Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee, has vowed to strictly enforce the measure, Local Law 97, which calls for potentially expensive upgrades to buildings to curb greenhouse emissions.

Five candidates vying for seats on the Burien City Council participated in a June 24 forum hosted by Burien People for Climate Action (Burien PCA), where they shared their views on local climate policy and environmental stewardship.

Nigeria’s former president, Muhammadu Buhari, who led Nigeria twice as a military head of state and a democratic president has died aged 82.

Stung by the party’s sweeping losses in November and desperate to win back working-class voters, the Democratic Party is in retreat on climate change. Nowhere is that retrenchment more jarring than in the nation’s most populous state, a longtime bastion of progressive politics on the environment.

Heat and other climate impacts like floods and storms affect voters, candidates and poll workers in different ways at different times, and can even tip election results, researchers and officials report.

Last week the world’s leading scientists met in Exeter UK to discuss climate tipping points. Their conclusion is alarming: the world is entering a “danger zone where multiple climate tipping points pose catastrophic risks to billions of people”.

Former President Barack Obama has returned to the fundraising circuit, attending an event in Red Bank, New Jersey, on Friday night. Obama was set to join the chair of the Democratic National Committee, Ken Martin, at the high-dollar fundraiser, Axios reported ahead of the event.

Republican Christopher Prosch has been outspoken about his belief that rape victims should have to carry their pregnancies to term, that 2020 presidential

The Canadian environmentalist says it's too late to solve the climate crisis, especially through legal, political and economic channels. Instead, Suzuki says he believes the future of the movement depends on trying to spur action in local communities.

Our regional news roundtable guests tell us the latest from New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and the Cape and Islands.

An international coalition for phasing out fossil fuels says it told the government after the election it would have to quit the group if it re-started looking for new oil and gas, contradicting what the climate change minister told the media.

Five Democrats and two Republicans are already vying in the race for the seat left open by Chris Pappas's decision to run for U.S. Senate.