International: United States
New York officials call for big oil to be prosecuted for fueling climate disasters
21 Oct 2024
Oil majors’ conduct can constitute reckless endangerment due to fossil fuels’ effect on global heating, advocates claim.
Political candidates who fight climate change stand to benefit in election
21 Oct 2024
A majority of Floridians expressed support for political candidates who fight climate change in a new Florida Atlantic University survey.
Why might people believe in human-made hurricanes? Two conspiracy theory psychologists explain
21 Oct 2024
While most people turned to meteorologists for explanations during Florida's recent hurricanes, a vocal minority remained sceptical, proposing that the hurricanes were engineered, that Florida’s weather was being manipulated, or even that it was targeted at Republican voters.
US charges against carbon-offsetting boss highlight wider industry problems
18 Oct 2024
Kenneth Newcombe, a carbon-offsetting pioneer, is accused of a 100-million-dollar fraud scheme that could see him sentenced to 20 years in jail.
Washington state's landmark climate law hangs in the balance this election
17 Oct 2024
A groundbreaking law that forces companies in Washington state to reduce their carbon emissions while raising billions of dollars for climate programs could be repealed by voters this fall, less than two years after it took effect.
‘It’s mindblowing’: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge
17 Oct 2024
Storms Helene and Milton have triggered rise of misinformation stoked by Trump and fellow Republicans.
Gas utility sued for climate deception
15 Oct 2024
Multnomah County, Oregon, says NW Natural “engaged in an enterprise of misrepresentation” about its products’ harm to the climate.
Rising disaster costs leave U.S. confronting fiscal risks of climate change
15 Oct 2024
As storms, droughts, wildfires and other extreme weather events strike with greater frequency and intensity, repairing and rebuilding has grown more costly, too.
Companies that fought climate action now accused of price gouging Hurricane Milton evacuees
14 Oct 2024
For years, United, American, and other airlines have led massive lobbying efforts against regulations to prevent climate change.
Milton is a monster. Elected leaders are to blame.
11 Oct 2024
A former Florida climate commissioner reflects on the decades of denial and delay that led to this moment.
Hurricane Helene prompts questions about raising animals in increasingly vulnerable places
10 Oct 2024
Hurricane Helene is just the latest event to underscore the perils of raising tens of thousands of animals in industrial-scale facilities as weather patterns grow more extreme.
US home insurance rates are rising fast with climate change fuelling more severe weather
9 Oct 2024
Millions of Americans have been watching with growing alarm as their homeowners insurance premiums rise and their coverage shrinks. Nationwide, premiums rose 34% between 2017 and 2023, and they continued to rise in 2024 across much of the country.
Toxic chemical releases during flooding are a silent and growing threat
7 Oct 2024
Hundreds of industrial facilities with toxic pollutants were in Hurricane Helene’s path as the powerful storm flooded communities across the Southeast of the United States.
Why Chevron is sponsoring Hurricane Helene journalism
7 Oct 2024
The oil giant wants to convince the public that its new ultra-high-pressure offshore drilling project, Anchor, is climate-friendly.
Revealed: how the fossil fuel industry helps spread anti-protest laws across the US
7 Oct 2024
Fossil fuel lobbyists coordinated with lawmakers behind the scenes and across state lines to push and shape laws that are escalating a crackdown on peaceful protests against oil and gas expansion.
Carbon offset pioneer charged with $100 million fraud scheme
4 Oct 2024
US regulators say Australian national Ken Newcombe faked data for carbon credits investment. The Goldman and World Bank veteran denies the allegations but is facing up to 20 years in jail.
A federal attempt to foster ‘high-integrity voluntary carbon markets’ falls short
4 Oct 2024
New guidance for credit-based derivatives gives “imprimatur to a system that doesn’t have credibility to begin with.”
Climate was a top question at the vice presidential debate
3 Oct 2024
Both candidates actually answered — sort of.
Trump calls climate change a ‘scam’ after Hurricane Helene hammers states
1 Oct 2024
Donald Trump has sparked controversy for declaring that climate change is “one of the great scams” after Hurricane Helene left a trail of destruction, killing more than 100 people, across the southeast US.
California sues ExxonMobil for deceiving the public about plastic recycling
30 Sep 2024
California is suing oil and gas giant ExxonMobil for allegedly lying to the public about the promise of plastic recycling, the state’s attorney general announced.
