Reuters

U.S. Democrats in Congress squabbling over how best to invest in the fight against climate change will forge a compromise in coming months that could be signed into law by President Joe Biden, Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin predicts.

Covering Climate Now: Climate change talks this year aimed at keeping global warming in check need to consign coal power to history, the British president of the upcoming United Nations' conference said in a recent interview.

John Kerry and Gina McCarthy must deliver a new, ambitious pledge to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and win back trust from foreign allies in the coming days.

Global efforts to minimize the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic present an historic opportunity to scale up the technologies needed to speed a transition to cleaner energy, the head of the world's energy watchdog says.

"Today is Earth Day and that reminds us.. we need to tackle both the corona pandemic ... at the same time as we tackle climate and environmental emergency."  

A fuel demand meltdown caused by the coronavirus outbreak in the United States has started up a new fight between the oil and agriculture industries over the nation's biofuel policy, this time over whether the policy should be suspended or expanded as a result of the crisis.

Coronavirus lockdowns are pushing more city dwellers to grow fruit and vegetables in their homes.