CLIMATE CHANGE

A new government report shows climate change 2.5 times faster than global average as Moscow sees record highs.

President Barack Obama is scheduled to conduct his end of the year press conference Friday after a busy year.

Former NASA scientist James Hansen on Saturday called the COP21 climate change conference in Paris "a fraud."

Leaders of almost 200 countries OK'd the pact that aims to hold the global temperature increase below 2 degrees Celsius above preindustrial levels.

The president touted the American team's role at the Paris conference, while arguing the country's investments in solar and wind energy are creating middle-class jobs.

In the wake of the new climate-change agreement, enthusiasm for sustainable energy-producing alternatives is likely to swell. Here are a few possibilities.

However, China and a number of other developing countries say they are pleased with the new agreement.

After more than 20 years of failed attempts, most of the world's countries have agreed to cap increases in temperatures and curb the consumption of fossil fuels.

The landmark agreement was presented to delegates in Paris Saturday after negotiators worked overtime to iron out differences.

A years-long effort for a universal pact to prevent catastrophic climate change may be concluding.

Diplomats are racing to resolve a handful of key sticking points this weekend as countries seek to dramatically reduce their dependence on fossil fuels.

The U.S. senator from Texas, a Republican candidate for president, says he doesn't believe in climate change. He's also getting a lot of money from the oil industry.

Christiana Figueres, the U.N. climate change chief since 2010, is tasked with persuading the world's leaders to tackle the climate crisis at COP21 in Paris this week.

A new study, presented at the climate summit in Paris, suggests a drop in China's coal consumption may have reduced global carbon dioxide emissions this year.

Ethiopia is experiencing its worst drought in decades, attributed to El Niño, a weather phenomenon that impacts rainfall patterns and temperatures around the world.

In the proposal released Monday, the Vermont senator vowed to impose a carbon tax on the country's worst polluters and create a 100 percent clean energy system.

David Crane stepped down this week as head of the New Jersey power company amid investor unhappiness over Crane's renewable energy push.

The tech giant's latest investment would add 842 megawatts to its clean energy capacity -- boosting its renewable energy capacity to 2 gigawatts.

Emissions and rising temperatures are already having a devastating impact on the continent, where nations lack resources to confront the impacts of climate change.

According to a new survey, over the past decade, climate change has forced a large number of people from three Pacific island nations -- Kiribati, Tuvalu and Nauru -- to flee their countries.

According to a new report by Oxfam, the poorest half of the world — approximately 3.5 billion people — are responsible for only 10 percent of all carbon emissions.