House backs measure to overturn Biden auto emissions rule that Republicans say would force EV sales
27 Sep 2024
The GOP-controlled House approved a resolution that would overturn a new Biden administration rule on automobile emissions that Republicans say would force Americans to buy unaffordable electric vehicles they don’t want.
Meat producer sued over emissions reduction promises
26 Sep 2024
The Environmental Working Group alleges that the world’s second-largest meat producer is misleading consumers by labeling a line of its beef “climate smart.”
Why climate change investment pays off
25 Sep 2024
The cost of inaction on climate change far outweighs the cost of proactive investment, says new analysis issued at New York Climate Week.
Trump looms over Climate Week as UN returns
24 Sep 2024
Discussions about the U.S. election are expected to shape the environmental mega-gathering.
‘A break from the heat’: Americans most affected by climate crisis head midwest
24 Sep 2024
Unbearable heat and worsening storms prompt residents of states such as Florida to move elsewhere.
Democrats seek to tax fossil fuel companies over climate change
16 Sep 2024
A large group of Democrats is looking to force the fossil fuel industry to pay for climate change.
Proposals to build California’s first carbon storage facilities face a key test
16 Sep 2024
Proposals to build California’s first carbon storage facilities are facing key tests in the coming weeks, beginning with a vote by the Kern County Planning Commission Thursday night.
The presidential debate proved that climate change is not at centre of 2024 election
13 Sep 2024
Climate change remains on the backburner of the US 2024 election following little mention of environmental policy during the first debate between the two presidential candidates.
California farmers turn to agave amid drought conditions and climate change
13 Sep 2024
Most of the United States' fruits and nuts, like avocados and almonds, come from California.
Climate experts lament Harris’s vow to keep fracking in debate with ‘walking oil spill’ Trump
12 Sep 2024
Harris has a progressive record on climate but indicated a shift, probably to assuage voters in swing states
If Trump wins the election, this is what’s at stake
11 Sep 2024
Here is the biggest thing happening on our planet as we head into the Northern Hemisphere’s autumn of 2024: the Earth is continuing to heat dramatically.
Ten tough climate questions for the presidential debate
11 Sep 2024
Climate and energy get little acknowledgement in most political debates. But there are plenty of questions for both Trump and Harris on the urgent choices the next president faces.
‘Dangerously hot’ weather roasts US west as brutal summer continues
6 Sep 2024
California, Nevada and Arizona swelter in what could be the most intense heatwave of an already blazing season.
US climate envoy Podesta to visit China from Wednesday for talks
5 Sep 2024
US climate envoy John Podesta will visit China for three days to discuss climate change issues, as the world's two biggest emitters of greenhouse gas look to bridge gaps on issues such as finance.
Could permeable pavement ease flooding woes in New York City?
2 Sep 2024
It can’t help cities control the weather, but by slowing the flow of stormwater, permeable pavement can lessen flooding from big storms.
Kamala Harris avoids getting specific on climate change — for now
26 Aug 2024
Harris has backed away from past climate policies to avoid breaking with Biden. How long will that last?
Millions broil as southern US heat dome causes record highs and wildfires
23 Aug 2024
Extreme heat affecting nearly 23m people across US south-west and pushing Texas’s electrical grid to the limit.
Harris stirs hope for a new chapter in climate action
20 Aug 2024
Although expected to follow in Biden's pragmatic footsteps, her record as a prosecutor and voice for justice has environmentalists looking to the future.
Wildfires can contaminate the water farmers use to irrigate crops and support livestock
15 Aug 2024
The wildfires that burned across Maui, Hawaii, in August 2023 became the deadliest conflagration in the United States in more than a century.
Will climate cash help democrats win US election?
14 Aug 2024
An area near Pittsburgh is being recast into a clean energy hub by IRA cash. It’s a test of whether climate policies can help Democrats beat Trump.
The lost history of what Americans knew about climate change in the 1960s
14 Aug 2024
It wasn't just scientists who were worried, but Congress, the White House, and even Sports Illustrated.
A line-by-line fact check of the Musk-Trump interview
14 Aug 2024
Donald Trump told some wild lies about climate change in his two-hour live-streamed conversation with Elon Musk last night.
