Global Warming

Global Warming: Uncharted Territory Dead Ahead. March 2024 is the ninth consecutive month of record-setting heat, each month hotter, and according to NOAA scientists, ocean temperatures for 2023 were off the charts. Dr. Gavin Schmidt, Director, Goddard Institute for Space Studies: In general, the 2023 temperature anomaly has come out of the blue.

Donald Boudreaux: Cold weather kills about ten times the number of people who are killed by hot weather. New shipping routes between East Asia and Western Europe have opened because of the melting Arctic ice caps, a by-product of global warming.

Environmental Protection Agency recently said limits on automobile emissions in model years 2027-2032 will give drivers more clean vehicle choices. The regulations are, of course, intended to restrict consumers choices by forcing manufacturers to produce fewer cars that have tailpipe emissions. George Will: The Biden administrations costly and coercive crusade to replace internal combustion vehicles with electric vehicles is disproportionate to its minuscule climate impact.

New analysis finds "quite a big gap" between 51 companies emissions targets and their plans to actually achieve them. Despite minor improvements, major companies climate commitments remain critically insufficient to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit)

The European Court of Human Rights will hand down decisions in a trio of cases brought by a French mayor, six Portuguese youngsters and more than 2,000 members of Senior Women for Climate Protection. Lawyers for all three are hoping the Strasbourg court will find that national governments have a legal duty to make sure global warming is held to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels, in line with the goals of the Paris climate agreement.

The European Court of Human Rights will hand down decisions in a trio of cases brought by a French mayor, six Portuguese youngsters and more than 2,000 members of Senior Women for Climate Protection. Lawyers for all three are hoping the Strasbourg court will find that national governments have a legal duty to make sure global warming is held to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Decision against any of the countries involved could force them to reduce net emissions to zero by 2030.

The European Court of Human Rights will hand down decisions in a trio of cases brought by a French mayor, six Portuguese youngsters and more than 2,000 members of Senior Women for Climate Protection. Lawyers for all three argue national governments have a legal duty to make sure global warming is held to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels. Decision against any of the countries involved could force them to reduce net emissions to zero by 2030.

The European Court of Human Rights will hand down decisions in a trio of cases brought by a French mayor, six Portuguese youngsters and more than 2,000 members of Senior Women for Climate Protection. The decisions have the potential to be a watershed moment in the global fight for a livable future. A decision against any of the countries involved could force them to reduce net emissions to zero by 2030.

The European Court of Human Rights will hand down decisions in a trio of cases brought by a French mayor, six Portuguese youngsters and more than 2,000 members of Senior Women for Climate Protection. Lawyers for all three are hoping the Strasbourg court will find that national governments have a legal duty to make sure global warming is held to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

The European Court of Human Rights will hand down decisions in a trio of cases brought by a French mayor, six Portuguese youngsters and more than 2,000 members of Senior Women for Climate Protection. Lawyers for all three are hoping the Strasbourg court will find that national governments have a legal duty to make sure global warming is held to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial levels.