Climate and Environment

With temperatures climbing this week, here’s how to be comfortable in your home — with or without air-conditioning.

A new play from the writers of “The Jungle” dramatizes the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, a landmark climate agreement preceded by years of arguments over its wording.

Wet towels and body bags filled with ice water are being used to quickly cool victims, which is essential to saving lives.

A federal judge ruled that the case was moot after the investor, Arjuna Capital, withdrew the proposal with a promise not to try again.

While trying to save large amphibians native to Japan, herpetologists in the country unexpectedly found a way to potentially save an even bigger species in China.

Stifling conditions are forecast to spread this week over the eastern half of America — and linger for days.

Europe’s climate change-minded parties performed poorly in the European Union elections. Is the once ambitious European green movement over, or could its electoral crash launch a rebirth?

Leaders from India, Brazil, the Middle East and Africa joined discussions in a nod to the changing global balance of power.

Between days of excessive heat and days of unrelenting storms, the summer rainy season is starting to feel different — and highly unpredictable.

One group in Hudson Bay might have roughly a decade left because sea ice is becoming too thin to support them as they hunt, according to new research.

The government will look at ways to extend the shelf life of foods and to create more composting and other facilities, as well as urge companies to donate more food.

Nate Smith, an actor and activist, will have a role in a production organized by Theater of War Productions on the TKTS Times Square steps.

Scientists and officials spent days at sea searching for vaquitas, shy porpoises threatened by fishing gear.

Work is starting in Wyoming coal country on a new type of reactor. Its main backer, Bill Gates, says he’s in it for the emissions-free electricity.

Tenjen Lama Sherpa was one of the most storied mountain guides of his generation. Now, he and two of his brothers are dead, and their youngest brother must keep climbing to make a living.

Industry groups said the E.P.A. had exceeded its authority in requiring the drinking-water cleanup. The chemicals, known as PFAS, are linked to cancer and health risks.

The Environmental Defense Fund, entering controversial territory, will spend millions of dollars examining the impact of reflecting sunlight into space as global warming worsens.

Doug Burgum, the Republican governor of North Dakota, has stepped into the spotlight as a cheerleader for oil and former President Donald J. Trump.

The main things to know as voters in 27 countries head to the ballot box to shape the next five years of European Union policies.

Economic growth has been ecologically costly — and so a movement in favor of ‘degrowth’ is growing.

The new measure requires automakers to achieve an average of 65 miles per gallon for all the car models they sell by 2031.

In overheated Phoenix, firefighters are carrying giant plastic, ice-filled bags to quickly cool people, a technique pioneered in the military and at sporting events.

Homeowners in areas battered by climate disasters are facing dizzying insurance rate increases. But builders of housing for the homeless and other low-income families are also struggling.

Nearly 19 million people across the Southwest were under an excessive heat warning Thursday, when several cities were expected to tie or even break heat records.

After years of political consensus on the transition to cleaner energy, a ‘greenlash’ began bubbling up as prices rose and right-wing candidates gained ground.

They build extensive burrow networks and don’t seem to mind when other woodland creatures use them as flameproof bunkers.

Officials in Oregon say they need to cut trees, including some healthy ones. The reaction shows how complex land management has become as forest health declines.

Automakers are exploring energy storage as a way to help utilities and save customers money, turning an expensive component into an industry asset.

His comments came as the world body’s weather agency said it expected Earth to soon surpass the record high temperatures experienced in 2023.

The City Council in Alameda, Calif., voted to stop tests of a device that could one day cool the Earth. Scientists and city staff had previously concluded the tests posed no risk.