Climate

An estimated 39 million homes and businesses in the United States could soon face skyrocketing insurance premiums — if they can even find insurance coverage at all. That’s according to a new report from First Street Foundation, which warns that this “insurance bubble” could lead to a costly, widespread housing crisis coast-to-coast.

Summer 2023 broke heat records across the globe but climate experts say it could be the coolest summer we experience for the rest of our lives.

Economists calculate that the world’s corporations produce so much climate change pollution, it could eat up about 44% of their profits if they had to pay damages for what they put out.

Temperatures have been 1.5 degrees warmer than pre-industrial times for a record 16 days in July.

As big-name homeowners insurance companies pack up and leave, customers are forced to pay higher premiums for the few insurance options that remain.

Some Californians are being asked to only leave the house if necessary as the state braces for worsening storm conditions.

The warming temperatures and changing climate have a great impact on New England and our beloved industries. Our First Alert team of meteorologists explores the changes we are seeing, speak with experts and thought leaders on how our evolving strategies stay effective, and shares ways that we can all make positive changes.

The warming temperatures and changing climate have a great impact on New England and our beloved industries.
Our First Alert team of meteorologists explores the changes we are seeing, speak with experts and thought leaders on how our evolving strategies stay effective, and share ways that we can all make positive changes.

Record temperatures in Europe this summer have disrupted transportation, displaced thousands of people and resulted in hundreds of heat-related deaths.

President Joe Biden spoke in Somerset, Massachusetts, about creating clean energy jobs and his plan to combat climate change.

President Biden lands at T.F. Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island ahead of trip to Somerset to discuss new actions on climate change.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced modest new steps to combat climate change and promised more robust action to come, saying, “This is an emergency and I will look at it that way.” The president stopped short, though, of declaring a formal climate emergency, which Democrats and environmental groups have been seeking after an influential Democratic senator quashed hopes for…

President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit Somerset Wednesday, where he will deliver remarks on “tackling the climate crisis and seizing the opportunity of a clean energy future to create jobs and lower costs for families.”

The president will visit Somerset to talk about the climate crisis.

The British government was holding an emergency response meeting to plan for record high temperatures next week after authorities issued their first-ever “red” warning for extreme heat.

It’s a one-of-a-kind twist on a high-school summer job that’s kind to the climate. Two twin brothers in Maine have fully booked out the calendar for their lawn care business, which uses 100% electric equipment charged with solar energy. “We’d actually never mowed our own lawn,” said Dimitri Coupe during a Tuesday interview with NECN and NBC10 Boston, explaining...

Two twin brothers in Maine founded Solar Mow, a lawncare business that uses electric equipment powered by solar energy.

Meteorologist Matt Noyes joins Kwani Lunis to chat about his new series that focuses on the Massachusetts Audubon Society. He also gives some insight on what effects climate change could have on New England over the next few decades.

Clean-air vigilantes have found a way to make money by taking videos of idling trucks.