California governor signs executive order to ban gas-powered cars and trucks
This rule, if not halted by a court challenge by the oil and gas industry and the Trump administration, would make California the first U.S. state with a plan to phase them out completely.
FOX 7 Discussion: Protecting drinking water from lead contamination
Luke Metzger with Environment Texas joins Rebecca Thomas on FOX 7 Austin to talk about the Get the Lead Out Act, a bill to protect drinking water from toxic lead pipes in Texas.
Huge chunk of Greenland’s ice cap breaks off, evidence of rapid climate change, scientists say
The glacier section that broke off is 42.3 square miles. The glacier is at the end of the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream, where it flows off the land and into the ocean.
Drone footage shows hazardous smoke from US wildfires smothering Vancouver, British Columbia
The drone video, posted to Instagram, shows footage of Vancouver’s tall buildings and dense smoke in the area.
California governor gently confronts Trump on climate change
California Gov. Gavin Newsom had President Donald Trump one-on-one on live TV Monday, a perfect opportunity to spar with Democrats’ public enemy No. 1 just 50 days before the election.
Western United States has the worst air quality in the world, data indicates
Wildfire smoke has choked the West Coast as firefighters continue to battle massive wildfires spanning several states.
Joe Biden says recent extreme weather, fires underscore urgent need to address climate change
Biden said it's another crisis that Trump “won't take responsibility for.”
Climate change largely missing from 2020 presidential campaigns as fires rage in the US
Historic wildfires are sweeping across the nation’s West Coast, but you wouldn’t know it from the presidential campaign. For President Donald Trump, the historic wildfires ravaging Democratic strongholds on the West Coast are presenting another crisis at a time when he can ill afford one.
Climate change: World is getting close to exceeding temperature limit, UN report says
The United Nations says the world is getting hotter and is getting close to passing one of the limits set by global leaders five years ago.
Fires, hurricanes, triple-digit heat: Think 2020′s disasters are wild? Experts see worse in future
A record amount of California is burning, spurred by a nearly 20-year mega-drought. To the north, parts of Oregon that don’t usually catch fire are in flames.
2 Dallas County residents die from West Nile Virus
Dallas County reported its first two deaths from the West Nile Virus this year.
Judge Bill Gravell ends burn ban in Williamson County
Judge Bill Gravell has terminated the outdoor burning ban for Williamson County.
Beach renourishment project stirs rare shells onto Lido Beach
In the water and on land, people on Lido Beach are spending a lot of time looking down. A renourishment project has uncovered mounds of shells and pushed them onshore, stretching more than a mile long.
UN agency laments summer's 'deep wound' to Earth's ice cover
The United Nations weather agency says this summer will go down for leaving a “deep wound” in the frozen parts of the planet after a heat wave in the Arctic, shrinking sea ice and the collapse of a leading Canadian ice shelf.
Austin joins U.S. Plastics Pact, national effort to reduce waste
Austin has announced that it has joined the U.S. Plastics Pact.
Study: Climate change contributes to the spread of certain diseases through mosquitoes
A study released on World Mosquito Day revealed that climate change has helped to sustain and spread certain diseases, such as the West Nile virus.
Greenland lost 586 billion tons of ice in record melt last year
“Not only is the Greenland ice sheet melting, but it’s melting at a faster and faster pace,” said study lead author Ingo Sasgen, a geoscientist at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany.
Greenland lost 586 billion tons of ice in 2019 | Global Climate Crisis
A new satellite study finds that Greenland lost 586 billion tons of ice (140 trillion gallons of water) in a record melt in 2019 — enough to cover all of California in more than four feet of water.
Amazon rainforest continues to burn in 2020 despite promises to save it
This year, Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro pledged to control the burning. He imposed a four-month ban on most fires and sent in the army.
Stay mosquito aware! More cases of West Nile Virus in Travis County
Austin Public Health (APH) is urging everyone to stay mosquito aware.