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A reflective gray material can lower road surface temperatures

The state is using the money to upgrade drinking and wastewater systems, improve streamflows, and relocate vulnerable fish

The strain from COVID will mean fewer resources and less attention on reducing carbon footprints

The severe dry conditions have left critical reservoirs depleted and helped fuel intense wildfires

Tropical cyclones are becoming more intense, but not necessarily more frequent, with climate change

An environmental non-profit hopes to support development of wind power while protecting whales and fish

The announcement came as the U.S. promised to quadruple its international climate finance contributions

Changes in the position of the fast-moving air current could disrupt weather patterns

Chief among them are convincing other countries to sign on and putting specific policies in place

The experiments will help better understand how much inundation trees can stand before they succumb

Proposed legislation includes funding to redo badly out-of-date flood risk maps

Provisions in the reconciliation package working its way through Congress would help meet Biden’s climate pledge

Once a tropical cyclone, Hurricane Larry dumped snow on the island’s massive ice sheet

It aims to help communities become more resilient to climate change, particularly its health impacts

Extremely dry conditions could help the blaze overtake last year’s August Complex fire as the record holder

Coal production needs to have already peaked and oil and gas production must steadily decline for even a 50 percent chance of meeting that target

The Department of Energy wants devices that could be deployed to disaster areas that have lost electricity

Like Katrina before it, the storm may make living conditions untenable in hard-hit areas

And no one is certain how long the shortage will last

The debate could influence an impending courtroom battle

Tropical cyclones are wandering farther north and maintaining high intensity

Without the Montreal Protocol, more solar radiation would have destroyed plants, lessening the CO₂ they absorb

The irony reveals the need for a greater mix of renewable energy sources

Half the world’s population relies on rice as a primary food