Latest Climate Change Headlines
All the headlines from our Climate Change Topic Page, ordered by recency.
It Could Be Trump or the Weather, But More People Think Climate Change Is Real
Mar 16 2017 // You can blame it on the weather, or you can blame it on Trump. A record number of Americans are concerned about global warming, believe it is occurring and consider it a serious threat that is caused by human activity. A...
Appliances to Pipelines: Trump Plans Major Rollback of Obama Climate Change Rules
Mar 15 2017 // President Donald Trump is set to sign a sweeping directive to dramatically shrink the role climate change plays in decisions across the government, ranging from appliance standards to pipeline approvals, according to a...
Nationwide Says Extreme Weather Brings Bigger Claims, Need for Disaster Plans
Mar 2 2017 // More extreme weather has led to more extreme insurance claims in the U.S. over the past few years. In a review of more than 100,000 commercial catastrophe claims during a 10-year period, Mark A. Anderson, a claims...
What Happens if Trump Pulls U.S. Out of Paris Agreement?
Feb 16 2017 // Dam climate change. An opinion piece in the New York Times is offering a tie-in between global warming and the potential disaster unfolding at the Oroville Dam in Northern California. “After five years of...
Can Climate Change Make The Groundhog A Better Forecaster?
Feb 2 2017 // Donald Trump has no problem saying what he’s thinking – as he proved during a phoner with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Saturday. This could make one wonder how he’ll treat Prince Charles –...
Trump Advisor Says U.S. Will Change Climate Policy, Pull Out of Paris Agreement
Jan 31 2017 // The United States will switch course on climate change and pull out of a global pact to cut emissions, said Myron Ebell, who headed U.S. President Donald Trump’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) transition team...
Report: Trump Administration Orders Removal of Climate Page from EPA’s Website
Jan 25 2017 // U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration has instructed the Environmental Protection Agency to remove the climate change page from its website, two agency employees told Reuters, the latest move by the newly...
Global Temperatures Hit Record High for 3rd Year in Row in 2016
Jan 19 2017 // World temperatures hit a record high for the third year in a row in 2016, creeping closer to a ceiling set by the Paris climate change deal, with extremes including unprecedented heat in India and ice melt in the Arctic,...
California’s Climate Risk Database Calls Out Insurer Carbon Investments
Jan 18 2017 // A new interactive database with extensive information on insurer investments in fossil fuels was unveiled today by California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. Jones released the results of his Climate Risk Carbon...
New Climate Index Shows Extreme Weather Is Now 3 Times More Frequent
Jan 12 2017 // Extreme weather over the last five years has been occurring with a regularity that’s about three times the norm, according to a newly created index from a group of number crunchers. The Actuaries Climate Index, which...
Social Polarization, Inequality Raise Potential for Risk, Disruption: WEF
Jan 12 2017 // Rising inequality and social polarization are set to shape world developments for the next decade after contributing to Britain’s decision to leave the European Union and the ballot-box success of U.S....
Wisconsin DNR Backtracks on Climate Change Cause
Dec 30 2016 // The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has quietly removed language from its website that said humans and greenhouse gases are the main cause of climate change. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports the website now...
Why Free Market Believers Should Naturally Accept Climate Change Science
Dec 30 2016 // Are you someone who has faith in the power of free markets? Then you should naturally accept the evidence that human activity is bringing about climate change. Free and competitive markets work efficiently in large part...
Trump vs. California Climate Battle Brewing
Dec 29 2016 // California vs. Trump, so to speak, is shaping up to be a heavyweight match. On one side is the world’s sixth (or so) largest economy – home to Disneyland, Hollywood and Big Sur. On the other is the reality show...
Top 12 Insurance Trends and News Stories of 2016: Countdown
Dec 27 2016 // In the year 2016, as in past years, there were the familiar or continuing stories including reinsurers still wishing and hoping for a hardening market; property/casualty insurance carriers reporting financial results...
Activist Kids in Washington Allowed to Go Forward with Climate Case
Dec 22 2016 // Eight Seattle children should have “their day in court” to argue that Washington state and others aren’t protecting them from climate change, a judge ruled. King County Superior Court Judge Hollis Hill on...
2017 Predictions for Insurtech, Australia D&O & India Cyber Insurance, Part 2
Dec 20 2016 // Insurtech was an insurance buzzword in 2016 and that’s likely to continue next year when it will permeate almost every aspect of U.S. industry, according to a prediction from international law firm Clyde &...
Climate Scientists Coming to Terms with Skeptical Trump Administration
Dec 20 2016 // Climate scientists worried that President-elect Donald Trump will slash their budgets and sideline their research are entering survival mode, trimming the words “climate change” from study proposals,...
Is Climate Change Causing Colder Weather and More Snow in Eastern U.S.?
Dec 15 2016 // Baby, it’s cold outside. And guess what? Climate change could make it even colder. December’s a great time to talk about climate change and global warming – it’s cold and blustery across many parts of...
G20 Task Force to Ask Firms to Disclose How They Manage Climate Risks
Dec 14 2016 // A global task force set up to try to prevent market shocks from the warming of the planet will ask companies to disclose how they manage risks to their business from climate change and greenhouse gas emission...
