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The CDC’s new Heat and Health Index looks at the vulnerability of 32,000 neighborhoods to extreme heat using demographic and health statistics

The Supreme Court’s recent ruling on “Chevron deference” could affect federal regulations of everything from power plant emissions to electric vehicles to transmission lines

At least 230 new climate cases were filed in 2023, but researchers noted the growth of such cases was slower than in prior years

California is launching a heat wave ranking system, but it’s unclear how well such efforts actually inform people about heat risks

Climate-related highway fixes and electric and hydrogen fuel-cell buses are among the projects getting federal help in a new round of funding

The Department of Housing and Urban Development long refused to pay cooling costs for public housing, but climate-change-fueled heat waves have underscored the public health need

Scientists recently discovered giant viruses infecting algal blooms that dot the Greenland ice sheet

A botched geoengineering experiment to limit the amount of sunlight hitting Earth hasn’t dimmed donors’ enthusiasm for funding the research

Melting glaciers are creating a green energy windfall in Iceland—but for how long?

With a heat dome baking the eastern U.S., emergency departments in New England and the Midwest have seen a spike in heat-related cases

The president of the Chicago Teachers Union explains how climate change became a pillar of the union’s contract demands

Places beset by heat waves should receive FEMA disaster funds just as those hit by hurricanes or flooding do, labor unions, green groups and public health advocates argue in a new petition

The first two years of Russia’s war in Ukraine have produced 175 million tons of carbon dioxide

Investments in carbon-free energy will be twice as large as fossil fuel spending in 2024, the International Energy Agency predicts

Portland, Ore., Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles have all explored charging car commuters to fund public transportation and reduce traffic

World leaders must make plans to remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, a new report says

Researchers want to create an AI system that can quickly detect and debunk false or misleading claims about climate change

This week U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres called for bans on fossil fuel ads, but legal challenges would make nationwide restrictions difficult to implement in the U.S.

Scientists say it’s likely that at least one of the next five years will exceed an average increase of 1.5 degrees Celsius above preindustrial temperatures

Poorer households face climate-related dangers during heat waves amid climbing electricity costs, a report by state energy officials warns

A new approach to calculating wildfire risk shows that more people and places in the U.S. are in harm’s way than previously thought

Nations aren't required to report their military climate pollution under the Paris Agreement. Experts say that should change

Extreme heat caused by climate change can exacerbate a variety of neurological ailments, from Alzheimer’s disease to migraines to epilepsy, new research shows

Two countries—Slovenia and Venezuela—have lost all of their glaciers. It is a grim benchmark showing the progression of climate change