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Atlantic hurricane season kicks off on June 1, and it's supposed to be a slightly above average hurricane season. In the Western U.S., there's already a serious drought and elevated fire risk.

Photojournalist Gideon Mendel has made it his mission to show how ordinary people around the world are affected by the consequences of a changing climate.

This week's North American Summit is refocusing attention on the proposal to build the Keystone XL pipeline. The issue's proved to be complicated for President Obama to navigate among green activists.

As a way to fight climate change, students at hundreds of campuses are pushing their colleges to divest from fossil fuels with sit-ins. But critics say divestment is the wrong tactic.

President Obama says the U.S. and its allies are ratcheting up the military campaign against ISIS. But Obama says military force is just one aspect of American power. He points to the climate agreement in Paris as another example of American leadership.

There are many ways to look at civil war: ethnic factions, economic divides and religions differences. But increasingly, some say we should also look at climate change as a factor as well, as it is often what forces internal migrations in nations already simmering with ethnic and sectarian tensions.

U.S. intelligence experts warn that climate change can produce political instability, as crop failures, drought and rising sea levels prompt population shifts.

The USDA is updating an important map for gardeners and growers picking plants and flowers. The new map shows the contiguous U.S. is about 2.5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than the last map 11 years ago.

If you buy a plane ticket or a car rental, you might get asked if you want to buy carbon offsets to reduce climate pollution. Is there any way to know if those carbon offsets are legit?

President-elect Joe Biden has picked Pete Buttigieg as transportation secretary, ex-Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm as energy secretary and Gina McCarthy as White House climate coordinator.