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Renewable energy skeptics argue that because of their variability, wind and solar cannot be the foundation of a dependable electricity grid. But the expansion of renewables and new methods of energy management and storage can lead to a grid that is reliable and clean.

Mark van Baal, the man behind a series of climate-friendly shareholder rebellions, shows how it’s done.

The British Columbia government's inadequate support during an extreme heat wave this summer "compounded risks" for people with disabilities and those who are older, says an independent international human rights group.

Climate crisis brings stark intergenerational injustice, but rapid emission cuts can limit the damage.

The Biden administration is moving to protect workers and communities from extreme heat after a dangerously hot summer that spurred an onslaught of drought-worsened wildfires and caused hundreds of deaths from the Pacific Northwest to hurricane-ravaged Louisiana.

For vulnerable communities, libraries are increasingly becoming a refuge in times of disaster.

A weather system affecting northwest California was expected to bring dry lightning and blustery winds through early Friday, September 10, 2021, unleashing a risk of new wildfires as thousands of firefighters have been making headway against existing blazes.

Weather disasters are striking the world four to five times more often and causing seven times more damage than in the 1970s, the United Nations weather agency reports.

In the aftermath of an extreme melt event, what do scientists see in the Greenland Ice Sheet’s swirls of white, blue, and ominous grey?

A new analysis forecasts the number of U.S. outdoor sector workdays and annual earnings that could be lost if the world fails to slow global warming.

A blistering heat wave seemed poised to set new temperature records in parts of Quebec on Sunday, August 22, 2021, prompting both the national weather agency and the province's premier to issue warnings about the effects of scorching conditions.

With global climate change threatening to wreak havoc on their industry, insurance companies are increasingly looking to limit their exposure to the fossil fuel sector.

The latest UN climate report pinpoints the biggest culprit behind overheated cities.

To their credit, Erin O’Toole’s Conservatives have stopped pretending climate change isn’t a real issue, but you can forgive Canadians for not taking them seriously on the matter just yet, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

Young urban shepherd Lukas Janssens guides his flock among the graves in Schoonselhof, one of Belgium’s iconic cemeteries, knowing sheep are kinder to nature than lawnmowers.