CLIMATE CHANGE

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller warned the water shortage could lead to a spike in grocery and gas prices.

The storm has already unleashed heavy rainfall across northern Florida, resulting in four deaths, severe river flooding, and numerous water rescues.

This heat dome, mainly centered over California, is an indication of the extreme weather patterns driven by climate change caused by fossil fuels and this trend is expected to continue for decades, according to recent studies.

Monsoon rains cause widespread destruction every year, but experts say climate change is shifting weather patterns and increasing the number of extreme events.

Google, despite its goal of achieving net-zero emissions, is pumping out more greenhouse gas than before as it powers data centers needed to support artificial intelligence, the company said.

Temperatures will begin to climb Tuesday, intensifying through the Fourth of July weekend.

The severe weather resulted from a combination of heavy rainfall and overflowing rivers, which inundated downstream communities.

The World Weather Attribution (WWA) group of scientists also said that extreme highs witnessed over that region in May and June were four times as likely to occur today as a quarter of a century ago.

The excessive heat threatens a large swath of the country with multiple days of dangerously high temperatures.

The deluge battered southern Florida, blocking roads, stranding vehicles, forcing flight delays and cancellations at airports.

Over the weekend, deadly storms ravaged Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas, resulting in at least 18 fatalities, hundreds of injuries, and widespread destruction.

Critics referred to the move of DeSantis as ignoring the reality of the threats of climate change in Florida. Some of the threats mentioned were extreme heat and flooding, and also increasing severe storms.

Most of Joe Biden's clean energy tax credits are now law and are unlikely to be reversed by Donald Trump if he wins November's presidential election, a senior administration official said Friday.

The High Court ruled Friday that the UK government had acted unlawfully when it approved elements of its plans to meet net-zero targets based on "vague and unquantified" information.

The oil industry's public relations strategy has evolved from climate science denial to "disinformation and doublespeak" to counter meaningful environmental policies, US congressional Democrats said in a report Tuesday.

The United Nations said Wednesday it was launching a new Climate Resilience Fund aimed at boosting protections for "refugees and displaced communities" threatened by climate change.

The revived measures include mandatory assessments of safer technologies and "root cause" analyses post-accidents.

A pair of large investment companies with nearly $7 trillion in assets, said Thursday they exited a climate change investor initiative that aims to pressure companies to quickly cut carbon emissions.

Veteran US diplomat and politician John Kerry said Wednesday he planned to keep working to address climate change including by encouraging the private sector as he steps away from his envoy role.

An award-winning architect in Bangladesh, one of the nations most at risk from flooding driven by climate change, has developed an ingenious two-floor housing solution to help people survive what scientists warn is a growing threat.

The Geneva Learning Foundation's journey began when thousands of health workers participating in its programs shared their concern that climate change is damaging the health of communities. The World Health Organization echoes this sentiment: Climate change poses an unprecedented challenge to health systems worldwide.