Tag: Global Warming

The public is increasingly worried about effects of climate change, John Podesta, a White House counselor on climate issues, said. (Getty Images File)

Energy and Environment

Obama climate adviser John Podesta vows flexible power-plant rules

Bloomberg News · February 25, 2014 5:00 am

Several lawsuits, bundled together into one case, oppose an Environmental Protection Agency program that requires large industrial sources to obtain Clean Air Act permits for their greenhouse gas emissions, which is blamed for global warming.

Supreme Court takes on greenhouse gas emissions case

Sean Lengell · February 24, 2014 5:00 am

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, announcing executive actions to combat climate change, said Wednesday that extreme weather was already harming farmers and livestock producers. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Legacy-seeking politicians preach the gospel of global warming

Ron Arnold · February 20, 2014 5:00 am

Tom Steyer

Beltway Confidential

Billionaire Democrat to invest in global warming campaign

Ashe Schow · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

Secretary of State John Kerry takes a "selfie" with a group of students before delivering a speech on climate change on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, in Jakarta, Indonesia. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)

Beltway Confidential

Global warming wants to kill you, just like terrorists

Ashe Schow · February 18, 2014 5:00 am

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

A warning buoy sits on the dry, cracked bed of Lake Mendocino near Ukiah, Calif., on Feb. 4. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

Energy and Environment

Examiner Editorial: No, Mr. President, drought and climate change aren’t linked

Washington Examiner · 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

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