When Superstorm Sandy hit in October 2012, Celia Sporer-Newman was about eight months pregnant and working full-time as a paramedic in Queens, New York. Sporer-Newman had worked through previous disasters, including Hurricane
Extreme weather driven by climate change exacerbates underlying misogyny and increases domestic violence, the Washington Post reports. “Heat waves, floods, climate-induced disasters increase sexual harassment, mental and physical abuse, femicide, reduce economic
As Hurricane Ian approached southern Florida in late September, Tifanny Burks got a call from a recent client. A single mother of three, including an infant Burks had helped deliver, was facing
Charlotte Bishop was standing at her kitchen window in January 2019 when she saw water streaming into her yard. A block of ice had clogged the brook that snakes around the mobile
Five years ago, when Clauditta Curson became a first-time homebuyer, she was shocked by the “astronomical” utility bills she received for her 1,200-square-foot house. The 60-year-old adult daycare aide in Hamden, Connecticut,
When Winter Storm Uri hit Texas in February 2021, bringing single-digit temperatures and sheets of snow to Dallas, Susana Edith and a group of volunteers distributed lentil soup and winter gear to
The air pollution from burning fossil fuels and biomass kills 1.2 million people a year, and the fossil fuel industry's relentless pursuit of profits without regard for human costs is to blame,
At Sanctuary Farms on Detroit’s East Side, Jøn Kent and a team of volunteers use cardboard and paper bags to starve invasive weedy plants instead of herbicides; they plant marigolds and lavender
The Carlyle Group, one of the world's largest private equity firms, omitted its largest oil and gas investment from regulatory filings on its exposure to greenhouse gas pollution risk earlier this year,
The UK’s new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, has appointed an energy secretary with a record of dismissing climate science. In 2013, Jacob Rees-Mogg, falsely claimed that the effects of rising climate pollution
Pension fund clients of Federated Hermes, a Pittsburgh-based investment fund manager, are demanding an explanation for its sponsorship of a GOP group working actively to undermine action on climate change, the Financial
Increased flood insurance premiums, pushed up by increasing flood risks, are likely inducing hundreds of thousands of policyholders to drop their flood insurance coverage, leaving them exposed to potentially crippling financial losses.
A perspective published by an international team of researchers in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences argues that the consequences of warming the planet beyond 3 degrees Celsius have been “dangerously
A perspective published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences argues that the consequences of warming the planet beyond 3 degrees Celsius have been “dangerously underexplored” with few quantitative estimates of worldwide societal
Paradise, California, is at risk of defaulting on its municipal debt. The town's struggle to recover from the 2018 Camp Fire that destroyed huge swaths of the town exemplifies the toll climate
The confluence of heat and air pollution disproportionately increases the risk of death, a new study published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine finds. Extreme heat and heatwaves
As European countries prepare for a complete shutdown of methane gas imports from Russia, some are turning back to coal to generate electricity, and in the mines below Ukraine, coal miners are
Utah's Great Salt Lake has already shrunk by two-thirds as increasing demands for water from a growing population meets the decreasing supply of water due to climate change. As a result, the
Climate change made India and Pakistan's punishing March and April heatwave at least 30 times more likely, a study from World Weather Attribution finds. “This is a sign of things to come,”
When Hurricane Ida dumped more than 3 inches of rain on Central Park in a single hour, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) called it a “1-in-500 year rainfall event.” The