Greenhouses can be good for growing plants. But when applied to the whole planet, the greenhouse effect is bad news. We call the compounds in the atmosphere that trap Earth’s heat, such as carbon ...

By walking more, tweaking your diet and conserving energy, you can help the world avoid a full-blown climate catastrophe.

The UN General Assembly on Wednesday will weigh a draft resolution underlining states' obligations to combat climate change, ...

These examples remind us of the impacts of our actions beyond our individual footprints. If we’re all so susceptible to ...

President Trump blasted Democratic climate policies after scientists moved away from one of the most extreme global warming ...

Methane, the second-biggest contributor to climate change, is spewing into the atmosphere from the oil and gas industry, landfills and dairy farms. It’s also coming from another lesser-known source: ...

The Trump administration has gutted the federal government’s ability to combat climate change by revoking a 15-year-old finding that greenhouse gases endanger public health and welfare and removing ...

The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed to repeal a 2009 landmark finding that greenhouse gases pose a threat to the public. The “endangerment finding” came after the Supreme Court ruled in 2007 ...

WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency has walked back a landmark environmental decision to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change. Calling it "the single largest ...