 Indian children every year, study says

Report by New Delhi-based NGO blasts government inaction on pollution and renewable energy, blames air pollution for 12.5 percent of all deaths

• Jun 5, 2019

Civilization faces "existential risk" from climate change, report warns

New report forecasts widespread societal breakdown set off by the migration of billions of people fleeing climate extremes

• Jun 4, 2019

FDA to improve access to experimental cancer drugs

Thousands of gravely ill cancer patients each year seek "compassionate use" access to treatments that are not yet on the market, but have shown some promise in early testing and aren't available to them through a study. The government wants to make that access easier and give more heft to the requests.

• Jun 3, 2019

2019 Atlantic hurricane season begins

June 1 marks the official start of the Atlantic hurricane season and forecasters predict at least two to four major storms this year. There’s a storm brewing over competing technologies that some say could hinder crucial forecasts. Meg Oliver reports.

• Jun 1, 2019

2019 Atlantic hurricane season begins

June 1 marks the start of the 2019 Atlantic hurricane season, but many areas are still rebuilding from the devastation caused by last year's storms. Mayor Al Cathey of Mexico Beach, Florida, joins CBSN to talk about his city's recovery.

• Jun 1, 2019

NASA taps 3 companies for moon missions

If all goes well, the landers will touch down on the moon in 2020 and 2021

• May 31, 2019

Deforestation rising in the Amazon

A new study from a environmental watchdog in Brazil says deforestation has increased by 20% in the last nine months. Deforestation can increase the pace of climate change. André Guimarães, executive director of IPAM, the Amazon Environmental Research Institute, joins CBSN with more on the risk.

• May 30, 2019

China may restrict U.S. access to rare earths

China is threatening to restrict U.S. access to rare earth minerals, which are used in the development of many high-tech devices. Isaac Stone Fish, senior fellow at the Asia Society's Center on U.S.-China Relations, speaks to CBSN about the digital cold war developing between the two countries.

• May 30, 2019

Energy Department calls natural gas "freedom gas" in press release

The release isn't the first time the department has associated "freedom" with natural gas

• May 29, 2019

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