On the evening of December 10, 2021, a tornado tore through the southern Illinois town of Edwardsville. Workers at an Amazon warehouse there were given about 10 minutes to find safety before the ...

An economic study calculates the effectiveness of a novel policy instrument: The underlying idea is that you are allowed to release the climate gas CO₂ into the atmosphere—but only if you promise to ...

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Oregon environmental regulators say they plan to re-establish the state’s signature Climate Protection Program after a court ruling invalidated it a month ago. State Department of Environmental ...

Despite decades of both international and national efforts, climate change continues to be a persistent challenge. In 2023, the global average surface temperature reached its highest level since 1880, ...

Seagrass meadows, salt marshes, and marine sediments sequester carbon dioxide, mitigating climate change while increasing local marine biodiversity and providing coastal protection. The carbon ...

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The researchers who develop climate scenarios for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have withdrawn the worst-case ...

The EU must reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent by 2040 relative to 1990 – of which 5 percentage points can be achieved through climate action elsewhere, according to the 2025 law. A ...

PARIS—In a major ruling Tuesday, Europe’s top human-rights court gave a boost to climate activists who are suing for tough limits on greenhouse-gas emissions, a decision expected to affect dozens of ...

Climate change is one of many factors that compel people to move; it adds fuel to poor governance, inequity and inequality, and contributes to the conditions for conflict, violence, and persecution ...

Oregon is asking the public to weigh in on a plan to reboot the Climate Protection Program, which aims to reduce carbon emissions from oil and gas companies and support some of the communities that ...