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A Biden administration review of natural gas exports could show the U.S. was relying on outdated assumptions about gas’s impact on renewable energy and carbon pollution

Rising temperatures are melting an area of the Swiss Alps where scientists have been working to collect centuries-old ice cores that contain evidence of past environmental conditions

The Hartford Financial Services Group is the latest insurer to say it won’t offer new policies to homeowners in California

Renewable energy will surpass coal power by 2025 and, with nuclear energy, will account for nearly half the world’s power generation by 2026, the International Energy Agency forecasts

A national survey shows Americans are increasingly worried about global warming. But partisan politics continues to drive a wedge between red and blue states

Harvard researchers found that most doctors and nurses who took a course in community organizing believed they could help combat climate change’s negative impacts on health

A new index scores U.S. cities by the amount of land they provide for parking. Sunbelt cities top the list

Record warmth last December and balmy temperatures in early January have turned lake ice in Minnesota into a death trap. Fatalities, injuries and rescues are piling up

Some scientists say the controversial fishing practice of ocean trawling stirs up buried organic matter, some of which makes its way to the surface in the form of carbon dioxide

The Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai volcano erupted in January 2022 with the force of an atomic weapon. The disaster has launched dozens of new studies about global warming

The Biden administration is doling out more money for charging infrastructure because range anxiety is considered a major challenge to Americans’ widespread adoption of electric cars

China is running away with clean energy expansion, with the E.U. and U.S. following far behind

Collapsing coal use drove a reduction in overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, but transportation emissions are still on the rise

Many states haven’t been able to keep their wildfire risk maps up to date, even as global warming increases the danger, because of funding constraints

Solar and natural gas surged last year in the U.S., while wind stumbled

Buying out and razing homes harmed by Hurricane Sandy boosted business development, jobs and property values in nearby neighborhoods

Rocks can pull carbon out of the air more inexpensively than machines. But can the process be scaled?

Worried Pentagon officials are resetting U.S. Arctic policy and training in response to China and Russia’s plans

OSHA says the U.S. Postal Service failed to teach mail carriers about heat safety

Scientists accidentally discovered a new way of monitoring the Earth’s planetary boundary layer: high-flying great frigatebirds

The first U.S. congestion pricing program, starting in New York City as soon as May, aims to slash emissions and traffic

A team of scientists has figured out how to convert planet-warming carbon dioxide into a harmless powdery fuel that could be converted into clean electricity

Fiber-optic cables buried in the seafloor off Alaska are helping scientists study the thawing of underwater permafrost, which could release greenhouse gases

Young people are taking action on climate because too many adults are not