Changing Climate

Hot, dry, and windy days are becoming more common because of human-caused climate change. Meteorologist Chase Cain explains how that’s allowing wildfires to burn more land much earlier in wildfire season.

Roughly three-fourths of people in Wisconsin support various climate policies. However, in advance of the Republican National Convention, the party’s draft platform makes no direct reference to climate change. National climate reporter Chase Cain explores if that might change during the RNC in Milwaukee.

As California works toward its ambitious clean energy vision, an almost counterintuitive challenge has emerged.

Forecasters say oppressive heat and humidity are forecast to team up to spike temperatures above 100 degrees in Oregon, where records could be broken in cities such as Eugene, Portland and Salem.

On Friday, 125 million people are under heat alerts with temperature highs forecast in the 100 to 120 range in the West, 80 to 100s across the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic.

Very young children, older adults and homeless people are especially at risk for contact burns, which can occur in just a few seconds when the skin touches a hot surface reaching up to 180 degrees Fahrenheit.

A group of “EcoAthletes” plan to use the spotlight of the Summer Olympics to highlight the need for global climate action. National climate reporter Chase Cain talks with Olympians and professional athletes who say climate change is threatening the future of sports.

Denmark will tax livestock farmers for the greenhouse gases emitted by their cows, sheep and pigs from 2030, the first country to do so as it targets a major source of methane emissions, one of the most potent gases contributing to global warming. The aim is to reach a 2030 target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 70% from 1990...

The head of the Homeland Security Department says the agency tasked with responding to disasters across the country is prepared as it goes into what is expected to be an intense hurricane and wildfire season.

The U.S. Olympic team is one of a handful that will supply air conditioners for their athletes at the Paris Games in a move that undercuts organizers’ plans to cut carbon emissions.

Paris 2024 opted to only build two new venues as a way to cut their carbon footprint. Los Angeles will build no new permanent venues for the 2028 Summer Games. National climate reporter Chase Cain visits the venues of the Paris Olympics.

Hawaii’s governor and lawyers for youth plaintiffs say they have settled a lawsuit alleging Hawaii violated the state constitution by operating a transportation system that harmed the climate and infringed upon the children’s right to a clean and healthy environment.

Ahead of the Paris Olympics, athletes are speaking out about their fears of a summer heat wave, saying the effects of climate change could erode the competition and make their sports dangerous.