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Death toll climbs in Southeast Asia as heavy rains cause floods, landslides

Tue, 11/25/2025 - 6:18am
Scientists warn that a warming climate is intensifying storms and rainfall across Southeast Asia, making floods and landslides increasingly destructive and frequent.

AI gives coal plants a lifeline as Trump makes them dirtier

Mon, 11/24/2025 - 6:22am
At least 15 coal-fired plants are being kept online to power artificial intelligence as the administration rolls back pollution rules.

How the EU banished its climate demons and salvaged a weak COP30 deal

Mon, 11/24/2025 - 6:20am
The Europeans took a stand but struggled to build a coalition to push for more climate action at this year’s U.N. summit.

Warehouses are a new front in the effort to curb climate pollution

Mon, 11/24/2025 - 6:19am
The Trump administration has made it tougher for local regulators to reduce truck emissions. Some see warehouse rules as a work-around.

Europe’s hottest heat waves would kill thousands more in warmer future

Mon, 11/24/2025 - 6:18am
A new study estimates that the deadly 2003 heat wave would cause up to 32,000 deaths each week under 3 degrees Celsius of warming.

Ex-governor joins fight over Louisiana’s disappearing coast

Mon, 11/24/2025 - 6:17am
John Bel Edwards and the Environmental Defense Fund say lawsuits seeking money to restore the coastline should be heard in state courts.

UN chief: Curbing climate change would make world more peaceful, safer

Mon, 11/24/2025 - 6:16am
Annalena Baerbock pointed to droughts and other damage from climate extremes in places such as Chad, Syria and Iraq.

Switzerland lobbies for more carbon credit trading

Mon, 11/24/2025 - 6:15am
The move would channel more funds to developing countries as traditional climate aid wanes.

At COP, some wanted more talk on reforming agriculture

Mon, 11/24/2025 - 6:14am
Most of the money dedicated to fighting climate change goes to causes other than agriculture, which accounts for a third of emissions.

Rural Greece struggles to cope with predator comeback

Mon, 11/24/2025 - 6:14am
Some farmers and residents of rural areas say they now fear for their livelihoods and, in some cases, their safety.

The world is fractured. The climate talks reflected that.

Sat, 11/22/2025 - 3:17pm
Delegates from nearly 200 nations — not including the U.S. — showed they could make some progress. But they deferred the hardest decisions.

Deal or ‘meh’ deal? Climate efforts stagger but don’t collapse in Brazil

Sat, 11/22/2025 - 12:25pm
Nearly two weeks of talks in the Amazon ended with commitments to do more, but no firm movement on the most divisive issues — including turning away from fossil fuels.

Climate summit proposal dodges call to accelerate away from fossil fuels

Sat, 11/22/2025 - 7:26am
The final text of a proposed deal would be a disappointment for European countries and low-lying Pacific island nations.

An arcane type of property insurer is surging on the Gulf Coast

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 6:22am
Policyholder-owned insurance exchanges are filling voids left by traditional insurers. But some are low on cash to pay excessive claims.

Insurers earn record sums in disaster-free third quarter

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 6:22am
“Good fortune” with a lack of catastrophes helps seven major insurers earn more than $1 billion in underwriting, new analysis finds.

Fire disrupts climate talks — and souvenir hunters

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 6:20am
The blaze closed an area with pavilions set up by countries to showcase their climate action. China’s knicknacks were especially popular.

Oregon governor orders sweeping review of clean energy bottlenecks

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 6:19am
Democrat Tina Kotek is directing agencies to coordinate on everything from permitting to investment in a push to achieve net-zero electricity by 2040.

Hurricane Melissa packed the most powerful wind gust ever recorded

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 6:18am
A NOAA hurricane hunter aircraft measured a 252-mph gust at the ocean surface as the monster storm approached Jamaica.

Island states rebuke Bill Gates for downplaying climate risk

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 6:16am
Representatives of small island states said their economies depend on keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Colombia urges world to quit fossil fuels as its own effort founders

Fri, 11/21/2025 - 6:15am
Walking away from oil and gas revenue would require a titanic shift in the nation’s economy.

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