Rising sea levels increase the risk of coastal flooding and storm surges that lead to land loss. "Our coexistence with the sea here is in danger," one local said.

Experts say climate change is driving an increase in extreme weather events in the region.

Clean energy officials and analysts say the administration has moved into a new combative phase against renewables.

Language in an appropriations bill would prohibit Washington from spending money on its 2020 climate lawsuit against Big Oil.

It's among a few states that maintains state-level maps of environmental and health disparities. The Trump administration erased EPA's nationwide version.

The effort by climate, education and health groups comes as the White House prepares to ask Congress to cut billions of dollars from science agencies.

The Department of the Environment rejected federal regulators' argument that there was an error in the state permit issued to US Wind.

Biodiversity restoration is no longer ring-fenced in the EU budget. Campaigners fear that means green funds will flow to industrial programs.

President Lee Jae Myung said the government will push to designate areas hit hard by the downpours as special disaster zones to boost recovery aid.

All governmental offices, banks and businesses in Tehran province will be closed Wednesday, said an official.

Generally, most bees are heat-tolerant, but as the climate warms, some experts think their ability to fend off disease and gather food might become harder.