A study finds FEMA’s disaster buyout program successfully relocates residents to safer areas and largely pays for itself, but benefits are not evenly distributed across demographic groups.

Brazil released a voluntary “deforestation roadmap” designed to coordinate international action on forest loss, building on previous climate pledges but making no new commitments.

A developing “super El Niño” is projected to peak in December and drive global temperatures to unprecedented levels next year, according to climate analysis from Carbon Brief.

Developing nations face uncertainty as wealthy countries delay announcing climate finance plans beyond this year, complicating efforts to attract investment for climate adaptation and low-carbon transitions.

UK Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband warned world leaders at the Cop31 climate summit that climate change poses a significant national security threat to all nations through food shortages, economic disruption, and conflict.

Montana has become the 11th state to enter a federal-state agreement under FAST-41, streamlining infrastructure project approvals including rare earth element mining operations.

Democrats secured control of Congress and multiple state governments in midterm elections, positioning the party to challenge Trump administration climate rollbacks through funding leverage and investigations.

Earth’s heat accumulation is accelerating at record levels, with 2026 tracking as one of the four warmest years on record as the Cop31 climate summit convenes in Turkey.

Louisiana’s coastal wetlands are unexpectedly gaining ground near a Mississippi River diversion built in 2002, demonstrating land-building potential through sediment deposition, yet the state canceled a larger similar project in 2025.

A rural North Carolina county deployed an electric aircraft to emergency medical response, successfully reaching a patient 20 minutes before paramedics and demonstrating a practical application of eVTOL technology beyond air taxi services.

Omaha’s primary power utility faces critical capacity constraints that threaten regional economic growth, with less than 100 megawatts available for major new projects while demand from data centers and industry surges.

A Baltimore court ruled that plastic pollution from branded products is a consumer behavior problem, not corporate liability, testing whether public nuisance laws can hold manufacturers accountable for product pollution.