No federal heat standard? NYC workers are building their own safety net.
Jul 13, 2026, 4:30 am By Frida Garza
Dave Carew was going on vacation. But first, he had some tabling to do. It was Thursday, two days…As climate and conflict collide, Indigenous leaders confront overlapping crises at the UN
Jul 13, 2026, 4:00 am By Te Aniwaniwa Paterson
Although it’s been nearly 20 years since more than 100 countries adopted the United Nations…‘Why take those jobs away?’: The unionized workers decrying Trump’s war on wind
Jul 12, 2026, 9:00 am By Michael Sainato, The Guardian
Donald Trump has blamed everything — from “national security” issues, the deaths…How to build homes that can survive extreme heat
Jul 11, 2026, 9:00 am By Sara Herschander, Vox
It was not the postcard-worthy aesthetics that prompted Greek islanders to first drench their…The oceans are full of heat, and it’s coming ashore
Jul 10, 2026, 3:05 pm By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey
It’s barely the middle of summer in the northern hemisphere, and heatwaves are once again breaking…Congress is about to pass the biggest disaster reform in years
Jul 10, 2026, 11:45 am By Jake Bittle
There are a lot of ways for disaster victims to get help in the immediate aftermath of a flood or…Workers are risking dangerous heat to keep the World Cup running
Jul 10, 2026, 4:45 am By Emily Jones
Extreme heat continues to be a major concern throughout this year’s World Cup, and organizers of…The nation’s biggest public utility just doubled down on coal, gas, and nuclear
Jul 10, 2026, 4:30 am By Katie Myers
For the past four years, Angie Mummaw has been told the gas-fired electrical plant the Tennessee…Why heat is so deadly and how to stay safe
2:01pm By Jessica Stahl
Don’t underestimate heat. While less visible than other extreme weather events like hurricanes or…How to build a highway in the age of climate change
4:45am By Benton Graham
Between the view, the marshes, and the birds, Liat Meitzenheimer concedes the drive along California…The tiny cell that broke a big rule of biology
4:30am By Jesse Nichols
For decades, Jon Zehr was haunted by an organism he knew was here — but couldn’t see. It all…Western Europe just set the record for its hottest June ever
Wed 10:00pm By Tik Root
Europe has spent several weeks enduring blistering heat. The heatwave the continent experienced last…El Niño is here, and it’s already scrambling fisheries throughout the Pacific
Wed 4:45am By Joseph Winters
We’re not even one month into “super” El Niño, the natural Pacific weather pattern…Another super typhoon just pummeled the Pacific
Wed 4:30am By Anita Hofschneider
When a 150-mph cyclone hit the Mariana Islands in mid-April, federal officials handed out more than…Trump tried to appease MAHA’s fury over Roundup. It backfired.
Jul 7, 2026, 5:10 pm By Ayurella Horn-Muller
On a 200-acre farm and cattle ranch in Bandera, Texas, Mollie Engelhart grows organic produce, sells…The plan to make climate science harder to erase
Jul 7, 2026, 4:45 am By Kate Yoder
When Rebecca Lindsey was fired from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration last…Funding the fight against corporate polluters
Jul 6, 2026, 9:30 am By Grist Creative
For decades, toxic lead cables lay like giant sea monsters snaking across the bottom of Lake Tahoe.…New research traces how ‘forever chemicals’ move through the Great Lakes and into people
Jul 6, 2026, 4:45 am By Vivian La
In the United States, PFAS chemicals are so ubiquitous — found in everything from frying pans to…Los Angeles turns ‘most polluting’ World Cup into Olympic rehearsal in bid for climate legacy
Jul 5, 2026, 9:00 am By Carolina Kyllmann, Clean Energy Wire
A pungent smell clouds the stadium where the U.S. men’s football team is set to play its first…A New Mexico town is running dry. An immigration detention center is its biggest water customer.
Jul 4, 2026, 9:00 am By Martha Pskowski, Inside Climate News
Following years of drought, the wells in Estancia, New Mexico, are running dry. After declaring a…
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