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Harrison Ford attacks Trump and other leaders who deny climate change
Hollywood veteran Harrison Ford on Tuesday attacked U.S. President Donald Trump and other world leaders who deny climate change saying they were "on the wrong side of history." Ford, who famously played the title role of Indiana Jones and also Han Solo in the Star ...
Climate change seen as top threat, but U.S. power a growing worry, poll finds
Climate change is the top security concern in a poll conducted by the Washington-based Pew Research Center, followed by Islamist terrorism and cyberattacks while respondents in a growing number of countries worried about the power and influence of the United States. In 13 of 26 ...
Russian Arctic archipelago sounds alarm over aggressive polar bears
A Russian Arctic archipelago on Saturday declared an emergency over an "invasion" of dozens of aggressive polar bears that have entered homes and public buildings. The northeastern Novaya Zemlya archipelago, which has a population of around 3,000, has appealed for help to tackle "a mass ...
Land is key ingredient missing from U.S. Green New Deal, experts say
Amid the rollout of a high-profile climate proposal in Congress, some are warning that a major gap exists around urban land policy. The wide-ranging Green New Deal, released Thursday, includes a focus on electrifying vehicle fleets but doesn't talk about how to get Americans to ...
Setsubun: Killing two birds with one bean
Changing food consumption patterns takes time, and weighing the significance of Setsubun can trigger the first step forward.
Democrats push Green New Deal to address climate change calling for zero carbon footprint by 2030
Democrats launched a sweeping plan Thursday to transform the U.S. economy to combat climate change and create thousands of jobs in renewable energy, signaling its likely elevation as a central campaign issue in 2020 despite President Donald Trump's failure to mention climate change in ...
Billions of tons of meltwater flowing into the oceans from the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets could boost extreme weather and destabilize regional climate within a matter of decades, researchers said Wednesday. These melting giants — especially the one atop Greenland — are poised to ...
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the World Bank Group should be led by U.S. Treasury official David Malpass, a Trump loyalist and critic of multilateral institutions who has vowed to pursue "pro-growth" reforms at the development lender. Trump's nomination of Malpass, the ...
'Continuing long-term climate change': U.N. confirms last four years hottest on record
The last four years were the hottest since global temperature records began, the U.N. confirmed Wednesday in an analysis that it said was a "clear sign of continuing long-term climate change." The U.N.'s World Meteorological Organization said in November that 2018 was set to be ...
Young gun U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez begins to sketch out details of 'Green New Deal'
Environmental legislation dubbed a Green New Deal championed by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has drawn widespread attention — despite the fact that no one really knows for sure what it is. Now, as Ocasio-Cortez prepares to release a blueprint, details are emerging. "Next week, we plan to ...
Two-thirds of Himalayan glaciers could melt by 2100, study warns
Two-thirds of Himalayan glaciers, the world's "Third Pole," could melt by 2100 if global emissions are not sharply reduced, scientists warned in a major new study issued Monday. Even if the most ambitious Paris climate agreement goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius ...
Norway's Arctic islands at risk of 'devastating' warming, report says
Icy Arctic islands north of Norway are warming faster than almost anywhere on Earth and more avalanches, rain and mud may cause "devastating" changes by 2100, a Norwegian report said on Monday. The thaw on the remote Svalbard islands, home to 2,300 people and where ...
