Two-thirds of Americans believe climate change is either a crisis or a serious problem, with a majority wanting immediate action to address global heating and its damaging consequences, major new polling has found.
NOAA's scientific research is central to the United States' ability to understand climate change - a role that requires the agency to conduct independent research, but puts it at cross purposes with a White House that has repeatedly expressed skepticism of the established science of global warming.
The White House is not only overturning as many environmental protections as it can - it also wants to significantly change the legal landscape to make it harder to reinstate them.
Donald Trump gets some of his worst marks from the American people when it comes to his handling of climate change and majorities believe the planet is warming and support government actions that he has sometimes scoffed at.
The House on Wednesday approved two bills that offer sweeping protections to the nation's coastlines, permanently blocking offshore drilling on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts and part of the Gulf of Mexico.
A chief critic of climate science in the White House is leaving the administration after failing to convince the president to review mainstream research on global warming.
One of the country's most conservative congressional districts could send a solar entrepreneur and clean energy advocate to the House in a special election today.
The former Liberal leader John Hewson has called on Scott Morrison to grant government MPs a conscience vote on a new parliamentary motion declaring a climate emergency.
Facing "vocal sexism and hateful comments," Environment Minister Catherine McKenna has said she now sometimes needs a security detail. Climate change promises to be a key issue in Canada's October election.
The group, which says climate change is not caused by carbon-dioxide emissions but rather by the sun, says Elections Canada is right to keep a close eye on campaign-period communications.
Kristina Marusic is the recipient of a Michelle Madoff Award of Environmental Excellence for her reporting on environmental health and justice in Western Pennsylvania
It's often our duty to report bleak news on climate and the environment. But let's not skimp on the good news—like the continued momentum of clean energy
Nearly 20 percent of people in Philadelphia are food insecure. We visited the researchers, restaurateurs, and entrepreneurs changing this by rethinking food waste.
