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• Judge blocks Polar Bear rule

  October 18, 2011 6:14 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge has thrown out a key section of an Interior Department rule that declared global warming is threatening the survival of the polar bear. U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan ruled that the Bush administration did not complete a required environmental review when it said... more »

• Perry says he doesn't believe in global warming

  August 17, 2011 8:10 PM

  BEDFORD, N.H. (AP) - Rick Perry says he does not believe in global warming. The newest Republican presidential candidate also says he would not have signed the debt-ceiling compromise brokered by Republicans and Democrats. The Texas governor made the comments as he launched a two-day New Hampshire campaign tour. He... more »

• Senators: Obama wants tax on carbon emissions

  June 29, 2010 1:18 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - Senators say President Barack Obama is insisting that any energy legislation put a price on carbon emissions - something many Republicans call an energy tax they can't accept. Sens. John Kerry and Joe Lieberman told reporters after meeting with the president Tuesday that Obama was clear... more »

• Colorado senators back EPA in global warming

  June 10, 2010 8:23 AM

  Colorado's two Democratic senators have affirmed support for federal environmental regulators as the Senate prepared to take its first vote on a measure some see as a test of the Senate's stand on climate change. Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet both have vowed to vote against a Republican-led... more »

• Actor Danny Glover to speak tonight

  March 15, 2010 4:51 PM

  Actor and activist Danny Glover will speak in Pueblo tonight, at an event hosted by CSU-Pueblo. Probably best known for his role in the Lethal Weapon movies, he has been a mainstay in Hollywood since a bit part in Escape from Alcatraz in 1979. He's also known as a... more »

• Former military commander warns against climate-security link

  January 27, 2010 6:35 PM

  The retired Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet is urging President Barack Obama to appoint an independent panel of experts to evaluate climate change before linking it to national security. Adm. James A. Lyons, Jr., USN (Ret.), released an open letter to President Barack Obama that reads, in part,... more »

• Study: Cooler '08 in N. America was anomaly

  December 5, 2009 11:27 AM

  Cooler temperatures in North America last year do not mean global warming is easing, according to a new study announced Friday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The study comes just days before President Barack Obama heads to Copenhagen, Denmark, to speak at a United Nations conference on... more »

• Studies: Fighting global warming reduces diseases

  November 25, 2009 8:00 AM

  Cutting global warming pollution would not only make the planet healthier, it would make people healthier too. That's according to U.S. and world officials who are releasing studies that calculate the health benefits of a less sickly climate. The studies suggest slashing carbon dioxide emissions could save millions of... more »

• Scientist: Stolen e-mails show nasty politics of global warming

  November 24, 2009 8:00 AM

  A leading climate change scientist says hackers breaking into a university's computer server and then posting researchers' documents online show the "nasty" politics of global warming. Hackers broke into The University of East Anglia, in eastern England, and stole about a decade's worth of data from its Climatic Research... more »

• Poll: Americans' belief in global warming cools

  October 22, 2009 10:44 AM

  The number of Americans who believe there is solid evidence that the Earth is warming because of pollution is at its lowest point in three years. That's the conclusion of a national survey released Thursday by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. The poll of 1,500... more »

• Maldives officials dive for climate change

  October 17, 2009 7:32 AM

  The president of the Maldives says he's trying to make people realize his low-lying island nation is a "frontline state" facing the threat of global warming. To that end, President Mohammed Nasheed convened a Cabinet meeting today about 20 feet deep at the bottom of a lagoon. The Maldives is... more »

• Alarming' melt of glaciers in Indian Kashmir

  October 13, 2009 2:26 PM

  Indian Kashmir's glaciers are melting fast because of rising temperatures, threatening the water supply of millions of people in the Himalayan region, a new study by Indian scientists says. The study by Kashmir University's geology and geophysics department blamed the effect on climate change, and said it endangered the... more »

• EU says US must join climate funding

  October 2, 2009 12:15 PM

  The European Union says the United States should join it in stumping up cash to help poor developing nations to cope with climate change. Sweden's finance minister says Europe wanted the U.S. to "also put their weight behind the issue" ahead of global talks in December on a new pact... more »

• World's oceans warmest on record this summer

  September 19, 2009 12:53 PM

  Sea-surface temperatures worldwide have been the hottest on record over the last three months, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Ocean temperatures averaged 62.5 degrees Fahrenheit in the June-August period, 1 degree higher than normal. Last month also saw the warmest August sea-surface temperatures on record... more »