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Phoenix has ended 31-day streak of highs at or above 110 degrees as rains ease a Southwest heat wave

A record 31-day streak in Phoenix of daily highs of at least 110 degrees Fahrenheit has ended as the dangerous heat wave that suffocated the Southwest throughout July starts abating with cooling monsoon rains.

 

Extreme heat moves east where many will see their hottest days of the year

Nearly 200 million people in the United States, or 60% of the U.S. population, are under a heat advisory or flood warning or watch and have been since Thursday, according to the National Weather Service.

 

Biden looks to provide relief from extreme heat as record high temperatures persist across the US

With heat waves spreading across the United States, President Joe Biden has announced new steps to protect workers, improve weather forecasts and make drinking water more accessible.

 

Ocean currents vital for distributing heat could collapse by midcentury, study says

A system of ocean currents that transports heat northward across the North Atlantic could collapse this century, according to a new study.

 

Exclusion of race in federal climate justice screening tool could worsen disparities, analysis says

A screening tool the federal government is using to decide which neighborhoods have a disproportionate amount of pollution and climate risk could worsen air pollution exposure disparities along racial lines, according to a new analysis.

 

Deadly flooding hit several countries at once. Scientists say this will only be more common

Extreme rainfall accompanied by deadly flooding hit the United States and several other countries, causing submerged and damaged roads and other destruction that has raised concerns about growing impacts of climate change.

 

Deadly flooding is hitting several countries at once. Scientists say this will only be more common

Lethal flooding has simultaneously hit India, Japan, China, Turkey and the U.S. Northeast. Scientists have long warned that more extreme rainfall is expected in a warming world.

 

Power couple Zooey Zephyr and Erin Reed are spreading hope to fellow transgender people

Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr and legislative researcher Erin Reed have emerged as a power couple spreading hope to fellow transgender people.

 

Leaders gather in Paris to accelerate wringing more out of every ounce of fuel

As 30 environment and trade ministers, and 50 CEOs gather in Paris for the 8th international conference on energy efficiency, the International Energy Agency is taking stock.

 

Biden administration invests in carbon capture, upping pressure on industry to show results

The Biden administration is announcing an investment of $251 million in carbon capture and storage projects in seven states.

 

Biden administration announces nearly $11 billion for renewable energy in rural communities

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced a nearly $11 billion investment on Tuesday to help bring affordable clean energy to rural communities throughout the country.

 

Youth lawsuit challenging Montana’s pro-fossil fuel policies is heading to trial

A Montana judge on Friday said a climate change lawsuit from young people challenging the state’s pro-fossil fuel policies will proceed to trial despite efforts by the state to derail the case.

 

Biden signs order prioritizing ‘environmental justice’

President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that would create the White House Office of Environmental Justice.

 

EPA awards $177 million to environmental justice groups

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it’s investing $177 million to create 17 technical assistance centers around the country to help environmental justice organizations successfully apply for federal funds.

 

Gulf of Mexico oil worse for climate than thought, study

Offshore oil and gas operations in the Gulf of Mexico give off much more methane emissions than official estimates, according to a study published Monday.

 

Residents sue Louisiana parish to halt polluting plants

Residents of a Louisiana parish located in the heart of a cluster of polluting petrochemical factories filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday raising allegations of civil rights, environmental justice and religious liberty violations.

 

The way we eat could add nearly 1 degree of warming by 2100

Greenhouse gas emissions from the way humans consume food could add nearly 1 degree of warming to Earth’s climate by 2100, according to a study out Monday in Nature Climate Change.

 

Did dioxins spread after the Ohio train derailment?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is ordering rail operator Norfolk Southern to begin testing for dioxins in the area where a train carrying toxic chemicals in Ohio.

 

Carbon emissions from boreal forest fires rose in 2021

Smoke from wildfires that burned frosty, northern forests of North America and Eurasia in 2021 contributed the most to global fire carbon emissions since 2000, according to a new study.

 

Did dioxins spread after the Ohio train derailment?

U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown and J.D. Vance sent a letter to the directors of the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency last week asking why it was not testing for dioxins, a harmful suite of chemicals the senators claimed got into the air in East Palestine when officials burned off the vinyl chloride

 

EPA moves to restore rule on mercury from power plants

The Environmental Protection Agency is reaffirming the basis for a rule that requires “significant reductions” in mercury and other harmful pollutants from power plants.

 

Climate groups decry selection of oil chief to oversee COP28

Hundreds of climate and environmental groups from around the world released a letter Thursday that decried the nomination of an oil executive to oversee the United Nations climate negotiations at COP28.

 

California oil regulator leaves job amid drilling fight

Amid a statewide battle over the future of fossil fuels, Uduak-Joe Ntuk stepped down last week as California’s top oil and gas regulator after three years in the job, state officials confirmed Wednesday.

 

Pro-oil petition drive in California under question

Residents in several regions of California allege that they’ve been misled by signature gatherers over the last two months as a campaign, Stop the Energy Shutdown, pushed to gather enough signatures to get a referendum to overturn SB 1137 on the 2024 statewide ballot.

 

Push to repeal California anti-oil law inches closer to goal

A California law that prohibits new oil and gas wells from being drilled near homes, schools and hospitals could face a referendum in the 2024 election.

 

Los Angeles City Council votes to ban oil and gas drilling

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The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously on Friday to ban drilling of new oil and gas wells and phase out existing ones over the next 20 years.

 

Report: 90% of US counties hit with disaster in last decade

90% of counties in the United States suffered a weather-related disaster between 2011-2021, according to a report published on Wednesday.

 

People with disabilities raise voices at climate talks

A group of climate activists who focus on disability rights have been pushing for several years for inclusion of disability rights in international climate action pledges.

 

Climate Questions: Does what I do matter?

Climate action has become a much discussed topic around the world, but can individual actions make a difference in how much carbon dioxide is emitted on an international scale?

 

Climate Questions: Who is most vulnerable to climate change?

Most of the world’s population has been affected in some way by climate change — 85% of the world, in fact.

 

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