State plots water conservation rules tied to drought

With two significant droughts in the last five years, the Department of Environmental Protection held a hearing Wednesda...

World ‘must step up preparations for extreme heat’

Rising temperatures may be hitting faster and harder than forecast, say climate scientists in wake of heatwave in US and...

The extreme dry conditions threaten crops and raise wildfire risks.

Thomas Frank - 2021-07-07

An economy based on healing the climate could spawn new livelihoods across Cascadia.

- 2021-06-28

More than half of the buildings in the contiguous U.S. are in disaster hotspots, a new study finds. Tens of millions of ...

In the Germantown neighborhood of Quincy, nearly 900 public housing units cover the peninsula jutting out into Quin...

In Cleveland, as in other cities, a move for "tree equity" is bringing more trees to low-income neighborhoods ...

Dan Charles - 2021-06-28

With 18 named storms, eight hurricanes and three major hurricanes predicted by experts at the National Oceanic Atmo...

Last month, a red tint began to spread across the surface of the glacial waters of Kachemak Bay, Alaska. It was a signal...