The Latest Breaking News on Climate

Record-breaking heat, rising seas, hurricane season — welcome to the Sunshine State, tourists

A normal season has 14 named storms, seven of which strengthen to hurricanes and three power up further to major hurricanes.

Plastic pollution is one of the defining environmental challenges of our time – and some of nature’s tiniest organisms may offer a surprising way out.

Firms relying on carbon offsets to tout their green credentials and reduce their environmental footprints are under fresh scrutiny after a court settlement.

A California utility has agreed to pay the federal government $82.5 million stemming from an enormous 2020 wildfire that churned through mountains northeast of Los Angeles and into the Mojave Desert

U.S. consumer demand for renewable energy continues to grow, with more solar panel capacity installed in 2024 than in 2023, which saw more than in 2022. But U.S. trade policy is in flux, and high tariffs have been imposed on imported solar panels, which may cause shortages.

TotalEnergies will face a Paris civil court in June over allegations it made false advertisements about its climate pledges -- an unprecedented case in France against a major fossil fuel company, activists said Friday.

Campaigners criticised the EU decision to impose the strictest checks on only four nations

The National Hurricane Center said it was prepared for another active season following mass layoffs earlier this year

Senate Republicans bypassed rules to kill California emissions waiver

Some areas could see up to two inches of rainfall and an increased chance of potentially dangerous flash flooding