Biden Pledges Money for Firefighters as a Heat Wave and Wildfires Roil the West
With a record-shattering heat wave suffocating much of the Pacific Northwest and a drought-fueled wildfire season already well underway, President Biden pledged on
Are ‘Heat Pumps’ the Answer to Heat Waves? Some Cities Think So.
Many climate experts say the long-term solution is to replace most of those fossil-fuel appliances with electric versions powered by a greener grid.
Opinion | Since When Have Trees Existed Only for Rich Americans?
By Ian Leahy and Yaryna Serkez Ian Leahy is the vice president of urban forestry at American Forests. Yaryna Serkez is a writer
Opinion | Democrats Have a Year to Save the Planet
A century from now, our descendants may look back on the next year or so as a hinge in history. This could be
What a Water Shortage Is Doing to Some of America’s Best Farmland
Strawberries in the middle of winter. Almond milk in your latte. Cans of tomato paste that end up on your pizza. So much
Deaths Spike in British Columbia Amid Western Canada Heat Wave
More than a hundred deaths in British Columbia have been linked to a heat wave that has roasted parts of western Canada, broken
UN aviation emissions body decried for hiring industry lobbyist | Airline emissions
Environmental groups have criticised the UN body tasked with cutting global aircraft emissions for hiring a former senior airline industry lobbyist to a
Canada is a warning: temperatures are reaching the limits of human survivability | Simon Lewis
The climate crisis means that summer is a time of increasingly dangerous heat. This week in the Pacific north-west, temperature records are not
Biden and Harris to meet western governors amid historic heatwave – live | US news
2.29pm BST14:29 The Guardian’s Jonathan Watts and Matthew Taylor report: Joe Biden has joined scientists in blaming the climate crisis for a record-shattering
How did a small town in Canada become one of the hottest places on Earth? | Eric Holthaus
On Sunday, the small mountain town of Lytton, British Columbia, became one of the hottest places in the world. Then, on Monday, Lytton