Eye On Weather: Sea Level Rise Could Have Big Impact In Boston
BOSTON (CBS) — New England life has always featured a close connection to the sea. And when our ancestors were checking out the landscape, they knew what they were doing. They found a wonderful, large,...
View ArticleEye On Weather: Winter Weather Outlook
BOSTON (CBS) — This year, WBZ-TV’s meteorologists say you can count on a classic New England winter and all the snow and ice that comes along with it. All that precipitation doesn’t mean an end to the...
View ArticleGlobal Warming Is Robbing Us Of Nice Weather, Study Finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — Global warming is going to steal away some of those postcard-perfect weather days in the future, according to a first-of-its-kind projection of nice weather. On average, Earth will...
View ArticleBill Would Bar Discrimination Toward Climate Change Doubters
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Maine laws protect people from discrimination based on factors such as race, disabilities and sexual orientation, and a Republican lawmaker wants to add a person’s beliefs about...
View ArticleProtesters Mark President Trump’s First 100 Days With Boston Common Rally
BOSTON (CBS/AP) — Organizers of a rally on Boston Common say they’re marking President Donald Trump’s first 100 days in office by protesting his agenda so far. The rally was part of a nationwide chain...
View ArticleMass. Senate To Launch Renewable Energy, Climate Change Tour
BOSTON (AP) — The Massachusetts Senate is launching a tour that will stop in nine regions of the state to hear from citizens about their thoughts on renewable energy and climate change. The Senate...
View ArticleGov. Baker Commits Massachusetts To U.S. Climate Alliance
BOSTON (AP) — Republican Gov. Charlie Baker says Massachusetts is joining a coalition of states vowing to uphold the Paris climate accord. The Democratic governors of California, New York and...
View ArticleParis Climate Decision Could Accelerate Damage To Trump Properties
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris climate agreement could accelerate damage to his family’s real estate empire in the coming decades, especially his...
View ArticleHow Boston’s Preparing For Rising Sea Levels
BOSTON (CBS) – Boston is one of more than 300 cities across 47 states choosing to adopt the goals of the Paris Accord, with or without President Trump. But this latest push is nothing new for the hub....
View ArticleMassachusetts Businesses Taking Climate Change Seriously
BOSTON (CBS) – Boston is now one of several U.S. cities posting climate change research data that’s been taken down from the EPA website. This week, the city launched the new site,...
View ArticleDebate Heats Up Over Teaching Climate Change In Schools
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The struggle over what American students learn about global warming is heating up as conservative lawmakers, climate change doubters and others attempt to push rejected or...
View ArticleHarvard Study: Clean Air Can Have Deadly Consequences
BOSTON (CBS) — There is a lot of talk about climate change but we often forget that the same pollutants warming the earth are also making it hard for us to breathe. As Dr. Mallika Marshall reports,...
View ArticleFall Could Be Warmer Than Usual, According To Report
CBS Local– Fans of fall may have to wait a bit longer for the weather they’re expecting this year as a report from the Weather Channel says this autumn will be warmer than normal. The Weather Channel...
View ArticleNew Miss America Not Afraid To Say Trump Is Wrong On Climate Change
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Cara Mund is not worried that she may begin her year-long reign as Miss America by starting a Twitter war with the nation’s Tweeter-In-Chief. The 23-year-old Miss North...
View ArticleKeller @ Large: Time To Take Climate Change Seriously
BOSTON (CBS) – This has been some storm season, hasn’t it? From Houston getting swamped by Harvey, to Irma hammering the Caribbean and parts of Florida, to the nightmare that’s unfolding in Puerto...
View Article15,000 Scientists From All Over The World Issue ‘Warning To Humanity’
CBS Local — Twenty-five years after a small group of scientists penned the first “warning to humanity” in 1992, a new letter has been created that says time is running out to save the planet. Over...
View ArticleScientists Say Chocolate May Be Extinct By 2050
CBS Local — Chocolate lovers may want to sit down before reading this because scientists are forecasting that climate change may force the plants that produce chocolate into extinction by 2050....
View ArticleBoth Sides In Keystone XL Debate Bend Facts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supporters of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would run from Canada to the Gulf, say the privately funded, $8 billion project is a critically needed piece of infrastructure that will...
View ArticleClimate Change Is Making Your Allergies Worse
BOSTON (CBS) – Are your allergies driving you mad? According to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology, climate change could be to blame. There’s been a sudden rise in the number of...
View ArticleClimate Change To Cause Global Beer Shortage, Study Says
(CNN) — Beer is the prom king of alcoholic beverages, winning the popularity contest in terms of total volumes drunk. And because its main ingredient, barley, is sensitive to extreme drought and heat,...
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