This winter's harshest arctic blast so far is coursing through Texas as the state is the worst in the world for flight cancellations.

The city still has to rework or commit more funding and resources toward the majority of the goals involved in implementing its Climate Equity Plan, which aims to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.

Residential properties could face a value correction of $1.2 trillion to $1.9 trillion if housing markets reprice to reflect threats posed by storms, subsidence, sea-level rise and wildfires.

Major winter storms have dumped snow and cold weather on the Mid-Atlantic and the South. And in the midst of the weather news, scientists from major meteorological associations around the world reported that human-caused climate change drove 2024 to be the hottest year in human history.

A fire at a one of the world’s largest battery plants in California contained tens of thousands of lithium batteries that store power from renewable energy sources.

Deadly low temperatures and snowstorms across much of the entire US reached into Southern US Gulf states on Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing areas of Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Florida to a standstill and killing at least 10 people.

Despite the finger-pointing about who is to blame for the spread of the LA fires, veteran climate writer Jeff Goodell believes no level of preparation could have fundamentally changed the trajectory of this disaster.

AUSTIN (KXAN ... fires affected by climate change? Southern California is already in the throws of a moderate to severe drought, much the same as we have in Central Texas.

Property analytics resource CoreLogic released in August 2024 its wildfire risk report that found Texas is ranked third nationally for homes at moderate or greater risk from fires. Zooming in on, Austin ranked the fifth highest metro in the country whose homes are at heightened risk levels.

With the help of a $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy and a small but growing network of science teachers, educators are spearheading a grassroots educational initiative to provide information about carbon capture and storage along with its potential benefits.

The biggest factor in the death tolls and damage costs from natural disasters probably is not climate change but population change.

Marchers said they were caught off guard by Trump’s victory and are determined to show that support remains strong for women’s access to abortion, for transgender people and other issues.