Trump’s increasing hostility toward the renewable energy sector and climate action flies directly in the face of the broad scientific consensus that greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels are warming the atmosphere and exacerbating disasters like wildfires, droughts, floods and extreme storms across the world.
Trump's new orders also include mandates for how the U.S. government recognizes gender on federal documents and change official names of Mount Denali in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico. And they could grant the second Trump administration expansive authority to enforce border security and immigration laws.
Washington Sen. Sharon Shewmake is taking over as chair of an influential committee that's a clearinghouse for tech, energy and climate policy.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump is expected to turn away from former President Joe Biden's environmental policies with a suite of new priorities.
The Federal Reserve said Friday that it is leaving an international grouping of central banks that focused on how the financial system could help combat climate change
The week began with a biting cold snap that hammered much of the U.S., the product of a jet stream that slips out of its usual path more often these days.
In the quest to make apple trees more resilient in a warming climate, some researchers in Michigan are looking for a late bloomer
Proposal would include home buyer notifications about flood risk, limits on state funding for development in risk zones and other components.
Trump's picks to lead four federal agencies testified without the flashes of anger that marked Pete Hegseth and Pam Bondi's earlier showdowns.
The U.S. Federal Reserve announced on Friday it had withdrawn from a global body of central banks and regulators devoted to exploring ways to police climate risk in the financial system. In a statement,
The Supreme Court is declining to hear an appeal from oil and gas companies trying to block lawsuits seeking to hold the industry liable for billions of dollars in damage linked to climate change.