Biden administration, workers grapple with health threats posed by climate change and heat
Surging temperatures across the West Coast this summer are exposing another way that the changing climate threatens the country’s future: the danger it poses to...
Heavy smoke expected to linger above western Montana
HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Smoke from wildfires across the U.S. West has wafted over large swaths of western Montana on Friday, leading to unhealthy air...
Authorities investigate hundreds of deaths linked to torrid Pacific Northwest weather
Authorities from Oregon to British Columbia are investigating hundreds of deaths in connection to the historic heat wave in the Pacific Northwest corridor.
Air Pollution and Climate Change Cost the Average American $2500 Per Year
A report from the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) shows that air pollution and climate change cost each American an average of $2,500 per year...
New research finds 1M deaths in 2017 attributable to fossil fuel combustion
An interdisciplinary group of researchers from across the globe has comprehensively examined the sources and health effects of air pollution — not just on a...
Ninety degree days occurring earlier and more often. A rising toll of health effects. What does this say about climate change?
In Boston, there are now twice as many nights when temperatures don’t drop below 70 degrees. In Milton, the earliest 90-degree day now falls two...
‘Wake-up call:’ Climate change could edge Earth’s annual temperature past Paris agreement limits in 5 years
The odds of the planet continuing to warm over the next several years have increased, top meteorologists said Thursday in a new report. In fact,...
Lack of green spaces in under-represented communities is a health crisis that can’t wait
The global pandemic revealed several gaps in U.S. infrastructure, with one notable problem being a lack of local park access nationwide. As Americans were in...