US to Poor Countries: "Just Use Your Imagination!"

onAug 7, 2008 @ 08:55 PDT

The National Center for Atmospheric Research, an important hub for work on the causes and consequences of climate change, has shut down a program focused on strengthening poor countries’ ability to forecast and withstand droughts, floods and other climate-related hazards.

The move, which center officials say resulted from the shrinking of federal science budgets, is being denounced by many experts on environmental risk, who say such research is more crucial than ever in a world with rising populations exposed to climate threats.

By Ross Gelbspan

uk/Kemi Badenoch Accepted £7,500 Retreat from Chair of Climate Denial Group

BySam Bright

onMar 24, 2026 @ 11:07 PDT

The Tory leader spent a week at the home of a major party donor.

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Climate Disasters Hit Homeowners Through Insurance Bills, and States Want Big Oil to Pay

BySharon Kelly

onMar 24, 2026 @ 08:50 PDT

After surviving a California wildfire, one family saw premiums quadruple — as states consider laws to force fossil fuel companies to pay for the soaring costs of climate catastrophes they helped create.