climate change

The Biden administration has suspended new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits on U.S. lands and waters for 60 days as officials move to reverse the energy and environmental policies of the Trump administration

One of the dirtiest environmental polluter in the world is in your home. In fact, there’s a good chance you’re looking at it right now. It’s your cell phone. Here’s everything you need to know about how to upgrade your phone without killing the planet.

President Joe Biden is moving swiftly to dismantle Donald Trump’s legacy on his first day in office, signing a series of executive actions that reverse course on immigration, climate change, racial equity and the handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

Construction on the long disputed Keystone XL oil pipeline has been halted as U.S. President Joe Biden revoked its permit

A federal appeals court has thrown out a rule that made one of the Trump administration’s most momentous climate rollbacks

Swedish teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg will appear on a postal stamp that will be issued Thursday in her native Sweden and is part of a series focusing on the environment

Wildfire smoke accounted for up to half of all health-damaging small particle air pollution in the western U.S. in recent years as warming temperatures fueled more destructive blazes, according to a study released Monday. Even as pollution emissions declined from other sources including vehicle exhaust and power plants, the amount from fires increased sharply, said researchers at Stanford University...

Extreme rainfall fueled by climate change has caused nearly $75 billion in flood damage in the U.S. in the past three decades, a new study shows.

The Arctic and northern Siberia saw the largest temperature surges in 2020, and Europe had its hottest year ever as global carbon emissions continued to rise.

Last year tied 2016 as the hottest year on record, European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service said on Friday.

The six costliest disasters of 2020 occurred in the U.S., topped by Hurricane Laura’s devastation, which caused $13 billion in damage after hitting Louisiana.

Lower nighttime temperatures that typically provide critical relief from the hot days are disappearing as the climate changes.

President-elect Joe Biden has greater leeway to pass bold climate change legislation after Democrats clinched control of the U.S. Senate.

The two crucial Georgia runoff elections in which Democrats Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are looking to replace Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler will not only determine which party controls the Senate but the fate of the reforms that President-elect Joe Biden campaigned on. NBCLX’s Noah Pransky breaks down how this election will affect policy on climate change, coronavirus...

The coronavirus pandemic dominated the headlines in 2020, but that’s not all that happened this year. Here’s a look back at the seven other major news stories that were not about COVID-19.

Did you know during Christmas season the average American produces up to 25% more trash?

Demand for meat alternatives has grown and will continue to rise, but the industry still has hurdles to overcome in different parts of the world, analysts said.

On Tuesday Governor Ned Lamont and the leader of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection came together for a virtual news conference speaking in support of a plan to lower Connecticut’s vehicle emissions for the future. Leaders were on a virtual call to discuss the Transportation Climate Initiative, a regional climate agreement with a goal of reducing CO2...

On Tuesday, Governor Ned Lamont and the leader of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection came together for a virtual news conference speaking in support of a plan to lower Connecticut’s vehicle emissions for the future.

Global carbon dioxide emissions will rebound next year and continue to surge unless the worldwide recovery effort from Covid-19 prioritizes climate change.