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Andy Revkin is a senior reporter for climate change at ProPublica. He formerly reported on the environment for the New York Times and wrote its Dot Earth blog. A former instructor at Pace University in New York, he is the author of The North Pole Was Here: Puzzles and Perils from the Top of the World.
Troubling signs for science under Trump Science got off to a rocky start even before President Trump was sworn in. On the stump, he vowed to reduce the Environmental Protection Agency to "little tidbits."
Can Planet Earth Handle Seven Billion People? The United Nations says the world's population will reach seven billion sometime today, although the US Census Bureau says it'll happen sometime in March. Regardless of the date, there are some reasons for optimism as well as predictions of doom and gloom. We hear some of both -- from the US, China, India and sub-Saharan Africa.
Can Planet Earth Handle Seven Billion People? Although the US Census Bureau says it'll happen sometime in March, the United Nations says the world's population will reach seven billion sometime today, creating new challenges for generations to come.
Climate Change Skeptic's Talking Points Melt Away A scientist known for his skepticism over climate change released a new study this month with surprising results. UC Berkeley astrophysicist Richard Muller and a team of other scientists recently set out to test whether measurements of Earth's temperature are too flawed to show that the Earth is warming.
Climate Change Skeptic's Talking Points Melt Away A scientist known for his skepticism over climate change released a new study this month with surprising results. UC Berkeley astrophysicist Richard Muller and a team of other scientists recently set out to test whether measurements of Earth's temperature are too flawed to show that the Earth is warming.
An Inconvenient Time to Speak an Inconvenient Truth? The rising cost of gasoline has led Republicans—and some Democrats—to call for new oil exploration offshore, but Al Gore says they ought to renew the focus on global warming.
Bush Says Navy Can Test Sonar off California Coast This month, a federal judge in Los Angeles ordered the Navy to create a nautical no-sonar zone off the California coast. Anti-submarine training would have to shut down if whales or other mammals got within 2200 yards. Critics contend that sonar signals will damage the marine mammals' hearing, with worldwide impact.
Compromise Possible out of Bali Climate Talks "The climate in the climate conversation has changed a bit." That’s from Germany's environmental minister at the Bali conference on global warming . Yesterday, there was diplomatic bad blood between the US and Europe. Today, the head of the UN's Framework Convention on Climate Change says they're "on the brink of agreement."
Bequeathing a Ravaged Planet to Future Generations In 450 million years, there have been five mass extinctions of species around the world. The latest of was 65 million years ago. Now a sixth is underway, caused by human behavior. That's according to the fourth Global Environment Outlook , out today from the United Nations.
Should World Help Developing Nations Control Carbon Emissions? As leaders at the G8 Summit today reached a surprising agreement about reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, what about the role of rapidly growing and rapidly polluting, developing countries, such as China and India?
Should World Help Developing Nations Control Carbon Emissions? As leaders at the G8 Summit today reached a surprising agreement about reducing greenhouse-gas emissions, what about the role of rapidly growing and rapidly polluting, developing countries, such as China and India ? China's explosive economy is growing so fast that within twenty-five years, its total carbon dioxide emissions could be…
With Global Warming Already Here, What Do We Do about It? Climate change is no longer a question of "if" or "when." The impact of warming is evident right now—and so is the human contribution. Even if greenhouse-gas emissions are significantly reduced, the change is inevitable. So it's time to prepare for floods, droughts and other catastrophes.
New UN Report Calls Global Warming Unstoppable The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reviews the most recent studies of retreating ice, rising seas and warming temperatures, and reports on supercomputer simulations of what might happen next. Three days of wrangling by teams from more than 100 countries has produce a 20-page summary and the most urgent warning ever. It says…
Pressure on Bush to Address Global Warming in State of the Union There's national and international pressure on the Bush Administration to take action on global warming. The White House says the President will address the issue in next week's State of the Union message, but he won't advocate limits on greenhouse-gas emissions. Andrew Revkin reports on the environment for the New York Times .
Global Warming Conference, UK Report and US Politics in a Democratic Congress A British study predicts disruption comparable to world wars and depressions unless there's immediate action to curb climate change. This week in Kenya, 180 nations are trying to agree on timetables. On Capitol Hill, James Inhofe calls global warming "the greatest hoax perpetrated on the American people."
Schwarzenegger Promote Emissions Plan with NY's Pataki With much pre-election fanfare, Governor Schwarzenegger met with New York's Governor George Pataki today to talk about global warming . They met at the greenhouse-gas emissions trading-desk at Credit Suisse, one of the few financial institutions that has such a facility in New York.
What charter school growth has to do with the LA teachers strike The Los Angeles’ teachers strike has lasted a full school week . Class sizes and school staffing remain key sticking points in the impasse between United Teachers Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Who are the political players in the LA teachers strike? Thousands of LA public school teachers are going to be back out on the picket lines for a second day. They walked off the job Monday after failing to reach a contract agreement with the LA Unified School District, despite months of negotiations.
