News and policies on climate change

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Another Polar Vortex Is Blasting the U.S. With Harsh Winter Weather. So How Is Climate Change Involved?

Inside Climate News reports on how a recent study explains how warmer temperatures at the top of the planet destabilize the jet stream and allow colder air to travel south.
Climate 'whiplash' link to raging LA fires

According to the BBC News, climate change has made the vegetation that's driving the LA fires more ready to burn, scientists say.
Jimmy Carter raised climate change concerns 35 years before the Paris Accords

The AP reports that environmental advocates are remembering Carter, who died on Dec. 29 at the age of 100, as a president who elevated environmental stewardship, energy conservation and discussions about the global threat of rising carbon dioxide levels.
US Chamber, oil industry sue Vermont over law requiring companies to pay for climate change damage

The AP reports that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and a top oil and gas industry trade group are suing Vermont over its new law requiring that fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused over several decades by climate change.
2024 to become the hottest year on record

The UN News reports that the year 2024 is set to be the warmest on record, capping a decade of unprecedented heat fuelled by human activities, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Climate change added 41 days of dangerous heat around world in 2024

The Associated Press reports that people around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate change.
Grief, Hope, Joy: Faith in the Time of Climate Change

Inside Climate News share how leaders from different spiritual traditions share their unique approaches to wrestling with existential climate fears.
Are we seeing fewer white Christmases due to climate change?

According to USA Today, as the planet warms due to human-caused climate change, the probability of seeing snow at Christmas is becoming increasingly unlikely, recent studies and reports have shown.
Biden Sets Higher U.S. Goal Under the Climate Pact That Trump Aims to Abandon

Inside Climate News reports that The White House says a 61 percent cut in U.S. carbon emissions by 2035 is possible under the Paris agreement, if state and local governments take the lead.
Global warming can’t be ignored, Montana’s top court says, upholding landmark climate case

The Associated Press reports that Montana’s Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld a landmark climate ruling that said the state was violating residents’ constitutional right to a clean environment by permitting oil, gas and coal projects without regard for global warming.

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