Climate

What is Willow? How an Alaska oil project could affect the environment.

From the Executive Editor

Introducing The Post’s expanded Climate coverage

By Sally Buzbee

Fallout from Willow oil project lands hard on Harvard climate expert

By Steven Mufson

EPA reaches deal to police Pennsylvania’s pollution of Chesapeake Bay

By Fredrick Kunkle

Old ships are getting second lives as fish housing

By Michael Birnbaum

A fight brewing in Oregon could decide how we heat our homes and cook

By Anna Phillips

2 dead as ‘extremely dangerous’ tornado swarm tears through Oklahoma

By Adela Suliman and Matthew Cappucci

Climate lab

(Harry Stevens/The Washington Post)

America needs clean electricity. These states show how to do it.

U.S. home heating is fractured in surprising ways: Look up your neighborhood

By John Muyskens, Shannon Osaka and Naema Ahmed

The U.S. has caused the most global warming. When will China pass it?

Why Biden’s oil policies upset both oil companies and environmentalists

When will spring come? Or has it already? Look up where you live.

Climate Coach

climate solutionsThe people and organizations tackling our biggest environmental challenges

The ‘no mow’ movement could transform our lawns

“No mow” initiatives are becoming a popular springtime effort to help support bees, butterflies and other pollinators.

By Allyson Chiu

Cars are decimating the Florida panther. A new film shows what can save it.

By Hope Corrigan

Old ships are getting second lives as fish housing

By Michael Birnbaum

You’re probably recycling wrong. This quiz will help you sort it out.

By Bonnie Berkowitz, Artur Galocha and Adrian Blanco

The flip side of Europe’s extreme heat: More solar energy potential

By Scott Dance

New tech could one day scrub ‘forever chemicals’ from your tap water

By Allyson Chiu

Europe needs energy. Moroccan solar may be a clean solution.

By Michael Birnbaum

Here’s the biggest hurdle facing America’s EV revolution

By Shannon Osaka

Biden to remake U.S. auto industry with toughest emissions limits ever

Climate Visionaries

Politics and Policy

(Chris Keane/Reuters)

EPA plan would impose drastic cuts on power plant emissions by 2040

What is Willow? How an Alaska oil project could affect the environment.

Washington Post Live: Climate Conversations

SpaceX didn’t want to blow up its launchpad. It may have done just that.

By Christian Davenport

A fight brewing in Oregon could decide how we heat our homes and cook

By Anna Phillips

Business of climate

ANIMALS

(The Washington Post/Illustration by Emily Sabens/The Washington Post; Eric J. Franke for The Washington Post; iStock)

This crow is ‘very intelligent’ — and it’s struggling to survive in the wild

Want to save the whales? Reconsider the lobster, some say.

The turtle moms that ‘talk’ to their eggs before they hatch

Why this mammal eats its own brain — and why it could matter for you

This snake can make babies without a mate

Extreme weather

(Max Whittaker)

California’s ‘super bloom’ is underway. Here’s why it’s so epic.

California’s impressive wildflower bloom comes after massive amounts of precipitation drenched much of the state in recent months.

By Allyson Chiu and Naema Ahmed

‘Scary’ new data on the last ice age raises concerns about future sea levels

By Kasha Patel and Chris Mooney

Here’s what we know about how climate change is influencing tornadoes

By Scott Dance

Tornado season is here. Here is what you need to know.

By Matthew Cappucci and Jason Samenow

As California floods, a farmworker town feels forgotten — again

By Reis Thebault

Even small tornadoes can toss mobile homes. What about a massive one?

By Scott Dance, Adam Lynch and Marisa Iati

Why the size of the Mississippi tornado was remarkable

By Niko Kommenda and Kasha Patel

Many Antarctic glaciers are never snow-free. See how remarkably different this year is.

By Kasha Patel and Naema Ahmed

The most common weather alert might also be the most misunderstood

By Dan Stillman

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By Chris Mooney, Naema Ahmed and John Muyskens

World is on brink of catastrophic warming, U.N. climate change report says

By Sarah Kaplan

How much will heat waves intensify where you live? See the impact by Zip code.

By John Muyskens, Andrew Ba Tran, Anna Phillips, Simon Ducroquet and Naema Ahmed

How climate change is impacting communities all over the world

By Washington Post Staff

Analysis

These U.S. locations saw the most extreme temperatures in the past decade

By Jacob Feuerstein

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