CLIMATE CHANGE

Climate change issues should be tackled by the U.N., not in trade deals like the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the U.S. trade representative said.

2015 was also the first year when the global average temperature was more than 1 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels.

Falling oil prices are driving the need for creative ways to fund renewable technology, a panel of experts at the World Economic Forum said.

Researchers found the same amount of energy was put into the oceans during just the past 18 years as was added from 1865 to 1997.

The temporary moratorium will remain in place until the government completes a review of coal mining's impact on the environment.

President Barack Obama is looking to be a champion of two competing policy drives. But observers say he can’t have it both ways. 

The president focused Tuesday on fighting climate change -- after signing a bill that will speed up pipeline approvals.

The president said people who do not believe in climate science will be lonely in his last State of the Union address Tuesday night.

The leakage, which began in October, has released over 79,000 tons of the potent greenhouse gas methane so far and forced the evacuation of thousands of residents.

Temperatures in the North Pole rose above freezing Wednesday, as a "freak" storm created a low-pressure system over the region.

Almost 100,000 people will have been evacuated in Paraguay, the country hardest hit by the extreme flooding in South America.

Japan is attempting to revive the coral reef that forms the island of Okinotorishima, which it contends is needed for the country's military.

A new government report shows climate change 2.5 times faster than global average as Moscow sees record highs.

President Barack Obama is scheduled to conduct his end of the year press conference Friday after a busy year.

Former NASA scientist James Hansen on Saturday called the COP21 climate change conference in Paris "a fraud."

Leaders of almost 200 countries OK'd the pact that aims to hold the global temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.

The president touted the American team's role at the Paris conference, while arguing the country's investments in solar and wind energy are creating middle-class jobs.

In the wake of the new climate-change agreement, enthusiasm for sustainable energy-producing alternatives is likely to swell. Here are a few possibilities.

However, China and a number of other developing countries say they are pleased with the new agreement.

After more than 20 years of failed attempts, most of the world's countries have agreed to cap increases in temperatures and curb the consumption of fossil fuels.

The landmark agreement was presented to delegates in Paris Saturday after negotiators worked overtime to iron out differences.