Juneau is confronting a problem that communities around the world are increasingly facing: How do you prepare for a natural disaster when you know it will come back?
California is crafting weaker heat protections for prisons than for other workplaces, citing billions in costs to cool aging institutions as climate and health risks increase.
As researchers around the world begin work on the next U.N. climate assessment, fears are growing that the Trump administration could meddle with critical U.S. climate data. In response, scientists are preparing to transfer vast troves of that data to repositories in Germany.
The European Union will create a "climate insurance alliance" to increase cover for extreme weather events, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Wednesday, as they emerge from a summer of drought, wildfires, and heatwaves.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledged new measures to prepare Europe for worsening heatwaves and wildfires after a summer she said contributed to 35,000 excess deaths.
The settlement is aimed at addressing nitrogen pollution that contributes to harmful algae blooms in one of the largest concentrations of freshwater springs in the world.
The comment period ends Oct. 9 on proposed alternative definitions that environmental groups say will strip protections from seasonal wetlands and waterways.
It’s been more than a year since all of New Hampshire was completely drought-free, and despite some spring and summer rain, drought has returned to a central swath of the state as fall approaches.
