Climate Change Archives - The Westside Story

Central banks call for green investment, assessment of climate risks

Apr 17, 2019

A group of major financial institutions including 30 central banks has called for measures to promote green investment, and for the finance sector to assess the risks associated with climate change, according t...

Canada is warming twice as fast as the rest of the world

West Side Story

Apr 2, 2019

Environment, Science, World

Canada is warming twice as quickly as the rest of the world, according to a new report from the Canadian Environment and Climate Change department, detailed by CNN on Tuesday. Since the earliest available re...

Judge rules drilling projects must consider emissions, in blow to Trump’s energy policy

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Mar 21, 2019

Environment, Policy, Science

A federal judge has issued a ruling against new drilling projects on public land, saying they had failed to account for greenhouse emissions, in the first major rebuke of the Trump administration’s push to incr...

An iceberg twice the size of New York City is set to break off from Antarctica

West Side Story

Feb 26, 2019

Environment, Science

An iceberg twice the size of New York City will break off of Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf, as a result of two growing fissures in the ice shelf that are on course to meet. NASA is tracking the process, which co...

The world is getting greener, with China and India leading the effort

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Feb 17, 2019

Environment, Science, World

The planet is getting greener, with an expansion of vegetation coverage over the last two decades equivalent to the area covered by the Amazon rainforest, according to a new study, covered by BBC News. Surprisi...

2020 Democrats should put climate change front and center

West Side Story

Jan 23, 2019

Environment, Opinion, Policy, Science

US Presidential elections have started earlier and earlier in recent decades, and 2020 will be no different, with several Democratic candidates having officially announced plans to run, and many more having sig...

New report projects annual carbon emissions will reach an all-time high in 2018

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Dec 5, 2018

Environment, Science

Global carbon emissions are projected to reach an all-time high in 2018, according to a new report from the Global Carbon Project. For the prior three years, increases in carbon emissions had slowed considerabl...

Brazil backs out of hosting next year’s UN climate conference

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Nov 29, 2018

Environment, Science, World

Brazil has withdrawn its invitation to host global climate talks next year, according to The Hill, following the election of president-elect Jair Bolsonaro, who has threatened to withdraw the nation from the P...

UN report says global emissions decline must triple to meet Paris targets

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Nov 27, 2018

Environment, Science

A new UN report suggests nations will need to triple their current emissions reduction efforts in order to keep global warming contained to the 2 degrees Celsius that scientists say will limit the worst effects...

Trump administration agencies issue new, dire climate change warning

West Side Story

Nov 23, 2018

Environment, Science

The fourth National Climate Assessment report was released Friday, and warns that damage from climate change is already occurring across the US, according to the Washington Post. The congressionally mandated re...

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