Climate Change

Why the saltwater wedge climbing up the Mississippi River is a wake-up call to the region

By Roby Chavez

It used to be a once-in-a-decade event. Now, New Orleans has seen salt water threaten its drinking water twice in two years.

Extreme drought across Brazil's Amazon worsens local fears for the future

By Edmar Barros, Associated Press

Historically low water levels have affected hundreds of thousands of people and wildlife across Brazil’s Amazon and, with experts predicting the drought could last until early 2024, the problems stand to intensify.

Gov. Newsom signs new law requiring big companies in California to disclose emissions

By Sophie Austin, Associated Press/Report for America

Large businesses in California will have to disclose a wide range of planet-warming emissions under a new law Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Saturday — the most sweeping mandate of its kind in the nation.

Death toll of icy flood that inundated India's Himalayan northeast rises to 47

By Wasbir Hussain, Associated Press

Rescuers found more bodies overnight as they dug through slushy debris and ice-cold water in a hunt for survivors after a glacial lake burst through a dam in India’s Himalayan northeast, washing away houses and bridges and forcing thousands to…

Marine mammals in U.S. waters are losing food and habitat to climate change, study finds

By Patrick Whittle, Associated Press

Whales, dolphins and seals living in U.S. waters face major threats from warming ocean temperatures, rising sea levels and decreasing sea ice volumes associated with climate change, according to a first-of-its-kind assessment.

Pope Francis urges world leaders to act on climate change as planet nears 'point of no return'

By Nicole Winfield, Seth Borenstein, Associated Press

Using precise scientific data, sharp diplomatic arguments and a sprinkling of theological reasoning, Francis delivered a moral imperative for the world to transition away from fossil fuels to clean energy.

Montana is appealing a major climate change ruling that favored youth activists

By Amy Beth Hanson, Associated Press

The office of Montana's Republican attorney general is appealing a landmark climate change ruling in which a judge said state agencies aren't doing enough to protect 16 young plaintiffs from harm caused by global warming.

UAE's president-designate for COP28 defends his nation hosting climate talks

By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press

The Emirati president-designate for the upcoming United Nations COP28 climate conference offered a full-throated defense Saturday of his nation hosting the talks, dismissing those who “just go on the attack without knowing anything, without knowing who we are.”…

Biden calls for more oil and gas lease sales in the Gulf of Mexico, disappointing all sides

By Matthew Daly, Matthew Brown, Associated Press

Biden is trying to navigate between energy companies that have pressed for greater oil and gas production and environmental activists who have urged Biden to shut down new offshore drilling in the fight against climate change.