The UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, ended in Egypt with a breakthrough: The Loss and Damage Fund. Here’s what you missed.
Author: Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY
You could opt to pay extra on your next flight to help the planet. But is it a waste of money?
Multiple airlines have their own carbon offset programs. Often when buying a ticket, customers are offered the option of paying a few dollars more.
Dire global warming milestone could come within a decade as Earth sets new emissions record, report says
A new report says that if the Earth keeps emitting CO2 at this pace, global warming is expected to reach 1.5 degrees Celsius within a decade.
Greta Thunberg won’t be at this massive climate change summit, but Biden will be. What to know about COP27.
More than 35,000 people from around the world are expected to be in Egypt at the COP27, the UN Climate Change Conference.
Something surprising can cause electric vehicles to catch on fire. Here’s what experts want you to know.
Flood waters present a unique danger to electric cars, but data shows fires are far more common in gas vehicles.
Climate change is on the ballot in the midterm elections: Here’s what’s at stake.
Democrats have set up several major climate change initiatives at the national level that Republicans would like to roll back. What to know.
Speed limits in the ocean? Massive ships are killing endangered whales each year.
How many whales die each year? It’s more than 80 in this stretch of Pacific Ocean where freight ships wreak havoc on the whale population.
Trees can’t outrun climate change. Should humans give them a lift?
While still somewhat controversial, as the extent and speed of climate change becomes clear, ‘assisted migration’ is increasingly being contemplated.
Massive wind turbines are coming to a coast near you. Will Biden’s ‘audacious’ goal pay off?
Experts say Biden’s announcement to invest nearly $50 million in offshore wind power can move the nation to the forefront of cutting edge technology.
Heat waves are the deadliest natural disasters we face. Here’s what makes them so dangerous
Heat waves like the one California has been experiencing are by far the single most deadly natural disasters the nation faces each year.