Near-record amounts of seaweed are smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados, killing fish and wildlife, choking tourism and releasing noxious gases
An NYS Senator representing Central New York is apologizing after she posed for photos in front a banner that draws a comparison between climate change and the horrific 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Scientists say the ongoing negotiations at the U.N. climate conference in Glasgow may determine the fate of the Arctic more than any other part of the planet.
A new law signed Thursday by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sets the nation's most aggressive targets for reducing carbon emissions and is intended to drive dramatic changes over the next 30 years.
"Today's children are expected to have poorer health as they age than today's adults do, because of the worsening and intensifying effects of climate change," three of the experts wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine.
An advisory panel recommends New York state's $200 billion public employee pension fund be transitioned to 100 percent sustainable assets by 2030 to adapt to climate change.