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President Trump signed a sweeping set of executive orders on Tuesday that aim to dismantle the Obama administration's efforts to combat climate change.

The announcement by the West Virginia Democrat dooms the $2 trillion social spending and climate legislation, which needs support from every Senate Democrat in order to pass through the 50-50 chamber.

Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP and Shell used terms like "climate" and "low-carbon" more frequently in recent annual reports, but their actions on clean energy didn't match their words, researchers conclude.

Homeowner insurance companies are leaving states facing increasing natural disasters made worse by climate change. The cost for those companies to get their own insurance has skyrocketed.

President Trump and former Vice President Biden are laying out polar opposite plans for infrastructure and jobs. Trump's aim is to boost fossil fuels, while Biden wants to curb climate change.

Next month, the temperature averages meteorologists use will get an update. It means the warmer climate will — quite literally — become the new "normal," posing a challenge for forecasters.

British scientists say that during the past 30 years, the air over Antarctica has been heating up faster than anywhere else on earth. They came to this conclusion by digging up reams of data from old weather balloons, but their claim is being met with skepticism.

Some of the Florida communities in Hurricane Ian's path doubled and tripled in size over the past decade, even though scientists knew climate change would make flooding worse.

As climate change warms the planet, volunteers mapped heat in Jacksonville, Fla., in a federal research project. The city will use data collected to help neighborhoods threatened by extreme heat.

The depictions of firefighters in pop culture may hinder the public's understanding of the growing dangers of wildfires under epic climate change. (Story aired on ATC on Dec.27, 2022.)