The president touted U.S. plans to cut methane emissions and boost climate funding to developing countries in an address that sought to reclaim the mantle of global leadership on efforts to limit climate change.
Pakistan’s top climate official blamed climate change for the country’s deadliest flooding in more than a decade, as intense monsoon rains washed away villages and crops, killing more than 900 people since late June.
Senate Democrats met behind closed doors to discuss a revived package aimed at lowering carbon emissions and curbing healthcare costs, a day after Sen. Joe Manchin threw his support behind a deal.
Researchers say trees set aside as part of cap-and-trade system are releasing carbon as they burn in fires that are more destructive than regulators had anticipated.