Climate change deniers make up nearly a quarter of US Congress
7 Aug 2024
There are 23 climate denialists in the Senate and 100 in the House, making the US an outlier internationally.
Harris grabs green new deal network endorsement that eluded Biden
5 Aug 2024
The coalition of progressive youth and environmental justice groups are confident they can help give the presumptive Democratic nominee a needed edge with the base, even as the Trump team seeks to paint her as a radical.
Drillers emit far more methane than estimates
2 Aug 2024
US oil and gas basins are emitting around four times more planet-warming methane than federal regulators have estimated, according to the results of an aerial survey released.
Supercharged by climate change, western megafires explode simultaneously
1 Aug 2024
In western North America, wildfire season is in full swing—and well on its way toward setting records.
Yellen says $3 trillion needed annually for climate financing, far more than current level
30 Jul 2024
US Treasury Secretary said that the global transition to a low-carbon economy requires $3 trillion in new capital each year through 2050, far above current annual financing.
Wildfires push devastation and spread smoke across US West
30 Jul 2024
Firefighters made progress over the weekend in the battle against wildfires covering massive areas in the western United States, but further evacuations have been necessary.
Electric vehicles strain the automaker-big oil alliance
30 Jul 2024
In the clean car battle, the oil industry leans on friends—including Donald Trump—to keep gasoline transport alive, while carmakers steer toward an EV future.
‘This used to be a beautiful place’: how the US became the world’s biggest fossil fuel state
29 Jul 2024
No country has ever in history produced as much oil and gas as the US does now and Louisiana is ground zero.
Australia's battery subsidies spark rooftop solar resurgence
Tue 7 Jul 2026
The rooftop solar boom shows how countries stifled by transmission line logjams can continue reducing emissions, analysts say.
China warming faster than global average as extreme weather intensifies, report says
Mon 6 Jul 2026
China is warming faster than the global average, while extreme heat, heavy rainfall and other severe weather events are becoming more frequent and intense as climate change accelerates worldwide.
Europe may face 'more deadly weeks' as new heatwave builds, WHO warns
Today 12:15pm
The World Health Organization warned Europe could face “more deadly weeks” ahead, with another intense heatwave forming over the Atlantic.
Low-cost loans for solar panels could save households hundreds on bills – thinktanks
Today 12:15pm
Millions of UK households could save hundreds of pounds a year on their energy bills if the government were to approve low-cost loans for solar panel installation, research has found.
Canada advances Alberta pipeline to Pacific Coast to expand oil exports beyond the US
Mon 6 Jul 2026
Canada took a step toward opening a new route for its vast oil reserves to Asian markets as Prime Minister Mark Carney advanced a Pacific Coast pipeline from Alberta, seeking to reduce the country’s dependence on the U.S. while easing separatist tensions and preserving environmental protections.
Enhanced flash flood risks in Hindu Kush Himalaya
Today 12:15pm
The communities in the Hindu Kush Himalaya region could face enhanced risks from flash floods due to bursts of extreme rainfall and cloudbursts during the southwest monsoon season along with high temperatures which could lead to accelerated glacier and snow melting.
‘Those blocking climate science are not our friends': Pacific leaders warn at Bonn talks
23 Jun 2026
Pacific nations and civil society groups have united at UN climate talks, pushing back against efforts to weaken agreed language on global temperature limits as negotiations continue behind closed doors.
Antarctica’s west coast missing an area of sea ice the size of France as temperatures peak 20C above average
16 Jun 2026
A vast area of the Bellingshausen Sea should be covered by sea ice by now, with one expert calling the loss of ice ‘depressing’.
Ugandan farmers launch UK court case against East African oil pipeline
Today 12:15pm
Four Ugandan farmers filed a case with London’s High Court aiming to stop the East African Crude Oil Pipeline from starting to operate by asking the court to apply Uganda’s laws against the project’s UK-registered company.
Colombia’s climate crossroads: Trumpism casts shadow over presidential battle
26 May 2026
Colombia is a global leader in climate activism. Could US influence drag country to a future of mining and fracking?
Strong El Nino will develop rapidly over coming months, says UN weather agency
Tue 7 Jul 2026
The United Nations weather agency on Friday raised its forecast for the rapid emergence of a strong El Nino in the coming months, warning that the phenomenon is likely to drive global temperatures higher.
