The combination of the worst snowpack on record and fast-spreading wildfires is changing the job description for ranchers in the Rocky Mountains.

France is using a massive cargo aircraft to dump flame retardants on a wildfire near the wine country city of Bordeaux.

The Trump administration has again acknowledged in court documents that it terminated $7.6 billion in grants for hundreds of clean energy projects “based solely on the political identity of the grant recipient’s state,” in this case, 16 states that voted for Democrat Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.

Virginia officials have released a scientific study on the state's groundwater supply and the possible impact of data centers after months of delays and mounting criticism.

Brazil is using forensic science to tackle illegal gold mining in the Amazon.

Massive forest fires are raging out of control in southwestern France and central Spain, forcing authorities to evacuate around 200,000 people.

The Ashaninka Indigenous people, who reclaimed their territory on the Brazil-Peru border decades ago, now face threats from gangs and drug traffickers.

Two people have died in flash floods caused by torrential rains in West Virginia this week.

President Donald Trump is having governors and electricity companies join a pledge aimed at shielding U.S. consumers from higher utility bills because data centers.

Riding a bicycle can be a healthy, enjoyable and affordable way to get to work.

About 20,000 people have been evacuated from towns and vacation resorts along the French Atlantic coast.

Tropical Storm Bertha brought heavy surf and some flooding to southern Louisiana and Texas as it came ashore on the Gulf Coast before it was downgraded to a tropical depression.

University of Miami scientists are working to save an endangered coral species from extinction by bringing them ashore.

The head of the World Trade Organization says surging global demand for critical minerals should be “a once-in-a-lifetime chance” for resource-rich countries in Africa and elsewhere to harness wealth and improve life for millions.

Lake Powell, the second largest reservoir in the United States, is shrinking.

Texas resident Kenneth Kovar has a home energy setup from Ford, in which drivers of certain popular F-150 models can plug their vehicle directly into their electric meter to power their home during an outage.

Torrential rains in West Virginia have caused flash flooding that inundated homes and businesses.

Firefighters in central Spain are battling a massive wildfire in Guadalajara, which has burned over 32,000 hectares.

Tropical Storm Bertha has made landfall on the southern tip of Louisiana.

A small Texas town is challenging the Trump administration's border wall plans, arguing they could cause flooding and bypass legal processes.

Conflicts and disruptions to global energy markets could push millions more people into hunger by driving up fuel, fertilizer and food costs.

Tropical Storm Bertha is expected to weaken in the Gulf of Mexico as it chugs closer to the U.S. But forecasters say it still could bring coastal flooding and heavy rain from the Florida Panhandle to Louisiana.

Lesotho attracts thousands each winter to its unique ski resort, the only such tourist attraction in sub-Saharan Africa.

Hurricane Fausto has formed in the eastern Pacific far from Mexico’s Baja California peninsula and poses no threat to land.

Florida Republican congressman and governor's race candidate Byron Donalds has announced legislation intended to prevent artificial intelligence data centers from increasing utility costs.

A shorebird known for its sharp, orange bill and beady eyes is making a comeback in North America thanks to a yearslong conservation effort.

Infants, toddlers and young children need outdoor activity to build strong bodies and minds, but they also require extra care in the heat.

Iridescent green beetles native to Japan have invaded Italy, damaging orchards and vineyards.

Five members of a Utah family have died after a flash flood swept through canyons in southern Utah where they were on a day outing.

FIFA President Gianni Infantino got some serious air time over the course of the 2026 World Cup.

Meteorologists say smoke from the Canadian wildfires that has engulfed the Northeast in haze is expected to mostly clear from the New Jersey area just in time for the World Cup final on Sunday, thanks to thunderstorms passing through the area.

The U.S. Interior Department has canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are determined to be threatened with extinction.

Friday night’s game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Guardians was postponed due to air quality concerns because of wildfire smoke from Canada and northern Minnesota.

Millions of people in the Great Lakes, Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states are muddling through another day of unhealthy air from uncontrolled wildfires in Minnesota and Canada.

First responders in storm-battered Texas are again rushing to people trapped in high waters after more heavy rain widened the danger from floods that have killed at least two people and left hundreds more in need of rescue.

Wildfire smoke, which is increasing in the Northern Hemisphere as the climate warms, attacks nearly every system in the body.

Governments across Latin America are stepping up preparations as El Nino strengthens across the Pacific, raising concerns about drought, extreme heat, flooding and wildfire risk.

Severe storms have dumped over 20 inches of rain in parts of Texas, causing significant flooding.

With the sun obstructed by haze, Spain’s players practiced ahead of the World Cup final outside in northern New Jersey while air conditions are hazardous because of smoke from Canadian wildfires.

President Donald Trump's administration has worked to stop offshore wind development on the grounds it’s a national security risk since late last year, halting work on major projects and buying back leases.

Heavy smoke from wildfires is darkening skies from the U.S. Midwest to the East Coast.

Racing to work, to pick up your children from school, or go from one errand to the next not only wastes money and sends harmful emissions into the air, it barely saves you time, new research says.

When wildfires burn, smoke can travel long distances and degrade air quality far away, posing risks to those breathing it.

Authorities in Texas have rescued hundreds of stranded drivers and people trapped in homes and at least two people have died due to catastrophic flooding.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department says more than 40 people have been rescued from high waters as heavy downpours drenching South Texas continue to raise the risk of flash flooding.

Thousands of visitors have been told to evacuate a remote Minnesota wilderness area because of wildfires sending heavy smoke across the U.S. Midwest and Northeast.

Heavy downpours in South Texas washed out highways and stranded motorists Tuesday as forecasters warned that a threat of more severe weather could bring dangerous flooding to already drenched counties near the border with Mexico.

