The Trump administration’s rollback of Obama-era mileage standards marks a win for Americans who like their SUVs and pickup trucks

As Italy locks down its cities to halt the spread of the coronavirus, residents in Venice are starting to see a change to their canals. The waterways of Venice have cleared with the new lack of boat traffic, as seen in footage captured early March.

The coronavirus outbreak has, at least in part, contributed to a noticeable drop in pollution and greenhouse gas emissions in some nations.

Join Doug on a California coastal journey to see the challenges our parks and beaches face as sea levels are rising rapidly, and the choices we need to consider now if we hope to make our coastal treasures as resilient as possible.

Sea Level Rise

An investigation by NBC Bay Area has found more than two dozen major construction projects worth billions of dollars – either recently completed or still in development or – located in areas along San Francisco Bay that scientific computer models show will be flooded or surrounded by water by 2050 or earlier.

An investigation by NBC Bay Area has found more than two dozen major construction projects worth billions of dollars – either recently completed or still in development – located in areas along San Francisco Bay that scientific computer models show will be flooded or surrounded by water by 2050 or earlier. NBC Bay Area Senior Investigative Reporter Stephen Stock reports.

Two pictures show the melting of the ice cap Eagle Island in Antarctica over a nine-day period this month as the region reaches its hottest temperatures on record.

An investigation by NBC Bay Area has found more than two dozen major construction projects worth billions of dollars – either recently completed or still in development or – located in areas along San Francisco Bay that scientific computer models show will be flooded or surrounded by water by 2050 or earlier. Stephen Stock reports.

The city of Hermosa beach is using virtual reality technology to teach people about climate destruction, and what the future of the beach city will look like if big changes aren’t made — including some of the city being underwater. Scientists Hermosa Beach’s sandy shoreline could be gone by the year 2100, submerged after a five-and-a-half foot rise in sea…

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Monday that he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change.

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian told CNBC on Friday the company is going “fully carbon neutral” starting March 1. “It’s a big challenge and it’s a big commitment,” Bastian said on “Squawk Box.” Delta is committing at least $1 billion over the next decade to reduce environmental impact, focusing on clean technological investments for engines and carbon removal, he added....

The planet experienced the hottest January in recorded history last month, marking the latest milestone in a string of climate records that have been broken in recent years, NBC News reports.

A climate emergency in Silicon Valley was declared Thursday night by the Valley Transportation Board in a move to bring more immediacy to combating greenhouse gas emissions and work toward more sustainable transportation in the South Bay.

A lawyer for the cities of Oakland and San Francisco asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to reinstate their climate-change lawsuits against five oil companies.

Lawmakers have commemorated wildfire victims and praised the heroism of firefighters in Australia’s Parliament as hundreds of protesters rallied outside demanding more policy action on climate change

Two lawmakers in Sweden have nominated Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg for the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize

Climate activist Greta Thunberg has brushed off criticism and mockery from U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin

Scientists warned Thursday that Earth is inching closer to disaster. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved its symbolic Doomsday Clock closer to midnight, indicating that the likeliness of a human-caused apocalypse has increased since last year.

The 17-year-old Swedish activist wasted little time on Tuesday to push back against U.S. President Donald Trump’s description of climate campaigners as “the perennial prophets of doom” who predict the “apocalypse.”