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In a remote South African village, Paulina Mhlongo sits in the yard as health workers in green protective gear move briskly through her home, soaking the walls with anti-mosquito insecticide.
Extreme heat combined with high humidity is becoming more common as the climate warms, making it harder for people to cool their bodies.

Experts say climate change is a key element in the spread of a tropical species that thrives in warm weather and disappeared after cold snaps in the U.S.

The conventional wisdom says climate change is a losing issue. Evidence suggests it actually helps Democrats win elections.

Delaware legislators are scrambling to address concerns about data centers raising residents’ energy bills before the legislative session ends.
Most of the stadiums for this year's FIFA World Cup are now considered green buildings and the majority earned their certification in the run-up to the tournament.

Environmental advocates, doctors, and even players themselves demanding that FIFA cut ties with the fossil fuel industry, which they say is adversely impacting players' health, and threatening the future of the sport itself.

At the Museum of Unnatural Disasters, members of Congress, disaster survivors, and activists are bringing their worries about preparedness to the seat of power.

With so much sunlight, Iraq is very well-positioned to use solar power to help fix its annual summer electricity crisis. So why is it that Iraq's government has only recently started to take solar power seriously?
In its push for more meat eating, MAHA faces a challenging truth: current and future meat demand depends almost entirely on massive, concentrated animal feeding operations, CAFOs.

Cold storage and logistics body warns food supplies are at risk from fuel shortages, cyber attacks, and extreme weather.

Alberta and Ottawa want to build a new pipeline while reducing emissions from the oilsands — but that second goal just got a lot less ambitious.

In this episode of The Great Simplification, Nate Hagens is joined by regenerative change practitioner Brett KenCairn for a conversation that reframes the dominant narrative about climate change.

I moved to Sicily from the UK — here’s what I’ve learned about keeping your home cool during a heatwave.

Colombia’s upcoming presidential runoff pits rival visions on the Amazon, Indigenous rights, and energy: phase out fossil fuels or expand drilling.

The president announced a total of $700 million in federal money to reinvigorate the domestic coal industry, which has been in decline for decades.

Republican-led states growing renewable capabilities at faster rate as Texas emerges as clean-energy leader.

From the suburbs to the barrier islands, the state’s local cooperatives are using aggregated battery systems to weather outages and protect consumers’ wallets.

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