Science Jan 28 Climate change made conditions that fed California wildfires more likely and intense, preliminary study finds Tuesday's report, too rapid for peer-review yet, found global warming boosted the likelihood of high fire weather conditions in this month's fires by 35 percent and its intensity by 6 percent.
Nation Jan 22 Trump takes aim at high-efficiency household items, hopes to make showerheads and toilets flow greatly again Trump once expressed concern with how low showerhead flow affected his "perfect" hair. Now back in the White House, he's again taking aim at some high-efficiency household items — and that may mean higher water and electric bills in your…
Politics Jan 10 Planet recorded hottest year in 2024, broke key 1.5 degree Celsius threshold Three government climate agencies in Europe and Japan say last year's global average temperature easily passed 2023's record heat and kept pushing even higher.
World Nov 19 Nations are seeking ways to raise the big money needed to tackle climate change Big money to respond to climate change is key to the United Nations talks underway in Azerbaijan.
World Nov 18 ‘Cut the theatrics.’ Climate negotiators urged to get down to business at COP29 in Baku United Nations climate talks resumed Monday with negotiators urged to make progress on a stalled-out deal that could see developing countries get more money to spend on clean energy and adapting to climate-charged weather extremes.
World Nov 13 Big and small nations bear witness to climate change at annual UN conference The United Nations' annual climate conference continues Wednesday with brief speeches by nations big and small.
World Nov 12 Top U.S. climate negotiator vows ‘we won’t revert back’ after Trump reelection No matter what kind of U-turn President-Elect Donald Trump will make on climate change, America's clean energy economy won't reverse into the dirty past, a combative but “bitterly disappointed” top American climate negotiator said Monday.
World Nov 12 Leaders of the world’s biggest polluters are skipping UN climate talks The climate talks often have the star power of a soccer World Cup, but many big names and powerful countries are noticeably absent. That includes the top leaders of the 13 largest carbon dioxide-polluting countries.
Politics Nov 08 Experts worry Trump’s second term will cripple efforts to stop climate change Experts worry that a second Trump term will be more damaging, with the United States withdrawing even further from climate efforts in a way that could cripple future presidents' climate fighting efforts.
Nation Oct 01 Helene and other storms dumped 40 trillion gallons of rain on the South Meteorologists calculate that more than 40 trillion gallons of rain drenched the Southeast United States in the last week from Hurricane Helene and a run-of-the-mill rainstorm that sloshed in ahead of it.