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Marshall leads coalition to intervene in energy policy court case

Both the Obama and Trump administrations fought to have the case dismissed, arguing that the U.S. Constitution gives the judicial branch no such policy-making power.
June 16, 2021

A look back at APR’s coverage of climate change in 2019

APR began covering climate change during the summer of 2019, and in that time we looked closer at its impacts on Alabama and elsewhere, what’s being done to address them and the problems people have simply discussing climate change. Here’s a closer look at what we’ve learned in the last five months.  We started our … Continued
December 31, 2019

More than 11,000 scientists worldwide warn of “climate emergency”

In strongly worded new report signed by more than 11,000 scientists in 153 countries the authors lay bare a “climate emergency” they say requires rapid changes in the way humans live to prevent the worst predictions from coming true.  Titled the “World scientists’ warning of a climate emergency” the report, published Tuesday in the journal … Continued
November 8, 2019

Former Exxon scientists tell congress they knew in 1982 impact fossil fuels would have on climate

Editor’s note: Eddie Burkhalter is a staff writer at Alabama Political Reporter and a fellow at the Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship. The program is a partnership between the Poynter Institute and the Charles Koch Institute. Charles G. Koch is chairman of the board for the Charles Koch Institute and CEO of the multinational petroleum … Continued
October 25, 2019

Trial begins for Exxon, accused of misleading investors on climate change costs

Editor’s note: Eddie Burkhalter is a staff writer at Alabama Political Reporter and a fellow at the Poynter-Koch Media and Journalism Fellowship. The program is a partnership between the Poynter Institute and the Charles Koch Institute. Charles G. Koch is director of the Charles Koch Institute and CEO of the multinational petroleum company Koch Industries. … Continued
October 23, 2019

Goldman Sachs report analyzes climate change impacts

Investment banking powerhouse Goldman Sachs’s recent report predicts climate change will drive the “largest infrastructure buildout in history” as cities spend big to mitigate rising seas, flooding, increasingly strong storms longer and more intense heat waves and threats to food and water supplies.  The report by Global Market Institute, Goldman Sachs’ research think tank, states … Continued
October 1, 2019

New U.N. report finds sea levels rising faster, oceans getting hotter

Flooding along coastal regions and monster tropical storms are becoming more severe and more frequent, and sea levels are rising more rapidly than was predicted because of human-caused climate change, according to scientists.  In a new report released Wednesday and written by more than 100 authors, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change warned that unless … Continued
September 26, 2019