United States

The presidential debate proved that climate change is not at centre of 2024 election

Friday - 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

Friday - 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

Thursday - 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

Wednesday - 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

Wednesday - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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...

Drillers emit far more methane than estimates

2 Aug 24 - 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 24 - In western North America, wildfire season is in full swing—and well on its way toward setting records.