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Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said Tuesday he will put on hold about 20 applications to export liquefied natural gas until he reviews studies by the Energy Department and others on what impact the exports would have on domestic natural gas supplies and prices.

When it comes to global warming, things may not be quite as bad as we thought. According to a recent study in Nature Geoscience , global warming seems to have leveled off over the past decade, meaning that some of the most dire climate change predictions could be a thing of the past.

A study in the journal Nature Climate Change suggests that heat deaths in Manhattan will increase over the rest of this century in connection with higher temperatures associated with global warming.

On Monday a massive and devastating tornado struck Moore, Okla., bringing death and destruction to the community south of Oklahoma City.

A federal appeals panel has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a group of Mississippi Gulf Coast residents and landowners who alleged that emissions by energy companies contributed to global warming, which intensified Hurricane Katrina, which, in turn, damaged their property.

The greenhouse gases have reached 400ppm in the atmosphere but emissions keep growing and the political situation needed to curb them is still elusive.

Auto enthusiasts were thrilled last week as green automaker Tesla made it into the black , earning $11 million profit on revenue of $562 million in the first quarter of 2013.

Thanks to humanity's addiction to fossil fuels, carbon dioxide levels are the highest they've been in at least 3 million years.

Energy. The term itself has its roots in a word used by Aristotle, one a modern English speaker might recognize: "enA©rgeia." Roughly translated from ancient Greek it means "at work." And although our modern understanding of energy wasn't realized until a century ago, courtesy of Albert Einstein, "at work" is an appropriate way to think about ... (more)

The residents of Manhattan and New York are already feeling the effects of global warming after experiencing Hurricanes Irene and Superstorm Sandy.

While not everyone can become a full-time climate activist, it is still possible to contribute to the battle against global warming.

Wouldn't it be nice to live in a world where armchair experts gave up fighting over whether climate change is occurring? Scientists have the thankless job of fact-checking books like the ones sent out by the Heartland Institute.

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., June 7, 2011 -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave a speech on May 23 in Washington, D.C., in which he said, "I envision an Israel that can dedicate even more of its creative and scientific talents to help solve some of the great challenges of the day, foremost of which is finding a clean and affordable substitute ... (more)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry sitting next to U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski during the Arctic Council Ministerial Session in Kiruna, Sweden, on Wednesday.

A man tries to cool himself with a bottle of water during the a heatwave in New York City.

Humanity has a second chance to stop dangerous climate change. Temperature data from the last decade offers an unexpected opportunity to stay below the agreed international target of 2 A C of global warming.

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New research from Oxford University shows the rate of global warming has been lower over the past decade than it was previously.

Coastal erosion exposes columns for lights leading to the runway of Vance Amory International Airport in Nevis.