Governments have sunk barges in the Danube, evacuated thousands near wildfires and invented new words in a summer of climate extremes.

Three states in the past year have made it harder for trial lawyers and environmental groups to sue fossil fuel companies over global warming.

A state prohibition on vegetation near homes is undermined by an exception that lets localities write their own rules, insurers say.

The Environmental Defense Fund says the administration lacks authority to shutter a research facility that helps with storm preparation.

Earlier harvests have become increasingly common in Champagne and other French wine regions as temperatures rise.

Historic heat is forcing the French government to rethink its spending plans.

This year’s intensifying El Niño threatens to heighten fire risks as higher temperatures and parched vegetation turn landscapes into tinderboxes.

The scorching drought has also disrupted trade, power and water supplies.

“EPA is trying to have their cake and eat it, too,” said one environmental lawyer.

The long-delayed standards will require about 2 million homes in high-risk areas to reduce flammable material within 5 feet of structures.

A former chief financial officer is asking a judge to declare that Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski were sources for a damaging post last year by Loomer.

State government will buy solar power generated on reclaimed coal mine land.

Traditional air-conditioning units didn’t become standard in the U.S. until the 1950s, but the swamp cooler endures.

Global warming is the main driver of this year’s marine heat waves, with knock-on effects for ecosystems and extreme weather.

The ultra-low emission zone charges drivers to bring older vehicles with more polluting engines into the city.

Experts have said increasingly intense rainfall, sand mining, upstream deforestation and wetland loss are making floods more unpredictable and destructive.

States are dealing with new challenges in health care, disaster relief, education and more.

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

A new law will make the nation the first to block legal claims seeking corporate accountability for global warming.

Kevin Guthrie served as the director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management since 2021.