GLOBAL WARMING

A White House climate change task force on Wednesday unveiled a slate of proposals to help localities prepare for global warming effects.

New York ex-Mayor Michael Bloomberg, hedge-fund billionaire Tom Steyer and former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson funded the report.

A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll on Wednesday found that more than two-thirds of Americans support the Obama administration's proposal to slash emissions from power plants.

Obama's climate change plan offers nearly $1 billion to help communities not just recover from natural disasters, but prepare for them.

Asthma, heat stroke, allergies and infectious diseases are all likely to increase.

President Obama briefed the other heads of the G-7 countries this week on his administration's latest climate action plan.

The Obama administration's new plan to curb carbon emissions from power plants could give a much-needed boost to the economically troubled U.S. nuclear industry.

A Vox post on Thursday morning ignited discussion around the Web about whether the United States--or the world--can do enough to combat the existential threat of global warming.

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) introduced a bill on Tuesday that attempts to keep the EPA's latest power plant rules from taking hold.

Human activity adds roughly 7 billion metric tons of carbon to the environment every year.

Ancient buried soils rich in carbon could contribute to global climate change.

President will use his executive authority to order new rules.

The oil giant follows competitors Chevron and Exxon in acknowledging climate change risk to its business.

Eleven states have adopted the standards since April 2013.

Less-stable infrastructures and greater demand for resources could be a “catalyst for conflict," according to a military report.

West Antarctica is on an inexorable path toward melting that will eventually raise sea levels, scientists say.

The U.S. government’s newly released National Climate Assessment report says climate change will continue to impact every region of the country.

The White House new report on how climate change will affect the U.S. environment -- and economy.

The East Antarctica Ice Sheet looks to be more unstable than previously thought.

A Florida State University study examines land surface temperature trends from 1900 onward for the entire globe, excluding Antarctica.

A recent study adds to the growing pile of evidence that climate change is the result of anthropogenic causes.