Climate

Between cheap gas and carbon caps, oil sands face uncertain fate
Canada's potentially lucrative oil sands business faces serious economic challenges. It has some concerned about its future as environmental critics look for ways to keep the oil in the ground.
Paris climate change negotiations to enter an extra day
Delegates from nearly 200 countries will continue to talk past the original Friday night deadline, and hope to have an agreement Saturday. Conflicts over money and oversight remain as sticking points.
Much of the world perplexed that climate debate continues in U.S.
The 20th century's biggest carbon emitter is also one of the few advanced democracies where climate change is not accepted as fact. This makes it hard for some to trust U.S. efforts on the issue.
For the Marshall Islands, the climate goal Is '1.5 to stay alive'
The islands have more to lose than most any country at the Paris climate summit. Some territory is already disappearing under rising seas. The foreign minister explains the predicament.
Coleman, mayors address Mississippi River issues at Paris climate talks
Members of the Mississippi River Cities and Towns Initiative traveled to the U.N. Conference on Climate Change in France to learn how other river communities are addressing the challenges of water quality and climate change.
Is this Congressman's 'oversight' an effort to hobble climate science?
Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas is formally investigating a recent study on global warming. Smith calls the timing of the study's publication "suspicious." But many scientists call his tactics "bullying."
Beijing issues its first ever 'red alert' over air pollution
Schools were advised to cancel classes and some industrial plants have to slow or stop production. This is first time Beijing has issued a red alert since it instituted the warning system in 2013.