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Trump is shifting more responsibility to states. These 7 maps show how.

4 hours 52 min ago
States are dealing with new challenges in health care, disaster relief, education and more.

Firefighting resources are ‘critically low’ in record fire year

4 hours 53 min ago
Memos show a federal group cannot meet "all requested resources" to fight wildfires and "no immediate relief" is expected.

New Zealand shields polluters from climate lawsuits

4 hours 54 min ago
A new law will make the nation the first to block legal claims seeking corporate accountability for global warming.

Florida emergency manager Guthrie resigns to join Collins ticket in governor race

5 hours 2 min ago
Kevin Guthrie served as the director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management since 2021.

Data center gas plants to boost US power emissions by 20 percent

5 hours 4 min ago
That fossil fuel infrastructure threatens to push Big Tech’s climate goals out of reach.

UK, Google to test changes to flight paths to tackle aviation’s climate impact

5 hours 5 min ago
During test periods this winter and next, air traffic controllers tell some flights to deviate up to 2,000 feet to avoid areas where contrails are likely to form.

Looming rock collapse threatens Swiss village as permafrost thaws in Alps

5 hours 7 min ago
As glaciers and permafrost melt due to higher temperatures caused by climate change, the threat of landslides is rising in the Swiss Alps.

The best fabric for extreme heat? It’s more complicated than you think.

5 hours 7 min ago
There may not be one perfect fabric for extreme temperatures, but there are ways to pick clothing that works with the body’s cooling system rather than against it.

The stock market may have a climate change problem

Tue, 08/18/2026 - 6:38am
The president’s favorite indicator of economic health will have to reckon with the woes of a warming planet.

Congress wants to depoliticize disaster aid. Politics may stand in the way.

Tue, 08/18/2026 - 6:36am
A bipartisan push to stymie partisan discrimination in disaster assistance could be complicated by election-year politicking.

Q&A: Billionaire climate activist and former California governor candidate Tom Steyer

Tue, 08/18/2026 - 6:36am
The progressive megadonor is back to talking about climate policy after an unsuccessful run for governor.

‘Horrific’ conditions grip UK hospitals unprepared for heat

Tue, 08/18/2026 - 6:35am
Staff must deal with patients too sweaty to receive IV drips, medication at risk of degrading in high temperatures and colleagues collapsing with heat fatigue.

How carefree dreams of ‘summertime’ are fading in 2026’s swelter

Tue, 08/18/2026 - 6:34am
The summertime ideal — lazy days, warm nights and escape from classes or parents or work or rules — seems dead this year.

Italy’s scorching summer puts Parmesan producers to the test

Tue, 08/18/2026 - 6:30am
The EU and regional authorities are helping cheese producers as dairy herds suffer in heat waves that are becoming the norm.

Flooding risk remains as storms move from Midwest to mid-Atlantic

Tue, 08/18/2026 - 6:29am
Tornadoes, heavy rains and flash flooding brought serious damage to communities from Illinois to western Pennsylvania in recent days.

1 dead, 100,000 without power in Hawaii after Tropical Storm Lala

Tue, 08/18/2026 - 6:28am
The passing storm's strong winds took down trees, utility poles and transmission towers. The Big Island's power transmission system suffered "extensive damage," the Hawaiian Electric utility said.

Wildfire scorched 900 buildings. A state calls the fire risk "moderate."

Mon, 08/17/2026 - 6:24am
Washington state will impose a fire-resistant building code in high-risk areas. Wildfire-prone areas are being excluded, some say.

How $600B of Biden’s clean energy funding escaped Trump’s cuts

Mon, 08/17/2026 - 6:20am
A POLITICO analysis finds that while the administration wiped out hundreds of billions in clean-energy tax breaks, spending has been harder to unwind.

Key Democrat calls for investigation into Trump disaster denials

Mon, 08/17/2026 - 6:20am
New Jersey Rep. Frank Pallone said President Donald Trump's rejection of aid for his state is a "betrayal."

25 groups urging Supreme Court to kill climate case have ties to oil companies, report says

Mon, 08/17/2026 - 6:19am
It looks at industry links by groups filing friend of the court briefs in the climate battle royale.

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