Climate Change

Many of Donald Trump’s actions on endangered species, energy, hazardous chemicals and more are on hold as President Joe Biden takes office.

As Americans stayed home during the pandemic, cars and planes produced less heat-trapping emissions. But the effect is only temporary.

To the rest of the world, the United States’ Pacific Northwest and Canada’s British Columbia represent one of the supposedly most eco-friendly regions in North America, if not the globe. Yet on climate change, the governments of Washington, Oregon and British Columbia not only over-promised what they would do to stem the tide but actually underperformed all the other states and provinces.

Temperatures are going up. Wildfires are happening more often. Sea levels are rising. Climate change has entered the chat in Oregon.

In late November, a judge tossed an effort by Oregon's largest industry groups to kill the plan to steeply reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Oregon ended the calendar year with near-normal levels of snowpack. Here's what that can tell us and, perhaps more importantly, what it can't.

This year brought one of the biggest marine heat waves on record in the Pacific Ocean. Scientists are wondering if these warm water events are actually the new normal for the Pacific Ocean.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has announced several climate related proposals for the next legislative session, including fully reinstating a plan to cap carbon pollution in the state

California's iconic old-growth redwoods are incredibly resilient and built to survive fires. But even they may find it harder to rebound amid the mounting impacts of climate change.

US officials say climate change, beetles and a deadly fungus are imperiling the long-term survival of a high-elevation pine tree that's a key source of food for some threatened grizzly bears