Climate Change

"With its roots in the tobacco industry, climate science denial talking points can be seen as manufactured doubt."

Climate change not only affects how much food is grown, but also how it gets to market. Storm surges, floods, and other extreme weather events around the world highlight the vulnerability of food distribution systems.

The UN climate talks that will culminate in Paris in December are hard to follow. Here's help.

"The Senate's top Republican is telling states to ignore a central part of President Barack Obama's plans to curb the pollution blamed for global warming."

"In a new chapter in Congress’s battle over climate change and how to address it, senators on the Environment and Public Works Committee are dueling over scientific conflicts of interest and academic freedom."

"The House Democrat defended his push for disclosure of funding sources, but says a request for professors’ communications was an 'overreach'."?

"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is looking to cut down on emissions from refrigerators."

"The conflict that has torn Syria apart can be traced, in part, to a record drought worsened by global warming, a new study says."

"Hundreds of farmers in the Central Valley were told Friday they can expect zero water deliveries this year from the federal government, the latest fallout from what is likely to be a fourth straight drought year in California."

"A University of Colorado environmental studies professor says he is the target of a congressman's "witch hunt" because he expressed doubt in congressional testimony about whether climate change is making natural disasters worse."