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The announcement provides needed momentum for global climate change negotiations in November, but coal power is expected to keep growing within China itself.

It’s part of his effort to address what he termed five of the most populous state’s “biggest challenges” in a $286 billion budget proposal Monday.

Scientists say measuring climate change by temperature alone doesn't accurately reflect how bad global warming really is getting. A new study says humidity is also important to consider, not just heat.

Environmental health officials Tuesday urged swimmers and surfers to stay out of the coastal beaches and bays following recent rain in the county.

How hot will the planet get? What nations negotiate at the international climate summit will help determine that. Here are 4 things to know about what's being decided.

NPR's Scott Simon shares the story of twins born 15 minutes apart, one just before midnight on Dec. 31, 2021, and one just after, and what their birth years might mean in the future.

Flames raced across treetops and through drought-stricken vegetation as firefighters scrambled to keep a growing California wildfire from reaching a resort city at the southern tip of Lake Tahoe.

A dispute over building an oil pipeline across California has intensified with the defeat of ExxonMobil's proposal to truck oil from now-idled offshore platforms.

The National Weather Service predicts East Coast areas could reach 100 degrees Thursday afternoon, with triple-digit temperatures in the Pacific Northwest too. Relief isn't expected until the weekend.

The world's largest trees are adapted to wildfires. But with fires getting more extreme, scientists warn that giant sequoias are running out of time.