BY Ryan Chatelain Nationwide
UPDATED 11:23 AM ET Nov. 20, 2020 PUBLISHED 3:15 PM ET Nov. 19, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic has sent greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. businesses plummeting to their lowest level in nearly three decades, according to analysis from BloombergNEF, an energy research group.

Greenhouse gases generated by the economy are projected to drop to 5.9 billion metric tons in 2020, down 9.2% compared to last year, the study says. That is about the same level seen in 1983, when the U.S. economy was less than 40% its current size.

BY Associated Press and Spectrum News Staff International
PUBLISHED 3:47 PM ET Oct. 14, 2020

Earth sweltered to a record hot September last month, with U.S. climate officials saying there’s nearly a two-to-one chance that 2020 will end up as the globe’s hottest year on record.

BY Associated Press International
PUBLISHED 8:51 AM ET Sep. 27, 2020

JOHANNESBURG — In a year of cataclysm, some world leaders at this week’s annual United Nations meeting are taking the long view, warning: If COVID-19 doesn’t kill us, climate change will.

BY Susan Arbetter New York State
PUBLISHED 1:04 PM ET Jul. 30, 2020

The Restore Mother Nature Bond Act, which would have been the largest in state history, was supposed to reduce the risk of flooding for vulnerable communities, restore habitat, and prepare the state for climate change.

It’s become another victim of the COVID-19 pandemic.

BY Susan Arbetter New York State
PUBLISHED 3:36 PM ET Jun. 05, 2020

The state’s environmental agency said “no” once again to a pipeline that would have carried natural gas into New York City – the second time in three months that energy giant Williams has been foiled in New York.

Back in February, after an eight-year regulatory battle with activists and the state of New York, and after what the company called a diminished anticipated return on its investment, Williams pulled the Constitution Pipeline project.