House Republicans are pushing bills this week to defang the Obama administration's hallmark environmental regulations.
The Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration are expected to unveil rules to lower the carbon emissions of trucks on Friday.
In a much awaited encyclical, Pope Francis called for a "new and universal solidarity" to tackle climate change.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist and science popularizer, warned about lawmakers' ignorance of scientific knowledge on climate change.
The country’s agricultural sector has seen soil moisture levels across the country drop to lower than average levels this year.
New restrictions are the first to be imposed on some of the state's most senior water-rights holders since the 1970s, and will likely lead to widespread fallowing of cropland.
The new initiative comes amid a major boost to the Obama administration-led efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions by U.S. power plants.
However, the G7 countries, which account for nearly a third of global carbon emissions, failed to set binding cuts on emissions of greenhouse gases.
In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, the GOP presidential candidate defended his earlier comments where he told the Pope to leave science to the scientists.
The demonstrators were mostly peaceful in advance of the two-day gathering of world leaders.
A new study calling into question how sea temperature has been measured says Earth’s warming hasn’t been interrupted since 1998.
A new report by climate scientists say that the glaciers around Mount Everest could be gone by 2100.
Construction workers, the elderly and the homeless make up the majority of the 539 fatalities reported so far.
The financial aid will be used to fund the fight against environmental disasters and to increase access to clean water and renewable energy.
Jeb Bush, the former governor of Florida, said that it is "really arrogant" to think the role of humans in climate change is clear.
A new study has found that almost half of 978 power stations in the western United States are "vulnerable.”
The study provides insight into the influence of ocean microbes on the atmosphere and could help scientists better predict climate change.
A new NASA study finds that the remains of the Larsen B Ice Shelf are likely to disintegrate completely before the end of the decade.
The Australian prime minister's chief business adviser said the U.N. is using "environmental catastrophism" to undermine capitalism and freedom.
The situation is a sign of humans’ continued overuse of fossil fuels and the rise of global warming, researchers say.
Climate experts have long proposed limiting temperatures to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.
The country's top weather tracker warned that the nation faces rising threats from typhoons, floods, droughts and heat waves.