The United States has long played an influential role in global climate diplomacy. Decades of wavering commitments have raised questions about whether the damage to the United States’ credibility as a ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. As delegates from nearly 200 countries gather for a major ...

The United States did not send a federal government delegation to the latest round of high-level global climate negotiations in Bonn, Germany, but the current administration’s foreign and economic ...

Governments often rely on taxes to both discourage and encourage behavior. In the climate space, carbon taxes on production—which are levied in proportion to the carbon generated—aim to motivate ...

The World Bank on Monday extended its climate change policy framework indefinitely, but dropped its targets for the percentage of financing that must have climate-related impacts, according to a ...

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The world's highest court Wednesday declared that states have a legal obligation to tackle climate change and that failing to do so was a "wrongful act" that could open the door to reparations. The ...

Pollution from wildfire smoke is increasing in the United States. Climate change is projected to exacerbate the problem, leading to 70,000 premature deaths each year by 2050. If no extra measures are ...

President Donald Trump will pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement, according to an executive order he signed Monday as one of his first acts after he took office. Subscribe to read ...

This story is part of a Grist package examining how President Trump's first 100 days in office have reshaped climate and environmental policy in the U.S. The United States has never really cared much ...