Climate Change

President-elect Donald Trump announced his nominations to lead key offices tasked with delivering his campaign promise of cutting fossil fuel regulations and increasing oil and natural gas production to lower energy prices and inflation.

As the insurance market options dwindle in these areas, homeowners who carry a mortgage that requires a policy are increasingly being forced to turn to expensive state-backed programs.

One week out from Christmas, and if you’re still looking to get a tree, you’ll probably find prices are up once again due to the changing climate fueling a hotter summers and varying rainfall patterns. Kari Hall reports.

It’s been a viral year for the sun, and now our it is back in the news as a NASA spacecraft prepares to make a historic close approach next week after traveling for 7 years.

It’s been a viral year for the sun, and now our it is back in the news as a NASA spacecraft prepares to make a historic close approach next week after traveling for 7 years.

In its effort to go fully electric over the next couple decades, United Airlines unveiled the service vehicle of the future: an all-electric super tug that can lift and haul a 400,000-pound jet. 

In its effort to go fully electric over the next couple decades, United Airlines unveiled the service vehicle of the future: an all-electric super tug that can lift and haul a 400,000-pound jet. Joe Rosato Jr. reports.

Cow flatulence can warm the planet, emitting a harmful methane gas that stays in the atmosphere and traps heat from the sun. But UC Davis researchers have a partial solution.

Cow flatulence can warm the planet, emitting a harmful methane gas that stays in the atmosphere and traps heat from the sun. But UC Davis researchers have a partial solution. Kari Hall reports.

The price of arabica coffee beans is up 70% this year due to droughts, frost, floods, high temperatures, say experts.

Unpredictable climate events are blamed for spiking the price of Arabica beans to record levels.

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill is pumping nearly $70 billion dollars into improving and expanding passenger rail across the U.S. National climate reporter Chase Cain shows us that traveling by train can also be good for the planet.

Extreme weather is making owning a home even more expensive. Home repair companies say hot temperatures caused spikes in AC maintenance. Frozen pipe damage is also going up in bitter cold temperatures. And flooding from big storms not only causes water damage, but you might have to also consider pest control when ants start moving into your home. Experts say…

Kendra Sinclair with Thumbtack explains how you can weather proof your home to save money in the long run.

After more than two years of negotiations, member countries of the United Nations failed to meet their own deadline this past weekend of striking a global agreement to curb plastic waste, thus, extending negotiations into 2025. Jessica Aguirre speaks with Margaret Spring with the Monterey Bay Aquarium on this.

New research shows the vast majority of Gen Z and Millennials are worried about climate change. National climate reporter Chase Cain talked with mental health experts about ways to cope with the difficult emotions.

In the wee hours Sunday at the United Nations climate talks, countries from around the world reached an agreement on how rich countries can cough up the funds to support poor countries in the face of climate change.

This year’s three most devastating storms — Beryl, Helene and Milton —- increased by 18 mph, 16 mph and 24 mph respectively because of climate change, the authors said

As wildfires continue to tear through the California landscape year after year, devastating land and homes, a new study suggests the state’s agriculture is also increasingly a victim. Joe Rosato Jr. reports.

San Francisco has permission to build a sea wall along a portion of Ocean Beach to protect some of the city’s critical infrastructure from erosion, but some people, including surfers, aren’t on board. Sergio Quintana reports.