"The U.S. Department of the Treasury's (Treasury) Federal Insurance Office (FIO) today notified the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) that it is withdrawing its membership," the U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement.

Agriculture across the United States is facing significant challenges from climate variability and change, with specialty crops like apples particularly vulnerable. Apples, the most consumed fruit in the U.

Executive orders and announcements by President Trump have put billions of dollars in U.S. climate commitments into question.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, a key role to help President Donald Trump fulfill his pledge to roll back major environmental regulations, including those aimed at slowing climate change and encouraging use of electric vehicles.

Salmon are struggling to survive. So are the families of endangered southern resident orcas, with a population of just 73, not improved in years.

WASHINGTON - The Climate Commitment Act, designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, is causing challenges for farmers in Washington. The act sets pollution caps for the state's largest polluters. Br

in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Environmentalist activists form a human chain representing the peace sign and the spelling out “100% renewable”, on the side line of the COP21, United Nations Climate Change Conference near the Eiffel Tower in Paris ...

A science-oriented advocacy group says the Earth is moving closer to destruction. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists said Tuesday that they've moved their “Doomsday Clock” to 89 seconds to midnight,

Climate change is an intensifier — a force that amplifies and worsens existing conditions. It increases the probability that extreme conditions will compound and become unprecedented.

Washington Democrats are pushing a new bill forcing farmers to track cow flatulence. It's easy to see a cow flatulence tax next.

The US exit from the climate accord raises concerns about Indonesia's ability to achieve its net-zero emissions goals US President Donald Trump's decision to exit the Paris Climate Agreement has cast doubt over Washington's commitment to a key clean energy partnership with Indonesia,