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The intent is to blunt the impact of climate change on the U.S. financial system

California firefighters are updating evacuation maps and keeping routes free

Consumers can indeed lower their financial carbon footprint once they know how to navigate the hype

The legislation provides billions of dollars for thinning forests in ways that some scientists think are wrongheaded

Hotter Asia, drier Alps, stormier U.S., saltier island nations

Evidence suggests severe storms can send vapor and pollutants into the stratosphere, upsetting its chemistry

Insurance claims for crop losses are soaring

A second policy aims to accelerate adoption of electric vehicles

Similar work in San Francisco, Atlanta and other locations is revealing which parts of a city get hottest and why

Satellite tracking of water vapor, critical for accurate forecasts, may be foiled by cellphone tower transmissions

Legislators need to ensure that domestic and foreign producers face the same costs and incentives

Advocates worry that reduced funds will not go to the communities most in need

The bipartisan legislation includes less funding for public transit and electric vehicles

Ten Republican attorneys general have asked a federal court to keep a revamped social cost of carbon from taking effect

“Blue carbon” taken up by marine plants and animals is mostly neglected in climate policy, they say

They may make both the best- and worst-case scenarios for climate change less likely

The 117 fatalities recorded in the Pacific Northwest so far include only those directly attributed to heat

Next month the IPCC will begin releasing its periodic assessment of the state of climate science

Dry conditions have drawn down reservoirs, fueled massive wildfires and stunted crops

Four U.S. municipalities—Austin, Los Angeles, New Orleans and Seattle—were among those that signed on

A proposed fiber-optic cable could make it easier for scientists to transmit crucial climate data

Shutting down the plant, which has run continuously since 1967, would squeeze already tight electricity supplies

The massive loss could destabilize local marine ecosystems

The program, offering reduced insurance costs, does little to encourage adaptation to sea level rise