United States

‘Dangerously hot’ weather roasts US west as brutal summer continues

Friday - 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

Thursday - 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.

Yellen says $3 trillion needed annually for climate financing, far more than current level

30 Jul 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - 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 24 - No country has ever in history produced as much oil and gas as the US does now and Louisiana is ground zero.

When Kamala Harris sued Obama over fracking

24 Jul 24 - A 2016 lawsuit illustrates why some activists believe Harris will be more aggressive on climate than Biden.