EPA to eliminate limits on climate pollution from power plants
The rule, which is expected to face immediate legal challenges, also could prevent future administrations from regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, sources said.
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The rule, which is expected to face immediate legal challenges, also could prevent future administrations from regulating greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, sources said.
Average temperatures across the U.S. soared to record heights between June and August in 2026, a new report found.
More than 1,000 people, including many Americans, are still missing along the Nepal-China border after deadly floods and mudflows likely triggered by a glacial collapse.
More than 5 million Americans will leave areas being impacted by climate change this year, according to study.
Greater protections for endangered emperor penguins and how to manage growing tourism are topping the agenda at talks on Antarctica in Japan.
Last month was the hottest March on record for the Lower 48 states, by the most for any month ever, federal data shows. And a forecast El Niño could heat Earth even more.
El Paso, Texas, and Los Angeles, California, had some of the worst air pollution in the U.S. last year, according to a new report.
The Trump administration is facing a new lawsuit over its decision to deregulate emissions and repeal a landmark scientific finding on climate pollution.
The Trump administration says greenhouse gases emitted from sources like cars, trucks and power plants will no longer be regulated by the federal government.
After decades monitoring polar bears in Norway's far north, researchers say the animals have proven incredibly adaptable, but there are no guarantees for the future.
President Trump cited a major winter storm as evidence to suggest that global warming does not exist — a misleading claim that has been consistently debunked by climate experts.
2025 was the third hottest year on record and pushed Earth past a critical climate change mark, scientists say.
The new tourist tax imposes an 11% tax on the gross fares paid by a cruise ship's passengers to address climate change threats to Hawaii.
"You couldn't put your finger in the water," said the lead author of the study, which spotlights the impacts of planetary warming on aquatic ecosystems.
Crucial for marine life and the global economy, coral reefs are the planet's first major environmental system to cross a climate "tipping point" as the world warms.
"These emissions drive global warming, exacerbating the very respiratory conditions inhalers are meant to relieve," researchers wrote.
The targeted climate-related projects are in 16 states, all of which voted for Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024.
Hospitals across the U.S. are at risk of significant flooding, and climate experts warn that the Trump administration's cuts leave the nation less prepared.
Alaska's capital of Juneau faced record floodwaters due to rainwater and snowmelt flowing downstream from a basin dammed by the Mendenhall Glacier.
Some neighborhoods were found to be up to 12 degrees hotter than others.
High temperatures and rising electricity costs could boost home energy bills by 6% this summer, a new report says.
34 million people live in one of these major U.S. cities that's sinking, new research shows. See if your area is on the list — and how quickly the land is moving.
As climate change worsens pollen seasons, these U.S. cities top the list for 2025, according to a new report from the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America.
Two-thirds of Americans support a transition to clean energy by 2050, and 3 out of 4 support regulating carbon emissions, according to a long-running Yale study. These maps show the results.
The world set yet another monthly heat record in January, despite an abnormally chilly U.S., a cooling La Nina and predictions of a slightly less hot 2025, the European climate service Copernicus says.
