WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chris Wright, President Donald Trump's pick to head the U.S. Energy Department, is scheduled to speak ...

People walk on a street with slush in New Orleans, Louisiana, the United States, on Jan. 22, 2025. A rare winter storm, known ...

Executive orders and announcements by President Trump have put billions of dollars in U.S. climate commitments into question.

Homeowners’ insurance has become increasingly difficult to afford and harder to get in California and some other states ...

The U.S. Treasury Department said on Thursday it was withdrawing from a global body of central banks and regulators devoted ...

Douglas McIntyre explains the history and significance of the Doomsday Clock, which was recently set to 89 seconds to ...

Historian and writer Ibram X. Kendi, who wrote the bestseller “How To Be an Antiracist” and led a center on the subject at ...

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

The juicy, flavorful fruit is popping up as a cash crop in some regions. That’s thanks to rising temperatures across the world.

International climate finance has had a challenging start to 2025. One of President Donald Trump's first acts upon returning ...

Earth's climate has changed throughout history for numerous reasons, but modern climate change is driven by human behavior.

For more than a century, conservation policy has focused on economic development and wisely using natural resources.