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Climate and Energy News Roundup: April 2024
This year was the hottest February on record. Global ocean temperatures in February were also at an all-time high for any time of year.
This year was the hottest February on record. Global ocean temperatures in February were also at an all-time high for any time of year.
The debate over U.S. foreign aid is a distraction.
The U.S. Senate Committee on HELP announced Monday it will investigate the price of asthma inhalers made by four pharmaceutical companies.
Leading scientists warn that it’s “becoming inevitable” that countries will miss the ambitious target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius that they set eight years ago at the Paris Climate Agreement.
The U.S. House passed the NDAA for 2024 in a 310 to 118 vote today. The $886 billion legislation passed the U.S. Senate yesterday.
A new study by legendary climate scientist James Hansen and his colleagues has found that global warming is accelerating faster than anticipated.
In recent decades, a growing similarity has developed between the Chinese and U.S. economic systems. Despite the Chinese Communist Party’s talk of “socialism,” the rapidly-expanding Chinese economy has become increasingly capitalist.
Recent research indicates that accelerated ice melt in west Antarctica is inevitable for the rest of the century.
A UN climate report card on progress since the 2015 Paris Agreement says countries are trying, but urgently need to improve their efforts.
The University of Mary Washington is No. 11 among public liberal arts colleges on U.S. New & World Report’s 2024 “Best Colleges.”