Climate

As unusually hot temperatures sweep much of the U.S. this week, millions of Americans remain under heat advisories or warnings. The big picture: While extreme heat can have burdensome impacts on our bodies, it can also have tremendous impacts on vital — and aging — infrastructure. Such heat can leave behind devastating consequences on infrastructure, […]

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Nearly 190 million Americans are under some form of heat advisory or warning as of Monday afternoon amid an early summer heat wave. Why it matters: The event, which broke temperature records across the West and Alaska before shifting east, is bringing an especially dangerous combination of heat and humidity. Much of the eastern U.S.

Most voters want bold climate policy, but politicians often don’t realise it. The 89 Percent Project is designed to make that public support impossible to ignore. Some of the world’s most respected newsrooms have united in a global climate reporting drive to amplify the voices of the ‘silent majority’ who care about the environment –

“Fine words” that “must now translate into action” – that was Greenpeace’s verdict on the UN Ocean Conference, which wrapped up in Nice last weekend The summit offered some signs of progress in the race to save our oceans with more nations ratifying a global treaty to protect 30% of the high seas by 2030,

Global warming threatens life as we know it as never before. But we have the tools and the power to meet the challenge. Here are seven smart solutions to climate change. Our entire civilisation has unfolded under the skies of a remarkably stable climate. Now, thanks largely to human actions, that stability has come crashing