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Is Portland, or any place, a place to avoid climate change? That’s a dream

by Marina Schauffler November 13, 2016November 13, 2016

The New York Times wrongly depicts our city and others as safe havens from the impacts of polluting the planet.

by Marina Schauffler October 30, 2016

The candidates in next week’s election offer stark differences on turning back climate change.

Despite slightly cooler global temperatures in September, the year is still on pace to be the hottest on record.

by MWC Bot October 15, 2016

Hydrofluorocarbons are described as the world’s fastest-growing climate pollutant and are used in air conditioners and refrigerators.

by BRADLEY KLAPPER October 14, 2016October 15, 2016

The U.S. is part of an accord hailed by environmentalists.

by SETH BORENSTEIN September 20, 2016September 20, 2016

Floods, fires and droughts added to record heat that failed to ease at night, ‘one of the clearest signals’ for climate change.

He returns from a three-day fact-finding trip with plan to call for more U.S. icebreakers to clear Arctic trade routes.

by BRADY McCOMBS August 25, 2016

The tiny mountain dweller is finding slopes too hot and dry in the summer and too bare of snow in winter.

by SETH BORENSTEIN August 24, 2016

A slight warming can now be tracked to around 1850 in North America, Europe and Asia, rather than the late 1800s.

by SETH BORENSTEIN August 15, 2016August 16, 2016

Calculations show that July 2016 was 1.51 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the 1950-1980 global average.