Sun setting in the distance Last month was the hottest January on record, surprising scientists who expected cooler temperatures due to La Niña, a climate pattern that typically lowers global temperatures. Raymond Zhong reports for The New York Times. In short: Despite La Niña, which usually cools the planet, […] Click here to view original […]

The Palisades Fire that started in the City of Los Angelas, January 2025. On this edition of Your Call’s One Planet Series, we discuss how the rising cost of home insurance, driven by worsening climate disasters, is pushing up the costs of owning a home. In some cases, insurance […] Click here to view original

Guest Essay Feb. 9, 2025, 9:00 a.m. ET A children’s playground strewed with debris and melted plastic from a wildfire. Listen to this article · 4:44 min Learn more Ms. Pattee is a journalist in Portland, Ore., and the author of the forthcoming novel “Tilt.” When I gave birth […] Click here to view original

The Palisades Fire burns a structure in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia) New York’s heart broke for L.A. as our sister city burned. For those of us who had the ugly but fundamentally human thought that this was a California […] Click here to view original

Michigan could lose out on tens of millions of dollars to build out the state’s EV charging network, after the Trump administration ordered a half to spending. (Katy Locker/Bridge Michigan) The Trump administration has ordered a halt in state spending on EV chargers through a program that promised $110 […] Click here to view original

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) headquarters building on January 29, 2025, in Washington, DC. Justine Calma is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a decade of experience. She is also the host of Hell or High Water: When Disaster Hits Home , […] Click here to view original