California auction raises $640 million for greenhouse gas fund.
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California raised an estimated $640 million for its greenhouse gas fund by auctioning permits to curb carbon emissions—a result that analysts said...
Another Hurricane Andrew could be a $300 billion catastrophe for booming Florida.
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Forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have upped their predictions of the number of and severity of upcoming storms during hurricane season....
California proves that environmental regulations don't kill profits.
To anyone who believes environmental regulation is poison for profits, California must be infuriating. The state’s pollution policies rarely wilt its perennially blooming economy....
Will the US ever build another big coal plant?
A small 17-megawatt power plant in Fairbanks, Alaska, is the only coal facility being built in the United States. University of Alaska Fairbanks
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'Urgent' need for rich world to help poor prepare for climate extremes: WMO head.
Weather agencies including Australia's must step up co-operation to close a "widening gap in capacity" with developing nations, with the urgency of action increasing...
As India's climate changes, farmers in the north experiment with new crops.
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In the upper reaches of the northern state of Uttarakhand, small villages are rain- and snow-fed. As snowfall has declined, farmers are...
Fracking jobs prove elusive for coal miners looking to switch.
Robert Dennis has mined coal in West Virginia for 10 years but a recent evening found him in a classroom at his local community...
Climate change costs India $10 billion every year: Government.
NEW DELHI: Extreme weather events are costing India $9-10 billion annually and climate change is projected to impact agricultural productivity with increasing severity from...
Some Democrats see tax overhaul as a path to taxing carbon.
By LISA FRIEDMANAugust 17, 2017With a sweeping overhaul of the tax code on the horizon, two Senate Democrats believe this is the moment to broach the...
Climate change risk prompts Super Fund to sell shares in oil, gas firms.
The New Zealand Superannuation Fund has sold shares in some of the world's biggest companies to reduce exposure to firms emitting greenhouse gases.
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