Climate in Crisis

Top stories about climate change and the global environment.

Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson walks along the Great Salt Lake near Salt Lake City

Utah is flush with snow and money. It might not be enough to save the Great Salt Lake.

Intense snowfall will lead to extra water this spring, and $400 million from the state government will help ongoing concerns. Some still worry Utah is wasting a blessing.

E.U. moves on clean technology: Subsidies up, free market down

To achieve its clean technology and strategic goals, the E.U. is making a major economic turn away from the decades of preaching the hands-off free-market economic gospel.

Thierry Breton holds up raw materials during a media conference at EU headquarters

Biden's climate targets were already in question — now his ambition is, too

“This decision is a huge step backward,” one environmentalist said. The project calls into doubt whether the Biden administration will be able to reach crucial climate goals.

Climate activists protest the Willow Oil Project outside the U.S. Department of Interior on Nov. 17, 2022, in Washington.

Oil giant Saudi Aramco made a historic $161 billion profit last year

Profits rose 46.5% as the company said it hoped to produce 13 million barrels of oil a day by 2027.

Image: Exclusive: Inside Look At The Saudi Aramco Oil Company

In Truth or Consequences, N.M., leaking pipes cause millions of gallons of water to go down the drain amid drought

System shutoffs have become routine in the desert city as workers patch up antiquated underground lines that include wooden pipes built in the 1800s.

City workers repair a pipe that broke in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico

California under flood threat releases millions of gallons from reservoir

Officials say the action at Lake Oroville is necessary to prevent downstream flooding as storms fueled by atmospheric rivers pound the state.

Houseboats sit anchored on Lake Oroville at Bidwell Canyon Marina on February 14, 2023 in Oroville, Calif.

Inside the fierce debate over clean hydrogen, with $100 billion in federal subsidies on the line

The impact of the tax credit on emissions reductions depends on how federal agencies implement it. And, as with most things in accounting, the devil is in the details.

The West just got blanketed in snow, but its water problems aren't over

Many places, including the crucial Colorado Basin, have racked up such dramatic water deficits that a single snow season can’t forestall dire supply concerns.

A vehicle which skidded off the snowy roadway into a small pond near Green Valley, Calif., on Feb. 25, 2023.

Carbon dioxide emissions reached a record high in 2022

Thursday’s report was described as disconcerting by scientists who warn that energy users around the world must cut emissions to slow the dire consequences of global warming.

Steam rises from a coal-fired power plant near Grevenbroich, Germany

With its energy grid under fire, some in Ukraine turn to small-scale renewables

As Russia’s assault continues, several nonprofit groups in Ukraine are working to fill energy gaps — caused either by attacks on the energy grid or broader energy shortages — with renewable infrastructure.