Climate change

California’s Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara and his new set of regulations are to blame for higher insurance rates, Consumer Watchdog says. Gordon Tokumatsu reports for the NBC4 News at 3 p.m. on Tuesday, Sep. 17, 2024.

After insurance companies canceled home insurance policies for Southern California homeowners, critics blame Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara.

It might seem like a split-screen moment for extreme weather with a storm strengthening in the Gulf and wildfires burning across the West. However, meteorologist Chase Cain explains how one consequence of climate change is amplifying seemingly opposite events.

A new study says the amount and proportion of the powerful heat-trapping gas methane that humans spew into the atmosphere is rising, and it’s helping to turbocharge climate change.

The European climate service Copernicus says Earth just sweltered to its hottest summer on record. That makes it even more likely that this year will end up as the warmest humanity has measured.

Extreme summer heat is bringing attention to the term “corn sweat.” Here’s what the term refers to.

Corn sweat is the process by which corn plants release moisture into the air to stay cool, and it brings the Midwest a surge in humidity every summer. Now, climate change and evolving agriculture are making the phenomenon even stickier.

Climate change is making “fire weather days” more common across the U.S. Meteorologist Chase Cain visited NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center to see how they’re adapting to the threat of wildfires in all 50 states.

Virtually all of the damage from Debby will be from flooding rains, and that’s one of the signatures of how climate change is impacting tropical storms and hurricanes. Meteorologist Chase Cain explains how record hot oceans and a warmer atmosphere work together to fuel more flooding.

The Amazon is entering its driest period, from August to September. Many rivers are at historic lows even earlier than last year.

Despite passing landmark climate legislation, President Biden struggled to maintain support from climate activists. However, national climate reporter Chase Cain shows us why Kamala Harris is quickly earning endorsements and support from voters motivated by climate change.

Hot, dry, and windy days are becoming more common because of human-caused climate change. Meteorologist Chase Cain explains how that’s allowing wildfires to burn more land much earlier in wildfire season.

New research published in Nature Geoscience suggests water from melted glacial ice is causing the Earth to slow down, leading to slightly longer days.

Roughly three-fourths of people in Wisconsin support various climate policies. However, in advance of the Republican National Convention, the party’s draft platform makes no direct reference to climate change. National climate reporter Chase Cain explores if that might change during the RNC in Milwaukee.

Denmark will tax livestock farmers for the greenhouse gases emitted by their cows, sheep and pigs from 2030, the first country to do so as it targets a major source of methane emissions, one of the most potent gases contributing to global warming. The aim is to reach a 2030 target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 70% from 1990...

Hawaii’s governor and lawyers for youth plaintiffs say they have settled a lawsuit alleging Hawaii violated the state constitution by operating a transportation system that harmed the climate and infringed upon the children’s right to a clean and healthy environment.

May marked the 12th month in a row of record global temperatures. The unprecedented milestone follows what was also a record-breaking year for the number of heat-related deaths in the U.S. Meteorologist Chase Cain has a new analysis from Climate Central, identifying where climate change is making heat even more extreme for Americans.

The Gunas of Gardi Sugdub are the first of 63 communities along Panama’s Caribbean and Pacific coasts that government officials and scientists expect to be forced to relocate by rising sea levels in the coming decades.

An environmental activist was detained after sticking a protest sign to a Monet painting in Paris’ famed Orsay Museum. It was the latest of several actions by protesters with the group Food Riposte to target artworks in France in calls for action to protect food supplies from further damage to the climate. The museum, known in French as the Musée...

Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather.Republican Gov. Phil Scott allowed the bill to become law without his signature late Thursday. He said in his message to lawmakers that...