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Ambitious state-level emissions reduction targets are being revised or abandoned as political anxiety grows and 2030 deadlines approach, reflecting a broader shift in US climate policy.
As climate-related disasters intensify, the traditional approach of rebuilding in place is no longer viable. Communities and policymakers are being forced to reconsider where and how to reconstruct, with managed …
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology says the growing El Niño is already breaking heat records, with Pacific ocean temperature changes exceeding 2°C in six months, and forecasts suggest it will likely …
A UN Environment Programme report says global heating will reach at least 1.8C above pre-industrial levels under the most optimistic future, making the Paris agreement's 1.5C goal unavoidable to overshoot. …
A UN Environment Programme report acknowledges the world will likely overshoot 1.5°C of warming but claims a return by 2100 is possible. Scientists question the feasibility, citing rising emissions and …
A federal judge ruled that New York cannot enforce its climate superfund law, which required oil companies to pay $75 billion over 25 years for climate mitigation and adaptation projects.
As another European summer ends, travelers and social media users are questioning whether the romanticized «Euro summer» still exists amid extreme heat, overcrowding, and aging infrastructure unprepared for climate change.
The Liberal Democrats have called on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to convene cross-party talks on the UK's response to extreme weather, citing five heatwaves since May and a forecast 'super …
This summer's catastrophic floods in Nepal, which have killed more than 750 people, illustrate how climate breakdown is a global problem that even wealthy nations cannot escape, according to a …
Friends of the Earth analysis ranks South West Water last among English water companies for environmental performance, citing sewage spills, bathing water quality, river health, and bill affordability.
A new study finds that climate change has doubled the exposure of young children in India to dangerous heat, adding roughly one extra month of heat stress per year for …
Britain's new environment secretary, Angela Eagle, says the country's third drought in five years and the driest July in nearly two centuries prove the climate crisis is real, vowing to …
Levels of a toxic 'forever chemical' reached 13 times the legal limit during Thames Water pilot tests for a water recycling scheme that would pump treated sewage into the River …
Scientists are examining how an ice-and-rock avalanche, a possible river blockage and a nearby earthquake may have combined in the Himalayan flood that killed at least 98 people.
A rural Oregon county has the highest wildfire smoke death rate in the United States, forcing residents to adapt to chronic hazardous air and mounting grief as climate-driven fires intensify.
Dozens of civil society groups are urging the UK government to prioritise cycling and walking infrastructure after summer heatwaves and wildfires highlighted the urgent need to decarbonise transport, the country's …
A new initiative called Mountains to Mangroves places local communities at the center of forest restoration and biodiversity protection across the Eastern Himalayas, linking traditional knowledge with climate resilience.
Nevada filed a federal lawsuit challenging the Trump administration's plan to cut water deliveries to lower Colorado River basin states by roughly 20 percent over two years, arguing the plan …
As wildfires, marine heatwaves and extreme temperatures become routine, climate scientists and campaigners argue that global heating is no longer a natural calamity but a knowingly inflicted crisis requiring urgent …
Railway companies in Britain are racing to adapt to a changing climate after two trains derailed within 24 hours during a recent heatwave, as a developing El Niño could make …
