The Miami area endured an absurd flooding event Tuesday afternoon
During the afternoon hours Tuesday, torrential rain drenched parts of Miami and Miami Beach. Four to seven inches of rain fell in a matter of a few hours before and Continue Reading
Earth to warm 3.6 degrees by end of century
By the end of the century, the global temperature is likely to rise more than 3.6 degrees. This rise in temperature is the ominous conclusion reached by two studies using Continue Reading
Vice premier urges efforts on air pollution control in north China
Chinese Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli attends a meeting on air pollution control in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and other nearby areas in north China, in Beijing, capital of China, July 31, Continue Reading
At EPA museum, history might be in for a change
An Environmental Protection Agency exhibit at the Ronald Reagan Building. (Melina Mara/The Washington Post) Scott Pruitt has repeated a particular line again and again since becoming the head of the Continue Reading
How California Plans to Go Far Beyond Any Other State on Climate
Over the past decade, California has passed a sweeping set of climate laws to test a contentious theory: that it’s possible to cut greenhouse gas emissions far beyond what any Continue Reading
EPA chief spent almost half of spring in home state of Oklahoma
The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, was in his home state of Oklahoma on at least 43 of the 92 days of March, April and May, Continue Reading
Trump just nominated a climate change skeptic to USDA’s top science post
The U.S. Department of Agriculture building in Washington (Jonathan Newton / The Washington Post) This story has been updated. President Trump on Wednesday nominated Sam Clovis, a former college professor Continue Reading
California gas storage site that leaked in 2015 cleared to reopen
A natural gas operation near Los Angeles that leaked methane for several months in 2015 is safe to reopen at a reduced capacity, California regulators said. “Following months of rigorous Continue Reading
California Legislature Approves Climate-Change Measure
California Gov. Jerry Brown scored a major win for his climate-change agenda Monday night when the legislature approved an extension of the state’s cap-and-trade program. Mr. Brown had struggled to Continue Reading
ADB: Asia-Pacific ‘at the heart’ of climate risks
If left unchecked, climate change could lead to the loss of about $52 billion per year for the economies of the Asia-Pacific, the Asian Development Bank said. “The global climate Continue Reading