Hundreds of firefighters are battling two blazes in the Fontainebleau forest south of Paris.

The strategy calls for moving firefighters, engines and aircraft into areas where wildfire risk is high in hopes of catching flames before they make a catastrophic run.

In a story published July 13, 2026, about national monuments in Utah, The Associated Press erroneously reported the size of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments.

Another round of sweltering heat is in store for much of the U.S. this week.

A fire is raging in the historic Fontainebleau forest south of Paris, prompting evacuations and disrupting traffic.

For half a century, workers in northern China have been using a technique called "straw checkerboards" to combat desertification.

A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system’s operator to pay a civil penalty of nearly $27 million over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022.

The governing body for sailing is looking at how the sport’s Olympic-class equipment is made, used and discarded, to eventually make changes that will reduce its environmental impact.

Vietnamese police have detained the captain of a speedboat that capsized off southern Vietnam, killing 15 Indian tourists.

Africa’s renewable energy transition is entering a new phase as the continent shifts from proving that clean energy works to building the institutions needed to deploy it at scale.

A widespread and dangerous heat wave is building across the U.S., with triple-digit highs expected in the Southwest and Great Plains this weekend.

Firefighters in Spain are battling one of the country's deadliest wildfires, which has killed at least 12 people.

Renewable energy allies are trying to ensure that massive data centers will be powered by climate-friendly sources.

China’s national weather center says Typhoon Bavi has made landfall in the eastern province of Zhejiang and is expected to gradually weaken.

The Trump administration has finalized a rule that changes how agencies enforce the Endangered Species Act.

Most of America’s Lower 48 states are about to swelter under an unusually large, strong and long-lasting heat dome.

After Make America Healthy Again activists drew up a petition to get him fired, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin pledged to release a formal agenda of MAHA priorities his agency would pursue.

A wildfire has devastated a remote community in southern Spain, killing at least 12 people.

A powerful typhoon is heading toward China's east coast.

Israel has launched a project aimed at clearing part of the seas to give beach space back to the population.

African countries have secured $900 million in new financial commitments to expand access to clean cooking.

Federal forecasters say an intensifying El Nino is growing so fast it's on the way to becoming very strong, even reaching historic levels this fall.

The heat dome that settled over much of the United States affected some specialty farmers who produce crops fruits and vegetables.

China has allocated millions in relief funding for disaster-hit areas after severe storms and a deadly landslide.

When tornadoes threaten in Nashville, Tennessee, many people here turn to Nashville Severe Weather.

Heavy rain and flooding are breaking a heat wave that gripped New York City and much of the Northeast last week.

A massive cyclone has made landfall over a U.S. territory in the western Pacific.

A handful of countries in the OPEC+ oil-producing alliance are planning to increase their outputs modestly next month.

Authorities say a weather-related tragedy in Geneva Lake, Wisconsin, left three children dead even though they were wearing life jackets.

President Donald Trump on Friday pardoned 11 people, including a former business partner of Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff and nine people identified by the White House as having helped people bypass emissions control systems on vehicles.

A wildfire burning southwest of Denver forced the evacuation of thousands of residents and destroyed more than 160 structures as erratic winds pushed the blaze across two Colorado counties.

Dawn and Cassius Spears would like to expand their farm’s reach beyond their farm stand, but it’s challenging.

President Donald Trump has ushered in the 250th anniversary of American independence with soaring rhetoric about American exceptionalism before veering into a darkly political speech with warnings about communism.

Forecasters say the hottest World Cup tournament match so far this year could hit Saturday afternoon, during the knockout round game between France and Paraguay in Philadelphia.

Grass in much of London turned brown last week amid a record heat wave that made Britain and the rest of Europe sizzle.

Some of us have been told it's more energy-efficient and cost-effective to turn off our air conditioning when we leave home for work.

Gaining freedom from the heat will be a challenge this Independence Day in the eastern U.S., and it's already starting ahead of the holiday weekend.

Albanian police clashed with protesters in Tirana during a demonstration against government corruption and a luxury development linked to Jared Kushner, son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump.

China's Inner Mongolia is expanding both renewable energy and coal use.

Humpback whales are increasingly spotted off Rio de Janeiro as their population recovers from past commercial whaling.

Multiday warnings of extreme heat have landed in New York, Boston and Philadelphia.

Many seabirds are starving to death as a marine heat wave lingers off California and fish seek deeper, cooler waters.

Hospitals in the Paris region are urgently upgrading their defenses against heat waves.

The deaths of three firefighters in Colorado are casting a spotlight on the Trump administration’s creation of a new federal fire agency and its revival of a previously discredited policy to stomp out all wildfires quickly.

It's a hot one for millions of people in the Midwest and Great Lakes states.

Heat can be dangerous, but health experts say there are ways to manage the threat.

Natural gas could start flowing from two undersea deposits ExxonMobil discovered off Cyprus by 2033, the company's Vice President of Global Exploration John Ardill said, helping to turn the east Mediterranean island nation into a new European energy hub.

Climate-exacerbated heat increases and unpredictable rainfall combined with unplanned urban growth have resulted in nearly half the lakes in the mountainous, India-controlled Jammu and Kashmir region disappearing or becoming highly polluted in the last six decades.

South Korean tech giants Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix plan to invest a combined $518 billion in a new computer chip manufacturing hub, capitalizing on surging artificial intelligence-driven demand.

A record-breaking heat wave has overwhelmed mortuaries in Paris, leaving funeral directors struggling to find space for bodies.

A heat wave will blast the eastern United States this week.

France has reported around 1,000 additional deaths during last week’s record-breaking heat wave.

Three firefighters have died and two were injured while battling fires on the Colorado-Utah border.