Climate

WASHINGTON - A federal judge in Alaska on Wednesday blocked planning permission for a major oil drilling project on the state's North Slope that is expected to produce more than 100,000 barrels of oil per day for the next 30 years.The…

WASHINGTON - After denying the existence of climate change for a decade, many leading Republicans are changing attitudes amid deadly heatwaves, devastating droughts and wildfires that have battered their districts and unnerved their…

Tropical cyclones have likely increased in intensity over the past 40 years, the report says, a shift that cannot be explained by natural variability alone.And as global temperatures continue to rise, the report notes, the dangers will…

A devastating new UN report warning of certain devastation caused by climate change has been dubbed humanity's "last wake-up call" by environmental experts.Speaking to CNBC on Tuesday, environmentalists outlined the role businesses,…

"It's like a turbo charger" for some of the legal strategies that Greenpeace and other organizations have pursued in court for years, said Jennifer Morgan, executive director of Greenpeace International. Earlier this year, Greenpeace…

The bipartisan infrastructure deal signed this week provides new money for climate resilience unprecedented in United States history: tens of billions of dollars to protect against flooding, reduce damage from forest fires, develop new…

WASHINGTON - Congressional Democrats want to tax Exxon, Chevron and a handful of other big oil and gas companies, saying the biggest climate polluters should pay for the floods, forest fires and other disasters scientists have linked to…

WASHINGTON — Juliette Hart quit her job last summer as an oceanographer for the United States Geological Survey, where she used climate models to help coastal communities plan for rising seas. She was demoralized after four years of the…

In California, Pacific Gas & Electric is modernizing its transmission network to avoid a repeat of 2018 when a disrupted power line triggered the Camp Fire, which killed 85 people and forced the utility into bankruptcy. However,…

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.In Chicago, a climate tug of war is occurring, and the city’s signature natural feature — Lake Michigan — is…