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July 2022 became one of the planet’s top three hottest Julys amid a summer of record-shattering heat for the Northern Hemisphere

The Senate’s passage of a monumental climate bill comes after decades of legislative defeats, but it is still an early step in drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions

Disasters so extreme that communities have not experienced anything like them before show the shortcomings of current preparedness plans

A warming climate, a unique topography and the legacy of coal mining have increased the odds of extreme flooding in Appalachia

Scientists say the current drought in the West is the region’s driest 22-year stretch in more than 1,200 years

The surprise climate bill’s electricity provisions would help the U.S. surge toward its emissions reduction goals

A surprise breakthrough on climate and energy legislation revives President Biden's environmental commitments by outlining large emissions reductions

Blistering temperatures were ranked as a Category 3—the most severe tier—in Seville, Spain’s new heat wave system

Tens of millions of Americans sweltered under heat advisories over the weekend

As Americans have increasingly experienced extreme weather events, their perception of climate change has shifted, survey results show

President Joe Biden announced plans to expand offshore wind development and climate resilience funding for communities

Extreme heat events such as the record-setting conditions in Europe are growing more frequent and more intense as the climate warms

Senator Joe Manchin has said he will not support climate provisions in the major spending bill before Congress just as the country faces heat waves, drought and floods exacerbated by rising temperatures

Heat in France, Spain, Italy and the U.K. is exacerbating drought and wildfires and threatening human health

As the world warms, forests are becoming less resilient in the face of fires, droughts and other disruptive events

Rising temperatures and more frequent wildfires are taking a grim toll on human health

Dam-building beavers are helping stave off some of the worst effects of climate-driven droughts and floods

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling and legislative hurdles will make it difficult to reach President Biden’s pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

The court’s use of the “major questions” doctrine is likely to spur challenges to climate and energy regulations

The endangered wild dog has shifted its breeding season by 22 days, resulting in fewer pups living through their first year

Carbon capture and storage technology, low-carbon fuels and state energy policies are all avenues the EPA could pursue to rein in greenhouse gases

The agency can still impose stronger limits on other air pollutants that coal plants produce, which could also reduce greenhouse gas emissions

The vast majority people exposed to both threats live in India and sub-Saharan Africa

The energy crisis caused by Russia’s war in Ukraine is testing Western leaders’ promises to phase out natural gas financing abroad