New York prosecutors consider criminal charges against Big Oil for causing climate disasters
Oil majors’ conduct can constitute reckless endangerment due to fossil fuels’ effect on global heating, advocates claim
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Get ready for more wildfires and hurricanes: Environment Canada
That's according to Environment and Climate Change Canada's rapid extreme weather event attribution system, which compares today's climate to a pre-industrial one.
The world agreed to a climate reparations fund. Now comes the hard part
A 26-member board is finally beginning work on the UN's new loss and damage fund. And the to-do list is long.
Florida is about to scrub climate change from most of its laws
The state is spending big on adapting to sea level rise, but Republicans don't want to name the cause.
New research puts this winter’s wild weather in frightening context
when the numbers keep breaking the wrong records — 2023 was the hottest year on record — sometimes we just have to tally it up.
How to roll with the tide
The Nova Scotia community of Mahone Bay devised a creative way to combat climate challenges.
Canada’s climate debate is becoming a snoozefest
Canadians aren’t to blame for wildfires, so why is climate support being framed in terms of individual responsibility?
For renters, hurricanes create a perfect storm of housing instability
Even people who don’t lose their homes during a storm can end up threatened with eviction.
Flooding caused by climate change forces millions to move
Flooding is driving millions of people to move out of their homes, limiting growth in some prospering communities and accelerating the decline of others, according to a new study that details how climate change and flooding are transforming where Americans live.
Locals sounded the alarm for years about Lahaina wildfire risk
It was Tuesday, Aug. 8, and in the town of Lahaina in West Maui, people were screaming and running as the sky rained embers.
Is there a climate doctor in the house?
Physicians and medical schools around the world are tailoring their approach to public health as climate-related illnesses rise.
Miami is used to the heat. Just not like this
Miami-Dade County’s chief heat officer — the first in the world — strives to raise awareness about the dangers of heat, which is the leading weather-related killer in the U.S.
Extreme weather risk changing Canada’s insurance industry
Climate change is driving up insurance rates and raising questions about whether private coverage will even be available for some Canadians in the future.
The U.S. leads the world in weather catastrophes. Here's why
The United States is Earth's punching bag for nasty weather.
Insurers withdraw from high-risk oil, gas, coal projects
Insurance companies that have long said they'll cover anything, at the right price, are increasingly ruling out fossil fuel projects because of climate change — to cheers from environmental campaigners.