Climate change is altering geopolitical relationships, as nations compete for resources, redraw strategic priorities, and face new risks tied to energy, food, and water.
The world’s biggest oil and gas companies have spent the last four years systematically shifting away from climate-friendly advertising to push a new message: fossil fuels are here to stay.
In an unprecedented use of federal authority, President Donald Trump’s administration has invoked emergency powers to force a series of retiring coal plants to stay open.
Two dozen states, along with more than a dozen cities and counties, sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, challenging the Trump administration’s repeal of a scientific finding that had been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change.
After Hurricane Sandy caused widespread flooding on Smith Island in 2012, Maryland housing officials earmarked $2 million in buyouts for homeowners. The deal was simple: Take the money and start a new life somewhere else.
Data centers will swallow 14 percent of Archbald, P.A., evict a trailer park, and border many residential properties. Who's to blame is a matter of fierce debate.
Despite the Virginia Clean Economy Act's path to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2025, utilities are importing more fossil fuel electricity from other states.
