Tag: Climate Change

Kerry: Climate Change Is ‘the World’s Largest Weapon of Mass Destruction’

Daniel Halper · February 16, 2014 4:41 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, second from right, tours the Istiqlal Mosque on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Jakarta. The Istiqlal Mosque is the largest mosque in Southeast Asia, capable of holding 120,000 people, and is the National Mosque of Indonesia. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, Pool)

Energy and Environment

John Kerry calls climate change deniers members of ‘Flat Earth Society’

Brian Hughes · February 16, 2014 5:00 am

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, center left, looks over his notes before delivering remarks on climate change after a tour of the Foton Cummins Engine plant in Beijing, China Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. Kerry toured the plant and made remarks on climate change cooperation between the United States and China. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Kerry in Indonesia to talk climate change

Matthew Lee · February 15, 2014 6:15 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, torques an engine bolt during a tour of the Foton Cummins Engine plant in Beijing, China Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014. Kerry toured the plant and made remarks on climate change cooperation between the United States and China. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

US, China promise improved climate cooperation

Washington Examiner · February 15, 2014 5:38 am

President Obama speaks about drought conditions on a local farm with Joe Del Bosque, right, and Maria Gloria Del Bosque, of Empresas Del Bosque, Inc., in Los Banos, Calif., on Friday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Obama: Climate change makes droughts ‘harsher, costlier’

Brian Hughes, Susan Crabtree · February 15, 2014 5:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry walks with other delegates during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation ministerial meeting in Bali, Indonesia, on Oct. 5. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

Energy and Environment

John Kerry in Indonesia to talk climate change

Associated Press · February 15, 2014 5:00 am

Bill Nye, an educator who gained fame in the 1990s as the "Science Guy" on children's television, will tackle a more adult audience Sunday when he debates Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., on the issue of climate change on NBC's "Meet the Press." (AP Photo)

Energy and Environment

‘Science Guy’ Bill Nye to debate Rep. Marsha Blackburn on climate change

Sean Lengell · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

AP10ThingsToSee - A discarded computer keyboard lies on the dry, cracked bed of the Almaden Reservoir in San Jose, Calif. on Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 during the state's worst drought in recorded history. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Energy and Environment

Obama to link California drought to climate change

Brian Hughes · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

An electronic sign warns of a severe drought in California. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)

Energy and Environment

White House: US ‘already being hurt by climate change’

Meghashyam Mali · February 14, 2014 5:00 am

Smoke rises from the Colstrip Steam Electric Station, a coal-burning power plant in Colstrip, Mont., on July 1. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

Energy and Environment

House GOP to push World Bank on climate policy

Zack Colman · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

Federal law requires the EPA to review standards for ozone pollution, which occurs when hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide from power plants, fuel exhausts and other sources combine with sunlight, every five years.

Energy and Environment

States use ALEC-backed bills to kill EPA power plant rules

Zack Colman · February 10, 2014 5:00 am

The U.S. has boosted its economy while cutting emissions faster than the EU, and it's done so without federally mandated action on carbon dioxide emissions. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Energy and Environment

Manhattan Moment: If you want to destroy the economy, copy Europe’s energy policies

Robert Bryce · February 7, 2014 5:00 am