collapse of the old society

The combination of a hurricane, heat wave and a multi-day blackout is a nightmare scenario, but it’s one that is set to become more common as humans continue to warm the planet.

In New Mexico, oil companies agreed to work with regulators to find a solution to the state’s more than 70,000 unplugged wells. After months of negotiations, the industry turned against the bill it helped shape.

Sizzling sidewalks and unshaded playgrounds increasingly are posing risks for surface burns as air temperatures reach new highs during the searing summers in Southwest cities like Phoenix and Las Vegas

Changing our political and economic systems to make a decent human existence possible in a big-picture future is crucial, but so is learning to live within the existing systems in ways that are decent in small ways today.

"The rabbit's got the gun now," said a lawyer for former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant, who is trying to force reporter Anna Wolfe to reveal her sources.

Biden’s blackmail strategy relies on you thinking there’s no alternative - even though there is.

Donald Trump is already using the Supreme Court immunity ruling exactly how you’d expect.

Hurricane Beryl has strengthened into a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane — the earliest on record — as it powers across the Caribbean after bringing devastation to the Windward Islands, where at least one person is dead.

What happens if the highest court in the land loses legitimacy?

Climatic stability over millions of years has allowed ancient and isolated freshwater fishes to flourish in areas such as the 356,000 square kilometers from Shark Bay to Esperance in southwest Western Australia.

Authorities are not ruling out racist motives as they investigate why a white Nebraska man shot and wounded seven neighbors who were Guatemalan immigrants

Since the pandemic, remote properties have been marketed for off-grid living. But a life spent gardening and eating cormorants is not for me, writes Emma Beddington

Education superintendent and Moms for Liberty ally drafts law requiring all reading be ‘developmentally appropriate’

The Supreme Court curtailed the federal government's power to regulate the environment.

Soaring temperatures in Pakistan have led more people to head to hospitals seeking help.

Scientists at the EU's Copernicus monitor say Russia's Sakha region is experiencing intense wildfires.

A devastating civil war is pushing the country toward a full-blown famine, according to the international body that measures hunger.

AI, cryptocurrency “mining” and our digital lifestyles imperil the energy transition — and the planet.

Floods could leave coastal communities in states like Florida and California unlivable in two decades

One farmer told the BBC he faces 'constant warfare' against balaclava-clad thieves.

Drought in the American West is becoming a persistent reality instead of a periodic emergency due to climate change, and a recent study found that an essential tool used to measure drought can&#821…

Paper outlines different legal theories that could help governments pursue accountability for harms

The court, which has limited the sweep of several anti-corruption laws, distinguished after-the-fact rewards from before-the-fact bribes.

Erica Cristina has been "breathing in smoke every day" since a large fire broke out across the river from the city of Corumba, the gateway to Brazil's Pantanal, the world's largest tropical wetlands.

Summer is off to a sweltering start after multiple record-breaking heat events sent temperatures soaring for millions of people. Here’s what to expect moving forward

Again and again, the conservative movement promotes cases based on inaccuracies, falsehoods and outright deceptions

Online falsehoods are as bad as they‘ve ever been. Does anyone care?

Five hundred million years ago, the so-called Cambrian "SPICE" event made oxygen levels in the oceans drop dramatically.

Conspiracism and hyper-partisanship in the nation’s fastest-growing city

In his new book, Tad DeLay suggests there is no rosy roadmap to go forward – but there are things we can do

Every time you take a breath, you could be inhaling microplastics. See how tiny and dangerously invasive they can be.

Campaigners find PFAS, which can contaminate the soil and water supply, in more than 80% of 27 companies’ products

Delivery workers face physical and mental hardships while enduring India’s scorching summer.

The challenge, from two of the families who filed the initial lawsuit, raises the possibility that access to I.V.F. could once again be in jeopardy in the state.