OMB released an update on a previous executive order pausing certain disbursements for infrastructure and energy projects — but even that was vague. An executive order mandating that agencies stop ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. House Democrats applaud after Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) signed the Inflation Reduction Act during a bill enrollment ...

Shorter ski seasons, hotter summers, longer wildfire seasons, increasingly burdened infrastructure and other climate-related ...

Analyzing NOAA's billion-dollar weather disaster database, a UChicago-led study projects sharply rising costs driven by ...

Investing in climate-resilient infrastructure could save Canadian governments billions of dollars each year, according to a new report from the Canadian Climate Institute. The report, titled Prepare ...

For the small town of Kersey, near Greeley, a $1.1 million federal grant gave the community a chance to finally clean up and demolish a decrepit grain elevator that sits downtown. The relic, once ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

A basic fact of thermodynamics is coming to haunt every foot of train track in the United States. Heat makes steel expand, moving its molecules farther apart, and as hot days become hotter and more ...

Snowy winters, saucy chicken wings and football fanaticism don’t exactly conjure images of an idyllic “climate haven.” Buffalo, N.Y., however, has embraced its geographic and social characteristics — ...

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Natural hazards, some fueled by a changing climate, have a devastating effect on children’s education and lives in every corner of the globe. Through its Global Program for Safer Schools (GPSS), the ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will organize and convene a 1-day workshop on the role of public infrastructure in effective climate mitigation and adaptation. The ...