Farmer Dana Putnam tries to tap a maple tree for sap, but is unsuccessful. His trees are producing less sap as the climate changes. Emma Newburger | CNBC ORANGE COUNTY, NY — Dana Putnam drilled into a maple tree, added a plastic tube and waited for the sap to flow. Nothing happened. It’s the end […]
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Amazon’s Jeff Bezos pledges $10 billion to launch Earth Fund for combating climate change
Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the new Amazon Spheres opening event at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters in Seattle, Washington, U.S., January 29, 2018. Lindsey Wasson | Reuters Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos on Monday announced the launch of a new Earth Fund that the e-commerce chief plans to use to combat the […]
Antarctica registers record temperature as climate change progresses
A frozen section of the Ross Sea at the Scott Base in Antarctica on November 12, 2016. Mark Ralston | AFP | Getty Images Antarctica just set its hottest temperature ever recorded at 64.9 degrees Fahrenheit as climate change continues to accelerate, according to measurements from an Argentinian research station thermometer. The reading was taken […]
Yankees, Dolphins fight back as climate change threatens stadiums
Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium will host about 65,000 fans on Super Bowl Sunday. While the biggest battle in football will last just one evening, the fight that stadium faces from the effects of climate change will go on indefinitely. It is not alone. Teams and stadiums across country are dealing with flooding, extreme storms, excessive […]
Climate crisis investors putting money towards sustainable future
The dangers of local weather change are already impacting traders, with more and more frequent local weather disasters like wildfires, drought, flooding and heatwaves threatening enterprise operations and properties the world over. Many traders are actually selecting to funnel their cash into investments that handle local weather change danger, and asset managers are dashing […]
Meet the climate activists camping in the cold at Davos
DAVOS, Switzerland — Youth local weather delegates from all over the world are collaborating in a “collaborative protest” towards the wealthy and highly effective by tenting in subzero temperatures on the World Economic Forum. The annual January get-together — which is commonly criticized for being out of contact with the actual world — is […]
Davos prepares for climate crisis showdown
President Donald Trump and Swedish local weather activist Greta Thunberg will each attend the World Economic Forum (WEF) this week, stirring up a heightened sense of intrigue within the Swiss Alpine city of Davos. The 50th version of the annual January get-together — which attracts policymakers and enterprise leaders from all over the […]
Zhenmeat, China plant based meat firm, seeks funding
A slider made of Zhenmeat’s plant-based meat alternative pictured in Shanghai, China on January 13, 2020. Arjun Kharpal | CNBC Chinese plant-based meat substitute start-up Zhenmeat is looking to raise around $2 million of funding this year as it expands across the world’s second-largest economy and fends off a potential challenge from U.S. rivals. Zhenmeat […]
