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22 states sue New York, alleging environmental fund is unconstitutional
The law requires major fossil fuel companies to pay into the fund over the next quarter-century based on their past gas emissions.
The law requires major fossil fuel companies to pay into the fund over the next quarter-century based on their past gas emissions.
Last year's global average temperature easily passed 2023's record heat and kept pushing even higher.
This ability to store large amounts of electricity in batteries was essentially nonexistent a decade ago.
The American variety has been mostly wiped out by an invasive fungal blight since the 1930s.
Cities in Asia and the U.S. emit the most heat-trapping gas that feeds climate change, according to new data that combines observations and AI.
The grants are available for companies and utilities to build small modular reactors.
The group of 57 scientists from around the world used United Nations-approved methods to examine what's behind last year's deadly burst of heat.
Electrifying the entire U.S. school bus fleet could cost as much as $200 billion, one study found.
The region's coasts are often hit by cyclones, but changing climate patterns have caused them to become more intense.
$830 million will help bridges, roads, rail, public transit and other infrastructure become more resilient to the effects of climate change.
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