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Washington state lawmakers meet in Olympia starting next week for the 2022 legislative session. Groups working on the issue of climate change see it as another chance for the state to take action. Kelly Hall, Washington director of Climate Solutions, said the Legislature has made progress in recent years - including committing the state to 100% clean energy by 2045. ...

Just three people remain missing after Colorado's most costly wildfire on record destroyed nearly a thousand homes and businesses in Louisville and Superior.

Record high temperatures, torrential rain, unlikely tornados and devastating wildfires led to record news coverage of climate change in October and November, according to data compiled by a researcher at the University of Colorado-Boulder. Max Boykoff, lead project investigator for the Media and Climate Change Observatory in the universitys Department of Environmental Studies, said the language being used to describe the phenomenon is also changing. Its moved from terms like "greenhous...

Just two people remain missing after Colorados most costly wildfire on record destroyed nearly a thousand homes and businesses in Louisville and Superior. After the first significant snowfall in the Denver Metro area this winter finally helped snuff out the Marshall Fire, Colorado Gov. Jared Polis reported Sunday that federal and state officials are ramping up recovery efforts. ...

Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana as a dangerous Category 4 hurricane, leaving millions of people in need. Heres how you can help right away.