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President Biden's $2 trillion infrastructure plan includes $80 billion for railways.

By The Numbers: Biden's $2 Trillion Infrastructure Plan

President Biden has unveiled a massive infrastructure proposal that he says would deliver a "once-in-a-generation investment" in the United States. Here are the key details.

Countries at the COP26 conference in Glasgow pledge to accelerate the transition to 100% new zero-emission vehicle sales.

COP26 sees pledges to transition to electric vehicles, but key countries are mum

The agreements were hailed as a major step toward decarbonizing the auto industry, but the world's largest auto markets, including the U.S., and top carmakers failed to sign on.

Residents clear fallen trees Thursday, after a strong storm swept through Hartland, Minn. A powerful storm system swept across the Great Plains and Midwest, bringing hurricane-force wind gusts and spawning reported tornadoes in Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota.

The U.S. set a new record for powerful wind gusts, with 55 in one day

Winds peaked at 100 mph in Russell, Kansas, one of many places where existing wind records for December were obliterated, the National Weather Service said.

This is one of several leaks in the Nord Stream pipelines running between Russia and Germany. Methane from the leaks could have a powerful warming effect on the Earth's atmosphere.

The Nord Stream pipelines have stopped leaking. But the methane emitted broke records

The Nord Stream pipeline leak might be the single largest release of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas. Experts say it pales in comparison to ongoing methane emissions from the oil and gas industry.

Texans are paying for state's ban on business when firms stop investing in firearms

Texas laws bar Wall Street firms from operating in the state if they stop investing in firearms and fossil fuels. An analysis shows that has cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars this year.

Missouri declares a state of emergency after record rain in St. Louis area

The region is recovering after a massive storm dumped more than 9 inches of rain. People and animals are staying in makeshift shelters while the flash flooding recedes.

People are evacuated from a neighborhood in Little Ferry, New Jersey, one day after Hurricane Sandy slammed the East Coast on October 30, 2012. Officials in the states of Connecticut, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia all reported deaths from the massive storm system, while Toronto police said a Canadian woman was killed by flying debris.

A decade after Superstorm Sandy, one resident recalls costs to Connecticut's coast

A 2013 report from the National Hurricane Center estimated that Sandy harmed 3,000 Connecticut homes, with damage hovering around $360 million.

A nearly solid mat of the invasive and non-native Japanese barberry bush in a New England forest.

Warmer winters feed into growth and spread of invasive plants in Connecticut

The warm winter is making it easier for invasive plants to grow, spread and thrive in Connecticut and across New England.

Aerial view shows a part of a designed plant field featuring the art work of a Dove of Peace by Pablo Picasso over the world map, pictured in Utting am Ammersee on July 11, 2022.

There are now 8 billion people on Earth, according to a new U.N. report

The world's population continues to grow, but at a slower rate as people have fewer children. The U.N. predicts it will not reach 9 billion for another 15 years.

This satellite image provided by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration shows Hurricane Lee (right) in the Atlantic Ocean at 4:50 p.m. ET Friday.

Hurricane Lee, downgraded to Category 3, remains powerful as it nears the Caribbean

Lee's sheer power is expected to bring dangerous beach conditions to Puerto Rico, the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos over the weekend. Its effects on the U.S. East Coast are still unclear.

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