The fossil fuel industry has argued that federal law bars the lawsuit. But local Colorado governments say it’s an appropriate exercise of state power.

Food and housing insecurity, chronic illness, and mental health challenges persist among many families.

The governor’s support signals momentum behind rethinking how the state pays for the cost of natural disasters.

As well as pushing up temperatures, the building El Niño is expected to worsen drought and strain food production in some parts of the world.

The phenomenon, called a pyrocumulonimbus, is so rare in Europe that France’s firefighters federation said it had never before recorded one in the country.

Indonesia faces a dilemma as it attempts a large-scale waste-management reform while also protecting the livelihoods of around 600,000 waste pickers.

Whales are facing a new threat around South Africa: the conflict in the Middle East.

The power giant’s move to buy Dominion Energy reflects its plans to become the utility of choice at the epicenter of the AI boom.

Poor countries in Africa and South Asia don't have the resources to expand access to air conditioning as extreme heat increases.

Part of the EU executive’s recent proposal puts controls on free carbon allowances, only releasing 80 percent to companies after they provide a decarbonization plan.

The announcement comes after a group of Ashaninka Indigenous leaders began meetings with federal officials seeking urgent protection for their territory.

The objective is to determine if a newly acquired sample of gold comes from a protected area, meaning it has been illegally mined.

The project is intended to preserve the species’ population and enhance biodiversity.

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality stepped into a fight over powering AI facilities with natural gas turbines. It could shape the industry’s future.

Republicans are blasting Canadian forest management after smoke recently reached Washington.

The Texas Water Development Board's decision means the state's water plan likely won't detail data centers' usage when it is finalized in 2027.

While intense heat disrupts operations for a variety of industries, it also creates business opportunities for others.

Efforts to combat plastic waste have gotten derailed by the divide over chemical recycling.

Heat causes coral to bleach, which can be fatal if it lasts long enough.

France has been through eight ecology ministers in nine years, and Macron’s environmental policies are splitting his supporters ahead of next year’s presidential election.