First responders in Texas are rescuing people trapped in high waters as another round of dangerous flooding has struck southern parts of the state.

Wildfire smoke, which is increasing in the Northern Hemisphere as the climate warms, attacks nearly every system in the body.

Governments across Latin America are stepping up preparations as El Nino strengthens across the Pacific, raising concerns about drought, extreme heat, flooding and wildfire risk.

Rainfall over already saturated ground keeps emergency crews on their toes, but forecasters see hope for drier weather.

Severe storms have dumped over 20 inches of rain in parts of Texas, causing significant flooding.

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President Donald Trump's administration has worked to stop offshore wind development on the grounds it’s a national security risk since late last year, halting work on major projects and buying back leases.

Saronic Technologies accepted a tax incentive deal on the promise of bringing 10,000 jobs in 10 years. Critics say this deal comes with a caveat.

Heavy smoke from wildfires is darkening skies from the U.S. Midwest to the East Coast.

When wildfires burn, smoke can travel long distances and degrade air quality far away, posing risks to those breathing it.

Authorities in Texas have rescued hundreds of stranded drivers and people trapped in homes and at least two people have died due to catastrophic flooding.

Authorities in Texas have rescued hundreds of stranded drivers and people trapped in homes and at least two people have died due to catastrophic flooding.

More than a dozen counties in Northeast Texas have signed resolutions to create a groundwater conservation district in a bid to protect local groundwater.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department says more than 40 people have been rescued from high waters as heavy downpours drenching South Texas continue to raise the risk of flash flooding.

Thousands of visitors have been told to evacuate a remote Minnesota wilderness area because of wildfires sending heavy smoke across the U.S. Midwest and Northeast.

Heavy downpours in South Texas washed out highways and stranded motorists Tuesday as forecasters warned that a threat of more severe weather could bring dangerous flooding to already drenched counties near the border with Mexico.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is barring horses, pigs, cattle and other animals from Texas due to concerns over New World screwworm, a parasitic fly.

The strategy calls for moving firefighters, engines and aircraft into areas where wildfire risk is high in hopes of catching flames before they make a catastrophic run.

President Donald Trump is sharply reducing the size of two national monuments in Utah.

Another round of sweltering heat is in store for much of the U.S. this week.

A judge will hear arguments this week after industrial users protested a rate hike by the city, which said residents and businesses were unfairly subsidizing industrial rates.

A fire is raging in the historic Fontainebleau forest south of Paris, prompting evacuations and disrupting traffic.

For half a century, workers in northern China have been using a technique called "straw checkerboards" to combat desertification.

A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system’s operator to pay a civil penalty of nearly $27 million over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022.

The governing body for sailing is looking at how the sport’s Olympic-class equipment is made, used and discarded, to eventually make changes that will reduce its environmental impact.

Vietnamese police have detained the captain of a speedboat that capsized off southern Vietnam, killing 15 Indian tourists.

Africa’s renewable energy transition is entering a new phase as the continent shifts from proving that clean energy works to building the institutions needed to deploy it at scale.

A widespread and dangerous heat wave is building across the U.S., with triple-digit highs expected in the Southwest and Great Plains this weekend.

Firefighters in Spain are battling one of the country's deadliest wildfires, which has killed at least 12 people.

Most of America’s Lower 48 states are about to swelter under an unusually large, strong and long-lasting heat dome.

After Make America Healthy Again activists drew up a petition to get him fired, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin pledged to release a formal agenda of MAHA priorities his agency would pursue.

A wildfire has devastated a remote community in southern Spain, killing at least 12 people.

A powerful typhoon is heading toward China's east coast.

Israel has launched a project aimed at clearing part of the seas to give beach space back to the population.

Kaesha Avishai and other Angelina County residents are worried about what the data center's arrival means for their property and their way of life.

Texas regulators are allowing AI data centers across the state to start up hundreds of new pollution sources with no public notice or environmental reviews.

Investor Kyle Bass’ high-capacity water wells in East Texas have been blocked by a moratorium. He says his rights as a landowner are being violated.

The heat dome that settled over much of the United States affected some specialty farmers who produce crops fruits and vegetables.

China has allocated millions in relief funding for disaster-hit areas after severe storms and a deadly landslide.

When tornadoes threaten in Nashville, Tennessee, many people here turn to Nashville Severe Weather.

Heavy rain and flooding are breaking a heat wave that gripped New York City and much of the Northeast last week.

A massive cyclone has made landfall over a U.S. territory in the western Pacific.

A handful of countries in the OPEC+ oil-producing alliance are planning to increase their outputs modestly next month.

President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned 11 people, including a former business partner of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff and nine people identified by the White House as having helped people bypass emissions control systems on vehicles.

A wildfire burning southwest of Denver forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and destroyed more than 160 structures as erratic winds pushed the blaze across two Colorado counties.

President Donald Trump has ushered in the 250th anniversary of American independence with soaring rhetoric about American exceptionalism before veering into a darkly political speech with warnings about communism.

Some of us have been told it's more energy-efficient and cost-effective to turn off our air conditioning when we leave home for work.

Gaining freedom from the heat will be a challenge this Independence Day in the eastern U.S., and it's already starting ahead of the holiday weekend.

Albanian police clashed with protesters in Tirana during a demonstration against government corruption and a luxury development linked to Jared Kushner, son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Cities and other water users have already paid $4.1 million to reserve water from a seawater desalination plant that is not close to construction.

Humpback whales are increasingly spotted off Rio de Janeiro as their population recovers from past commercial whaling.

