Shipping & Climate Change

The Republican chairman of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology thinks you’re all worrying too much about climate change. In fact, Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas thinks global warming is actually a good thing.

A new law in New Jersey aims to shrink the state’s climate footprint and feed the hungry by drastically reducing the amount of wasted food that ends up in landfills.

Having climate change skeptic Donald Trump in the Oval Office won’t stop the U.S. from mounting an effective fight against rising global temperatures, former Vice President Al Gore argued at an event on Monday.

A top federal scientist working with Alaska Native communities on climate change talks about abuses of power and intimidation, while a report details other tactics.

If British Columbia were smart, we’d be reviewing our options now.

Combating climate change is largely a matter of personal responsibility - and one of the easiest and best steps we can take concerns what we put on our plates.

Trump has been paralyzed on healthcare and tax reform, but his administration has been active in eroding safeguards and protections elsewhere.

Dozens of startups are inventing ways to keep LA cool with products and services that aim to avert environmental disaster – and yield profits.

Rising temperatures will force airlines to delay flights more often and reduce the number of passengers per plane. And it’s already happening.

Companies have asked a federal regulator to approve thousands of miles of pipeline from Appalachia. They almost always get their way.

The grounding of airplanes during the Phoenix heat wave was just a taste of the disruptions climate change will create for air travel, a new study says.

Biofuel use needs to increase to help fight climate change as liquid fuels will be needed by aircraft and ships for many decades to come, finds a new report requested by the UK government.

The American shale gas revolution will enjoy a second wind as rapid growth in domestic production sees the US join the world’s club of top gas exporters, a leading energy authority has predicted.

The goal, after all, is to curb global warming, not favor particular technologies.

In the hunt for new energy sources, federal Environment Minister Josh Frydenberg is now embracing the waves.

A road trip through the geological ruins of our planet's Earth’s worst mass extinction.

A European Union parliamentary committee voted on Tuesday to extend the exemption of international flights from the EU's charges for carbon emissions, but only while it awaits the implementation of last year's worldwide United Nations deal on tackling aircraft emissions.

Geologist Chip Fletcher describes the threats confronting Hawaii and other tropical islands, and discusses potential adaptation strategies.

After petitioning the G20 to reaffirm the Paris climate agreement at this weekend's summit, Pacific leaders pressured the international shipping industry to reverse global warming.

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Thursday that coal-fired power plants are important for the country's future, and he suggested that energy supply will spark demand.