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We take a look at the role climate change might be playing in the unexpected extreme weather around the globe, including the cyclones in Brazil during the southern winter.

New research puts stark numbers on a well-known disparity: poor and vulnerable communities suffer over 90% of deaths associated with major storms.

Tax credits may soon help jump start projects in the Midwest designed to fight climate change by capturing carbon dioxide emissions. However, the cost to taxpayers remains uncertain.

After being hunted for decades, humpback whales returned to the Pacific Ocean in big numbers. Now, new technology is revealing that underwater heat waves are taking a toll on that recovery.

Republican Gov. Phil Scott says the 'renewable energy standard' will increase electricity costs at a time when Vermont is becoming increasingly unaffordable.

A few years ago, a Philadelphia arborist named Max Paschall read an article about a man named John Hershey. Hershey ran a tree nursery and experimental farm in Pennsylvania in the 1930s.

Sydney, Australia, is suffering under a blanket of smoke and officials are sounding air quality alerts because of vast wildfires in the area. And it's still early in the fire season. Steve Inskeep talks to Stuart Cohen for the latest.

In Norway, where skiing is the top sport, huge crowds turned out there for the world championships of cross country skiing that wrapped up this weekend.

The Energy Star program has saved Americans more than a half-trillion dollars in energy costs and has reduced climate pollution. Now the Trump administration wants to eliminate or privatize it.

Some apple orchards across the state are reporting an unusually light apple crop this fall. Others say their late varieties are faring well.