climate change

Girls are more likely to be dissatisfied with environmental efforts than boys, and older teens are more likely to care about corporations’ role in climate change than younger teens, new data finds.

Many Texans are still reeling from the effects of the coldest winter on record in 30 years, but winter is coming. And energy experts say the state’s power grid is still vulnerable for another failure, despite new regulations. Those experts say the work done on the Texas grid this year was the “bare minimum,” said Mitchell Ferman, energy and economy...

Americans are addicted to buying stuff — but consumerism doesn’t make us happy, and it also contributes to climate change, NBCLX Storyteller Chase Cain explains in the next part of his Climate Change Survival Guide. So this holiday shopping season, which is already more challenging due to supply chain problems, try out alternative gift ideas, like experiences or second-hand items.

University of Maine researchers are trying to produce potatoes that can better withstand warming temperatures as the climate changes

The long-anticipated report did not indicate that the Biden administration would take climate change impact into account when approving new oil and gas leases.

In preparation for a hotter future, Los Angeles became the 3rd local government in the U.S. to hire a “chief heat officer.” The CHO will examine how the city buildings and pavement create “heat islands” that lead to cities being much warmer than the suburbs. Ladd Keith, a city planning expert and professor at the University of Arizona, explains how...

A number of companies have sought to develop their own solutions to the challenge of blade recycling.

The burning of fossil fuels such as coal, oil and gas, is the chief driver of the climate crisis.

Over the last few years, a number of companies have sought to develop plans and concepts related to low and zero-emission aviation.

If enacted, Biden’s framework would enshrine climate change action in law, making such measures difficult to roll back by future administrations.

The data comes just weeks after Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed an agreement at the COP26 climate summit pledging to end deforestation by 2030.

The U.S. still has a long way to go before it catches up with more mature offshore wind markets such as the one found in Europe.

Lexus, Mazda and Toyota topped the 2021 Consumer Reports Auto Reliability Report, while Jeep, Tesla and Lincoln ranked in the bottom three.

The flood conditions have cut off transportation routes between the lower mainland of B.C. and the province’s interior and left thousands of people stranded.

The Biden administration is opening more than 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to auction for oil and gas drilling.

Tuvalu, an island of about 12,000 people in the South Pacific, is preparing for a future without land as rising sea levels threaten the nation. Spots that were dry land a decade ago are now submerged – including a spot where Simon Kofe, Minister for Justice, held a press conference to show how high the water goes.

Frans Timmermans made his comments during an interview at the European Business Summit in Brussels.

The Glasgow summit ended with calls on governments to return next year with tougher pledges to slash greenhouse gas emissions.

If climate change is making winters shorter and less intense, is it also affecting cuffing season, aka the search for a partner in the late fall to spend the cold months hunkered down with? NBCLX senior editor Maura Hohman discusses what she learned while reporting on how climate change is affecting cuffing season.

Talking about climate change can be difficult, especially as misinformation constantly circulates. Here’s how one expert says you can approach the conversation.