Carbon capture and “dimming” the sun: Climate geoengineering poses technical and ethical dilemmas
The climate crisis is arguably the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced, and to limit warming to manageable levels, time is our biggest opponent. While...
Climate crisis: Researchers fear global tipping points already here
As global leaders convene to discuss the planet's climate-related path forward, researchers have identified a number of tipping points that, if pushed past, could be...
US lifts pause on Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine – as it happened
CDC advisory panel said that the benefits of preventing Covid-19 outweigh the risk of rare blood clotsU.S. Lifts Pause on J&J’s Covid Vaccine
Use of Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 shot should resume, U.S. health regulators said after investigating rare blood-clotting cases. The vaccine could be back in circulation...
Biden ushers in a new era of climate geopolitics
If former president Donald Trump were still in the White House, none of this would be happening. Trump was wholly indifferent to the scientific consensus...
Biden closes landmark summit with a message: Climate action equals jobs
President Biden used the waning hours of a White House climate summit to hammer home a message aimed as much at Americans as at the...
Halting the Vast Release of Methane Is Critical for Climate, U.N. Says
A major United Nations report will declare that slashing emissions of methane, the main component of natural gas, is far more vital than previously thought.
California takes steps to ban fracking by 2024 and will halt oil extraction by 2045
Executive order is a reversal for Governor Gavin Newsom, who faced pressure from environmental groups for previously resisting a ban