Tag: Climate

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) will go to China next month to meet with officials on climate change, he said Tuesday. “The imperative of maintaining a relationship on ...

The deadly firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia’s watery storm surge helped push the United States to a record for the number of weather disasters that cost $1 billion or ...

Leaders of the grouping, which brings together Russia as well as some of Ukraine‘s most ardent backers, have struggled to agree on much, in particular about the 18-month-old invasion. But ...

Utah officials have pushed the Great Salt Lake to the brink of an ecological collapse because they allowed upstream water to be diverted for decades to farmers growing alfalfa, hay ...

Kenyan President William Ruto says he wants the first Africa Climate Summit to help “deliver African solutions” to the November COP28 climate summit in the oil-rich United Arab Emirates, which ...

The overseers of the U.S. power supply entered the summer worried about the health of the electric grid, warning that extreme heat could trigger mass blackouts. Instead, the grid survived ...

Hurricane Idalia made landfall as a Category 3 hurricane on the Big Bend region of Florida’s Gulf Coast Wednesday morning. The hurricane was given a Category 4 projection earlier Wednesday ...

Climate activists have spraypainted a superyacht, blocked private jets from taking off and plugged holes in golf courses this summer as part of an intensifying campaign against the emissions-spewing lifestyles ...

French authorities placed large swaths of southern France on the highest heat warning level – a “red alert” – on Wednesday as temperatures shot past 40°Celsius (104°F), shattering seasonal records.  Meteorologists have spoken of a “heat ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The slow-motion collapse of California’s wildfire insurance market is about to force a political reckoning. Lawmakers, regulators and Gov. Gavin Newsom are all preparing to absorb some ...