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Team USA skiers Lindsey Vonn and Mikaela Shiffrin, along with Italy’s Federica Brignone, are among the many skiers who have expressed concern during these Olympic Games about the accelerating melt of the world’s glaciers.

Advisory board member says adapting is ‘not rocket science’ but Europe already paying price for lack of preparation.

The legislation would make oil and gas firms pay for climate damages from burning their products. Trump has referred to such laws as “extortion.”
The Trump administration is proposing massive changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. We asked disaster experts to weigh in.
Legislation in Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Rhode Island would allow small solar panels to plug directly into home outlets, expanding access to clean energy.

An AI-powered platform generated at least 20,000 emails that helped defeat a proposal to phase out gas-powered appliances in Southern California, records show.

The use of data centers' diesel generators have become a flashpoint in communities concerned about the health impacts of the emissions.

Devastating floods that swept across Southern Africa since December 2025, killing at least 280 people and affecting almost a million, were likely intensified by the impacts of climate change, scientists say.

According to a comprehensive modeling study, the climate benefits of contrail avoidance depend on speed, not perfection.

Ron DeSantis is slashing government spending, but the Sunshine State can’t afford to abandon its climate adaptation fund.
After reaching the end of their automotive careers, the batteries have been repurposed and are online in Texas.
Dominion Energy’s 2.6-gigawatt Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, which was ordered by the Trump administration to stop work in December, is now on track for completion by early next year -- but at a considerably higher cost.
Singapore is piloting the world’s first sustainable aviation fuel levy. It will slightly raise prices for airline passengers and cargo carriers flying to and from the city-state of 6 million people, home to Southeast Asia’s busiest airport.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's climate rollback comes just as Wisconsin communities, farms and businesses invest in clean energy and resilient infrastructure.

Critics say the move to prop up aging coal facilities could lead to dozens of premature deaths annually while shifting financial burdens onto ratepayers.

Visions of a booming hub that would bring jobs and prosperity to Appalachia faded, but the plastic “nurdles” remain.

Industry using ‘diversionary’ tactics, says analyst, as energy-hungry complex functions such as video generation and deep research proliferate.

Officials are designing new ways to protect the shorelines from sudden flooding and longer storm seasons.
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