Hotter climate means a never-ending fire season for the National Guard
California has set up a permanent task force of National Guard members to do what used to be occasional work fighting and preventing wildfires.
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Some of Canada's wildfires likely made worse by human-driven climate change
Climate change intensified eastern Canada's hot, dry, windy weather this summer. That made Quebec's enormous burns about twice as likely, according to a new study.
New Jersey requires climate change education. A year in, here's how it's going
In 2020, New Jersey became the first state in the country to require climate change education across grade levels and in most subjects. The standards were rolled out this past year.
Heat dome over Central U.S. could bring hottest temps yet to parts of the Midwest
This summer has already been awfully hot in the southern Plains and the Gulf Coast. Now, a large portion of the U.S. will face a prolonged period of dangerous heat.
3 strategies Maui can adopt from other states to help prevent dangerous wildfires
In preparing for future fires, Maui doesn't have to look far. States like California have passed wildfire policies to reduce the risk that a community will be destroyed.
A year in, landmark U.S. climate policy drives energy transition but hurdles remain
One year ago, President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law, directing hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the transition away from fossil fuels.
Hurricanes cause vast majority of storm deaths in vulnerable communities
New research puts stark numbers on a well-known disparity: poor and vulnerable communities suffer over 90 percent of deaths associated with major storms.
Judge sides with young activists in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana
The ruling follows a first-of-its-kind trial in the U.S., adding to a small number of legal decisions around the world that have established a government duty to protect citizens from climate change.
A slightly sadistic experiment aims to find out why heat drives up global conflict
The subjects were assigned to one of two rooms: 68 degrees or a sweat-inducing 86 degrees. Then they were told to play a computer game that can bring out the worst in human nature.
After decades, a tribe's vision for a new marine sanctuary could be coming true
The Biden administration is moving ahead with what could be the largest national marine sanctuary in the continental U.S. A Native American tribe is hoping to be partners in managing it.