Nearly half of the power plants planned to supply electricity for data centers would be in Texas. Experts warn they will emit significant pollution that could harm the health of communities nearby.

Multiday warnings of extreme heat have landed in New York, Boston and Philadelphia.

Many seabirds are starving to death as a marine heat wave lingers off California and fish seek deeper, cooler waters.

Galveston County alone is home to 22 refineries and chemical plants. Their level of emergency preparedness varies widely.

Crider’s dance hall is back. Homes are rebuilt. Kids swim in the river. But there’s also deep grief after the river killed 119 people and traumatized more.

Hospitals in the Paris region are urgently upgrading their defenses against heat waves.

The deaths of three firefighters in Colorado are casting a spotlight on the Trump administration’s creation of a new federal fire agency and its revival of a previously discredited policy to stomp out all wildfires quickly.

It's a hot one for millions of people in the Midwest and Great Lakes states.

Heat can be dangerous, but health experts say there are ways to manage the threat.

Natural gas could start flowing from two undersea deposits ExxonMobil discovered off Cyprus by 2033, the company's Vice President of Global Exploration John Ardill said, helping to turn the east Mediterranean island nation into a new European energy hub.

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Climate-exacerbated heat increases and unpredictable rainfall combined with unplanned urban growth have resulted in nearly half the lakes in the mountainous, India-controlled Jammu and Kashmir region disappearing or becoming highly polluted in the last six decades.

A record-breaking heat wave has overwhelmed mortuaries in Paris, leaving funeral directors struggling to find space for bodies.

A heat wave will blast the eastern United States this week.

France has reported around 1,000 additional deaths during last week’s record-breaking heat wave.

Three firefighters have died and two were injured while battling fires on the Colorado-Utah border.

A heat wave is hitting central and eastern Europe, with record temperatures in Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Denmark.

The largest fire in the United States is burning through tinder-dry forest in Utah, fueled by conditions that fire managers and experts call unprecedented.

A federal appeals court has rejected the Environmental Protection Agency’s attempt to abandon a Biden-era rule that sets tough standards for deadly soot pollution.

Utah is restricting fireworks as the largest wildfire in the nation grows, fueled by dry conditions and gusting winds.

The record-breaking heat that’s scorching Europe day and night this month would not have been possible without climate change, according to a new study.

A top official at the National Park Service says a liner along the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was cut with a sharp knife or razor this month, causing damage to the foam sealant installed as part of a $16 million rehabilitation project.

Rising demand for Texas natural gas by data centers and foreign nations has sparked a surge in pipeline projects

The Supreme Court has sided with the maker of Roundup weedkiller, blocking thousands of lawsuits alleging it failed to warn users the product could cause cancer.

Faced with a modern outbreak that could endure for decades, historical documents are offering officials solutions to eradicate the parasite again.

A Paris court has ruled that energy company TotalEnergies must account for its consumers’ greenhouse gas emissions.

Congressional Democrats are calling for investigations into renovations at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, as the ongoing drama over the president’s problem-plagued, $16 million rehabilitation project continues to roil the capital.

Abelardo de la Espriella, set to be Colombia’s president, has intensified debate over the future of the Amazon.

The Trump administration has reached a multi-state settlement with chemical giant Chemours Co. over years-long, illegal discharges of synthetic “forever chemicals” used to make products resistant to water, grease and stains.

Olympian Jessie Diggins visited Capitol Hill with her four medals in hand to advocate for clean air, clean water and a healthy planet.

Until now, cattle were believed to be the main screwworm carriers. Investigations continue.

California intends to sue the Trump administration over its deal to end an offshore wind project proposed off the state’s central coast.

President Donald Trump says six people have been arrested over recent damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool.

Emergency restrictions are now expected to hit in September 2027, so the coastal city still faces a challenging future.

The Trump administration is providing $17.5 billion to speed the development of 10 new large nuclear reactors to meet the skyrocketing power demand from massive data centers.

France recorded its hottest day ever as an early heat wave gripped Europe.

Mexico, Kenya, Italy and other nations are experiencing anywhere from one to two more months of heat stress than they were several decades ago, new research published Monday says, and some areas even more so.

Many homeowners hit by devastating Michigan floods had no insurance and no idea they were at risk — underscoring vulnerabilities throughout rural America as climate change causes more extreme weather.

France is facing a grueling heat wave with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius, or 104 Fahrenheit.

Extreme heat and dry, windy conditions are fueling several wildfires in the West, including an uncontained blaze in Utah that forced the evacuation of a small town southwest of Salt Lake City.

Mourners have gathered in Beirut to honor Mona Khalil, a Lebanese conservationist who died last week.

France is in the grips of a severe heat wave, leading to canceled trains, concerts and sports events.

Most stray animal shelters are already at capacity. Adding a deadly parasitic infestation could create an even more dire situation.

The kits at the World Cup are mishmash of verve and color featuring elements of the competing nations' culture and history.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Arthur are battering parts of the southeastern United States with heavy rain, sparking flash flood and tornado warnings along the Gulf Coast.

By the time the Texas Railroad Commission shut down nearby oilfield injection wells to control the leak, 1.5 million gallons of toxic wastewater had spilled to the surface.

FIFA’s new hydration breaks midway through each half were implemented to help players stay cool in the summer heat of Mexico, Canada and the United States, which some experts have warned could be the hottest World Cup in history.

The Trump administration says it’s buying back another energy company’s U.S. offshore wind leases for four more wind projects, as it seeks to discourage the expansion of wind energy in favor of fossil fuels.

Tropical Storm Arthur has weakened to a low pressure area along the upper Texas coast.