climate change news - Search News

A landmark climate change case opens at top UN court

Voice of America · 1h

Big polluters, small island states clash on climate change

In a landmark hearing Wednesday at the International Court of Justice in The Hague, the United States argued that human rights law is not relevant to nation states' legal obligations over climate change.

U.S. Makes Oral Argument In World Court’s Climate Change Opinion

On December 4, the US made an oral statement in the International Court of Justice’s Advisory Opinion relating to the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change

The Associated Press on MSN · 1d

A landmark climate change case opens at the top UN court as island nations fear rising seas

The top United Nations court has taken up the largest case in its history, hearing the plight of several small island nations helpless in combating the devastating impact of climate change.

Duke Energy, North Carolina and Climate Change

The New York Times · 8h

North Carolina Town Sues Duke Energy Over Climate Change

Carrboro accused Duke, one the nation’s largest utility companies, of ignoring data about climate change while increasing use of fossil fuels.

Axios on MSN · 4h

North Carolina town sues Duke Energy for its role in climate change

Carrboro town officials filed a lawsuit against Charlotte-based Duke Energy Wednesday morning, accusing the company — one of the country's largest operators of coal and natural gas power plants — of leading a "nationwide climate deception scheme" that has worsened the climate crisis and cost the town millions.

Reuters on MSN · 8h

North Carolina town files lawsuit against Duke Energy over climate crisis

A town in North Carolina sued utility firm Duke Energy on Wednesday, accusing the company of deceiving its customers and the broader public about the harms of climate change. The town of Carrboro, about 30 miles from the state capital of Raleigh,

12h

What Trump’s Cabinet Picks and Advisers Say About Climate Change

President-elect Donald Trump’s chief advisers would include one person who calls global warming an “existential” threat and ...

1don MSN

Climate change has many 'recognizable negative effects' on crops | Fact check

Increases in global grain production are mostly due to changes in agricultural technologies and an increase in cultivated ...

2h

How climate change is impacting this iconic Florida bird species

Global warming is impacting a one-of-a-kind bird species in Florida in a way that is surprising ornithologists, a study found ...

1d

Photos show the impact of climate change on national parks

Photos show climate change impacting national parks from Yellowstone's flooding to warming temperatures in Denali. Wildfires ...

2don MSN

Landmark climate change case opens at top U.N. court as island nations fear rising seas

The top United Nations court has taken up the largest case in its history, hearing the plight of small island nations facing ...

2d

Landmark climate change case opens at the top UN court as island nations fear rising seas

The top United Nations court is taking up the largest case in its history as it opens two weeks of hearings into what ...

3hon MSN

Winter seasonal outlook unveiled by Environment and Climate Change Canada

Environment and Climate Change Canada has unveiled its seasonal outlook for this winter. Gina Ressler, a meteorologist with ...

2dOpinion

Climate-Change Colonialism Keeps Poor Countries Impoverished

Development agencies fund green projects when people need jobs, food and energy.

Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you

Show inaccessible results