Laws in Utah and other Western states are capping wildfire damages and letting utilities pass costs onto ratepayers, shielding companies like Berkshire Hathaway Energy from massive payouts while leaving fire victims with fewer options.
A new World Meteorological Organization report warns that climate change is driving an increasingly unstable global water cycle, with nearly 60% of rivers now experiencing either too much or too little water.
New research finds that wildfire smoke already kills more than 41,000 Americans annually and could become the nation’s deadliest climate health threat by mid-century, with California projected to see the steepest rise in mortality.
Researchers met recently with Ocracoke Islanders and presented findings from a multiyear, University of North Carolina-led study that looked at various ways to try and save N.C. Highway 12 from natural forces.
A polar scientist explains the changes hunters who rely on the ice are seeing off Utqiagvik, and how those shifts are echoed in satellite data and climate models.
The past six summers have been the smokiest on record. New research shows that smoke could become the costliest consequence of climate change for Americans.
The report is a sharp rebuttal to a recent Trump administration's report, and Republicans have already targeted the report as “a blatant partisan act.”
In Ghana, women are struggling to sustain oyster farming, a key livelihood in coastal mangroves. Hundreds of women were trained in farming methods for oysters, including mangrove planting and preservation, and selective oyster harvesting, to lessen the impact of climate change.
Mexico City's rainy season has smashed records, but clogged drains tell a different story. Behind flooded intersections lies a quieter culprit: plastic bags of dog waste and fist-sized tangles of pet hair, turning storms into neighborhood disasters.
New England residents know that snow is disappearing from our landscape, and scientists have proven that climate change is to blame. But the effects of snowpack decline go far beyond what’s visible.
A devastating drought has slashed Syria’s wheat harvests by 40%, pushing millions closer to food insecurity as bread prices soar and farmers abandon their land.
A call by Donald Trump to ditch quarterly corporate reporting has received cautious support from an unlikely source: international investors pushing business to do more on longer-term sustainability issues, many lambasted by the U.S. president.
A landmark rule to cut toxic emissions from Southern California’s rail yards has been blocked under the Trump administration, leaving communities in the Inland Empire pushing state officials to take action.
A recent report warns that bankrupt oil companies could leave New Mexico with up to $1.6 billion in cleanup costs, as orphaned wells and leaking tank batteries pile up.
Young climate activists and their attorneys who won a landmark global warming trial against the state of Montana are challenging President Donald Trump's energy agenda.
