Bill Frist, a surgeon who also served as Senate majority leader, has emerged as an outspoken advocate for environmental ...

For almost the entirety of the half century I have lived on Earth, I have had experts, teachers, politicians and activists hectoring me about how climate change is going to destroy the planet. But ...

Matthew M. Wielicki has criticized the scientific consensus on global warming as alarmist. Now he’ll oversee a major federal ...

(Bloomberg) -- A tentative state budget deal in New York includes an agreement with lawmakers to soften a landmark climate law that had called for steep and immediate cuts to planet-warming emissions, ...

Last week, New York became the first state in the country to weaken a mandatory climate law passed by its own legislature. The original law, one of the most ambitious in the U.S., required the Empire ...

Gov. Hochul proposes significant changes to New York’s 2019 climate law, citing affordability concerns. The law targets 40% greenhouse gas reductions by 2030. Some environmental group and democrats ...

As climate change leads to record rainfalls, the city’s 120-year-old subway system is more vulnerable to flooding than ever. A flooded floor is blocked off in the 42nd Street Times Square subway ...

In a court filing, the state argues that the administration’s moves are inconsistent with its legal justification for quashing state “climate Superfund” laws. The Trump administration’s decision to ...

The Third Avenue Bridge in the Bronx isn’t on the list of New York’s most deficient bridges, having undergone a complete rebuild in 2005 after a $118 million investment, according to the New York City ...

More than 1,300 heat records were matched or broken. Here's why scientists see the "fingerprints" of climate change in ...