Associated Press

Climate and environment

As the Earth warms, the effects are becoming harder to ignore. Powerful storms, floods, heat waves and droughts are reshaping daily life. AP’s climate and environment coverage focuses on the people at the heart of these changes, told through impactful ...

In the Arctic, the major climate threat of black carbon is overshadowed by geopolitical tensions

A coalition of nations and environmental groups is lobbying the International Maritime Organization to create regulations around black carbon, or soot, that spews from ships and blankets parts of glaciers and snow.
The Nation

There’s No Quitting the Climate Fight

This is the worst-ever year for climate politics—but the struggle is far from over. Protesters stage a “die-in” during a rally for Climate Justice in Seoul on September 27, 2025. “We are hurtling toward climate chaos,” writes an international ...

Why melting glaciers are drawing more visitors and what that says about climate change

As glaciers around the world continue to shrink and disappear, they are drawing more visitors than ever, not only for their beauty but for what they have come to represent in an era of climate change.
The Hill

Climate change boosted Hurricane Melissa’s destructive winds and rain, analysis finds

Human-caused climate change boosted the destructive winds and rain unleashed by Hurricane Melissa and increased the temperatures and humidity that fueled the storm, according to an analysis released Thursday. Melissa was one of the strongest Atlantic ...
LAist

Californians are worried about wildfire and growing costs of climate change, survey finds

Californians are most likely to name wildfires as the top environmental issue facing the state and are very concerned about the rising costs associated with climate change, according to a recent survey by the Public Policy Institute of California.
THE WEEK

How climate change poses a national security threat

Climate change doesn’t just pose an existential threat to our planet. It’s also ratcheting up national security risks. With increasing food insecurity, resource scarcity and unstable borders, climate change could lead to a rise in political tensions ...
The Hill

UN says world must jointly tackle issues of climate change, pollution, biodiversity and land loss

The world needs a new approach to environmental crises threatening the health of people and the planet by adopting policies to jointly tackle climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation and pollution, according to a U.N. report released Tuesday.
The Nation

The Climate Costs of War

Scientific analyses show that the Ukraine and Middle East wars have unleashed staggering amounts of planet-warming emissions. Smoke fumes cover a neighborhood in Beirut following an Israeli air strike on October 19, 2024. On the ground, “more than 50,000 ...
Los Angeles Times

How climate change is raising your grocery bill

A 300% spike in Australian lettuce prices. A 50% rise for European olive oil and 80% for U.S. vegetables. Researchers from the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and the European Central Bank have traced back those price jumps to extreme weather they say is ...
City Limits

Primary Voter Guide: The Mayoral Candidates’ Plans on Climate & Environment

As early voting kicks off on June 14 for New York City’s primary race, here’s a guide to the Democratic candidates’ stances on climate and environmental issues. Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani and former Gov. Andrew Cuomo have each been endorsed by ...