Climate Change

California's piers are being battered by rising seas and frequent storms. Can the iconic landmarks be saved?

By Julie Watson, Haven Daley, Associated Press

Rising seas and frequent storms are taking their toll on California's iconic public piers and raising questions about the future of the landmarks.

Panama Canal drought causes global disruptions

By Stephanie Sy, Karina Cuevas

An extreme drought in Panama is forcing authorities to substantially scale back shipping through the Panama Canal, one of the world’s key shipping channels. This comes at a time when traffic through the Suez Canal has been significantly disrupted. Ilya…

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Biden administration delays consideration of new natural gas export terminals, citing climate risk

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Industry groups condemn the move as a "win for Russia," while environmentalists cheer it as a way to counter Biden's approval of the huge Willow oil project in Alaska last year.

Why extreme cold weather events still happen in a warming world

By Mathew Barlow, The Conversation

While the world can expect fewer severe cold events as average temperatures rise, people still need to be prepared for wintry blasts. An atmospheric and climate scientist explains why.

Recovering from natural disasters is slow and bureaucratic. New FEMA rules aim to cut the red tape

By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

Federal Emergency Management Agency head Deanne Criswell says the changes are designed to simplify and speed up the process for disaster survivors to get help. Criswell describes it as the "most comprehensive update" to FEMA's program in 20 years.

'We're frankly astonished.' Why 2023's record-breaking heat surprised scientists

By Bella Isaacs-Thomas

Last year also featured the most annual billion-dollar disasters on record in the United States.

German farmers and their tractors throng Berlin in protest against fuel subsidy cuts

By Geir Moulson, Associated Press

Over the past week, farmers have blocked highway entrances and slowed traffic across Germany with their protests, intent on pushing Chancellor Olaf Scholz's government to abandon the planned cuts entirely.

U.S. climate envoy John Kerry plans to leave the Biden administration, sources say

By Seung Min Kim, Associated Press

John Kerry, the U.S. special envoy on climate, is stepping down from the Biden administration in the coming weeks, according to two people familiar with his plans.

EPA proposes 'methane fee' for waste generated by oil and natural gas companies

By Matthew Daly, Associated Press

EPA Administrator Michael Regan said the proposed fee would work in tandem with a final rule on methane emissions EPA announced last month.

Billion-dollar weather and climate disasters broke U.S. record in 2023, NOAA says

By Shuang-Ye Wu, The Conversation

While 2023 wasn’t the most expensive year overall, it had the highest number of billion-dollar storms, floods, droughts and fires of any year since counting began in 1980.