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The stock market may have a climate change problem

9 hours 21 min ago
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.

9 hours 23 min ago
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

9 hours 24 min ago
The progressive megadonor is back to talking about climate policy after an unsuccessful run for governor.

‘Horrific’ conditions grip UK hospitals unprepared for heat

9 hours 25 min ago
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

9 hours 25 min ago
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

9 hours 30 min ago
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

9 hours 31 min ago
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

9 hours 32 min ago
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.

Power crunch puts West Texas at risk of rolling blackouts, says grid official

Mon, 08/17/2026 - 6:18am
Skyrocketing demand for electricity could put too much stress on the system unless more transmission lines are built.

Newsom admin details wildfire liability proposal in letter to LA supervisor

Mon, 08/17/2026 - 6:16am
The push to reshape the utility liability system has become a keystone issue of Newsom’s final legislative session.

Trump ally offered Zeldin dirt on EPA staff

Mon, 08/17/2026 - 6:15am
Agency employees have feared blowback from the president after their emails were sought by right-leaning operatives since he last left the White House.

The warming climate is forcing marathons to consider changes

Mon, 08/17/2026 - 6:14am
To improve the chances of having a race in cooler weather, organizers are shifting race dates, starting earlier and even giving options for participants to cut their runs short.

Heat, humidity grip much of US as students start a new school year

Mon, 08/17/2026 - 6:13am
Roughly 97 million people from the central Plains to the Southeast face heat advisories.

Peru steps up fight against illegal mining as activity enters reserve

Mon, 08/17/2026 - 6:09am
Mining has stripped away vast areas of rainforest, leaving behind a scarred landscape of contaminated pools and altered rivers.

Trump administration fights Republican effort to lower flood insurance costs

Fri, 08/14/2026 - 6:19am
Justice Department lawyers are defending a FEMA program that environmentalists support.

EVs drive down China's oil demand as Iran war slogs on

Fri, 08/14/2026 - 6:17am
Drivers are buying more electric cars and using less gasoline in plug-in hybrids, the International Energy Agency said.

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